Lucatel Directors Proposed

PARIS -- The Board of Directors of Alcatel (Paris : CGEP.PA and NYSE: ALA) met yesterday and approved the agenda for the shareholders meeting to be held on September 7, 2006, and the resolutions which will be submitted to the shareholders' meeting for approval.

The resolutions name the Directors and board observers (censeurs) whose appointment will be proposed to the shareholders' meeting.

Subject to the approval of the shareholders meeting, twelve directors, six of whom are current members of the Alcatel Board of Directors and six of whom are current members of the Lucent Technologies Board of Directors, will be appointed for a four-year term.

Members from the Alcatel Board will be: Daniel Bernard, Frank W. Blount, Jozef Cornu, Jean-Pierre Halbron, Daniel Lebègue and Serge Tchuruk. Members from the Lucent Board will be: Linnet Deily, Robert Denham, Edward Hagenlocker, Karl Krapek, Patricia Russo and Henry Schacht. For more information on the board directors, see www.alcatel.com or www.lucent.com.

Subject to the approval of the shareholders meeting, two board observers, Jean-Pierre Desbois and Thierry de Loppinot, representing the employee shareholders of Alcatel's Employee Investment Fund will be appointed for a two year term.

Alcatel (NYSE: ALA; Paris: CGEP:PA)