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MURRAY HILL, NJ -- Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) has regained market leadership in the optical equipment market, according to Dell'Oro Group, a leading market research firm located in Redwood City, Calif. According to a report issued last Friday, Lucent captured the largest market share - 21.1 percent - of the $4 billion global optical equipment market during the second quarter of 2001. According to the report, Lucent also captured the largest market share of the SONET/SDH multiplexing market, moving from 17.5 percent last quarter to 21.8 percent this quarter. The report also shows Lucent increased its market share in the dense wave division multiplexing (DWDM) market from 11.2 percent to 20.2 percent market share. "Dell'Oro's report reaffirms Lucent's position as a leader in optical networking technology," said Tim Sullivan, president, Optical Networking, Lucent Technologies. "In these challenging market conditions, we are showing continuous growth with our industry-leading DWDM, SONET/SDH and optical switching offerings, as well as our broad portfolio of next-generation metro networking products. To achieve leading market share in this competitive environment shows that Lucent is on the right track." Lucent's Bell Labs has garnered more than 2,500 patents in optical technology alone. And with approximately 7,000 systems installed worldwide, Lucent has the largest global deployment of DWDM equipment. Lucent was first to market with a DWDM system in 1995, and has since shipped more DWDM systems than any other vendor. Lucent also was first to market with an all-optical switch. Dell'Oro Group is a market research firm that specializes in providing accurate and timely data on the networking industry. For more information visit www.delloro.com or www.lucent.com