PARIS -- As consumers increasingly wish to access digital entertainment and information on the variety of devices they own – from living room TVs to mobile phones and tablet PCs - Belgacom, Belgium’s leading telecom operator, has chosen the Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) Digital Media Store to ensure seamless availability of content wherever it is needed.

The Digital Media Store enables operators such as Belgacom to offer consumers a personalized and interactive digital entertainment experience, tailored to their choice from the breadth of ‘smart’ connected devices available today and in the future. The Digital Media Store provides operators with an online content store that enables the delivery of a variety of services including video, music, applications and e-books.

Alcatel-Lucent’s Digital Media Store meets Belgacom’s vision for the handling, processing and delivery of digital entertainment content. Its multi-screen and multi-content capabilities will allow Belgacom to expand beyond the delivery of standard IPTV services, to support innovative new services and devices as they become available which in turn will help to increase subscriber loyalty.

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