Alcatel-Lucent Signs MOU to Establish Research Activities with the Korean Ministry...

Alcatel-Lucent Signs MOU to Establish Research Activities with the Korean
Ministry of Knowledge Economy's Electronics and Telecommunications Research
Institute

WASHINGTON, April 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alcatel-Lucent
(Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced that its Bell Labs research
organization has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Korean
Ministry of Knowledge Economy's Electronics and Telecommunications Research
Institute (ETRI). This MOU provides a framework for the two parties to
cooperate in R&D projects into critical technology areas of communications.
This planned joint research activity is expected to focus on:
-- advanced optical communications and network applications;
-- wireless technologies, networks and applications; and
-- fundamental studies in the enabling sciences, including mathematical
sciences, computer science, and physics.

The MOU was executed by Dr. Mun-Kee Choi, President of ETRI, and Dr. Jeong
Kim, President of Bell Labs in a signing ceremony in Washington D.C. attended
by Mr. Lee Youn Ho, Minister of Knowledge Economy and John J. Sullivan, Deputy
Secretary of Commerce for the United States. Specific support terms and
conditions will be further defined in future discussions.
"The Ministry of Knowledge Economy is a shining, innovative model of
proactive government engagement in supporting the development of a national
innovation culture -- one that will generate new technologies at the forefront
of IT and communications," said Jeong Kim, President of Bell Labs. "We are
proud to partner with the ministry's Electronics and Telecommunications
Research Institute and see this as just the first step in a deep and
longstanding engagement between Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs and the government of
Korean and its scientists to generate fundamental innovations that will change
the world around us."
"With this agreement we hope to combine Bell Labs unmatched fundamental
research expertise with ETRI's proven capabilities in developing applications
and technologies," said Mun-kee Choi, the President of ETRI. "The combination
of these two powerful institutions should make it possible to innovate
state-of-the-art IT and communications infrastructure and help Korea further
its goal of world-class leadership in IT technologies."
About Alcatel-Lucent
Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) provides solutions that
enable service providers, enterprise and governments worldwide, to deliver
voice, data and video communication services to end-users. As a leader in
fixed, mobile and converged broadband networking, IP technologies,
applications and services, Alcatel-Lucent offers the end-to-end solutions that
enable compelling communications services for people at home, at work and on
the move. With operations in more than 130 countries, Alcatel-Lucent is a
local partner with global reach. The company has the most experienced global
services team in the industry, and one of the largest research, technology and
innovation organizations in the telecommunications industry. Alcatel-Lucent
achieved revenues of Euro 17.8 billion in 2007 and is incorporated in France,
with executive offices located in Paris. For more information, visit
Alcatel-Lucent on the Internet: http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/.
About ETRI
ETRI is an innovative research and development organization in Information
& Communication Technologies. It has been playing a key role in boosting
Korean ICT technologies for more than 30 years. ETRI has successfully
commercialized advanced and new technologies such as DRAM, CDMA, DMB (Digital
Multimedia Broadcasting) and WiBro (Wireless Broadband).
ETRI has more than 1,900 researchers in its Daejeon campus. Over 96% of
them have master's or doctor's degrees. ETRI is performing major
government-funded projects from Ministry of Knowledge and Economy, Ministry of
Education, Science and Technology, Broadcasting and Communications Commission
and so on. ETRI has more than 1,000 international patents. Its royalty income
falls on about 70% of the whole royalty income arising from all government
supported research facilities in Korea. It has transferred its technologies to
385 companies and its accumulated royalty income exceeded USD 485 million in
2006. ETRI Journal is the 4th in the world to be registered in SCI (Science
Citation Index) following AT&T, BT and IBM.
The vision of ETRI is to be one of the leading IT R&D institutes in the
world. In order to achieve this vision, ETRI will keep on innovating,
cultivating human resources, and developing hardware systems to pursue the
most effective R&D process and the best intellectual asset management
infrastructure. ETRI is the first government-supported R&D organization in
Korea to be certified with ISO 9001:2000. This certification allowed ETRI to
set up quality management process protocols to insure quality research and
development production.
ETRI is concentrating its R&D capability in four larger sections, such as
Convergence Components and Materials, Broadcasting and Telecommunications
Convergence, Software and Content, and IT Convergence Technology on successful
conclusion of u-IT 839 strategy. Up to date, ETRI has been focusing on the
development of IT-BT-NT Convergence, New Component Materials, Optical/RF
Materials, IT SoCs, Next Generation Mobile Communications,
Broadcasting/Communications Converged Media, Global IT Protocol,
RFID-Ubiquitous Sensor Networks, Broadband Convergence Networks, Convergence
Software, Digital Content, Information Security, Ubiquitous Robot, and Postal
Technology to attain the Nation's ICT aim and to position ETRI as globally
competitive R&D institute. ETRI has been involved in joint R&D projects with
renowned counterparts such as Fraunhofer, Motorola, Microsoft, Samsung, KT,
and Saint Mary's Hospital and welcome opportunities to work with competent
global partners from all around the world.
For more information, visit ETRI on the Internet: http://www.etri.re.kr/.
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