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[grupo guitarlumber] 22/7/2004 14:29

DALLAS, July 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alcatel (NYSE: ALA) will publish
its second quarter financial results on Thursday, July 29, 2004. The press
release will be available on the Alcatel website at or
, at approximately 7:45 am Paris time (CET)/1:45 am EDT.
Alcatel's analyst conference call will begin at 1:00 pm Paris time/
7 am EDT. A live audio webcast accompanied by a slide presentation will be
available at or at
. Media representatives and analysts wanting to
ask questions during the Q&A session may dial in and request the "Alcatel
teleconference."

From the US: 1 888 428 4480
International: 1 612 326 1011

Please dial in 15 minutes before the start of the conference call.

The conference call will be available for replay from July 29, 2004 to
August 12, 2004 at the following call in numbers:

From the US: 1 800 475 6701 - passcode 736643
International: 1 320 365 3844 - passcode 736643

A press conference for media and journalists will be held, as usual, at
Alcatel Headquarters, 54 rue La Boetie, Paris 75008, at 8:30 am Paris time.
Please note that a passport or identity card will be requested at reception.

About Alcatel
Alcatel provides communications solutions to telecommunication carriers,
Internet service providers and enterprises for delivery of voice, data and
video applications to their customers or to their employees. Alcatel
leverages its leading position in fixed and mobile broadband networks,
applications and services to bring value to its customers in the framework of
a broadband world. With sales of EURO 12.5 billion in 2003, Alcatel operates
in more than 130 countries. For more information, visit Alcatel on the
Internet: .



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[grupo guitarlumber] 22/7/2004 14:09

PARIS (AFX) - Alcatel said it won a 64 mln eur order from Paris transport
operator RATP to update its closed-circuit mobile communications network.
Updating of the network, which includes buses, metros and suburban express
trains is expected to be complete by 2007.
The order also includes a five year maintenance contract.
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[grupo guitarlumber] 22/7/2004 11:29

MILAN (AFX) - Finmeccanica SpA chief executive Roberto Testore said he
expects the alliances being negotiated with BAE Systems PLC and Alcatel will
become operational by the beginning of 2005.
In an interview in La Stampa, he said a delay in the signing of the BAE
defence electronics alliance should not affect the operational start-up.
"We have set the objective of closing the deal by the end of July. If this
goes to August or September it does not change anything," he said.
"The objective was to start at the beginning of next year. I can confirm
that we will be operational for that date. The time we take now does not affect
the schedule," he said in the interview.
Likewise, a month or more finalising the Alcatel space venture does not
change operational start-up at the beginning of 2005, he said.
Testore said talks on spinning off non-core transport and energy operations
into a new company partly owned by state holding Fintecna have been slowed by
the government crisis and change in economy minister.
Testore declined to comment on second quarter results, beyond repeating the
full year forecast of results in line with those in 2003.
Finmeccanica is aiming for sales in its core aerospace and defence business
of 10 bln eur in 2006 and is examining many possible acquisitions, he said.
This year, civil aeronautical orders are growing slowly, while there is room
for strong growth in defence and telecommunications, he said.
"The demand for security is growing. There are big possibilities in the US
and also in Europe," he said.
nt/jfr

[grupo guitarlumber] 20/7/2004 21:01

LONDON, July 20 (New Ratings) – Analysts at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein maintain their "sell" rating on Alcatel (CGE.ETR). The target price is set to €8.00.

Shares of Alcatel, a French telecom equipment company, are currently trading at €11.35.

According to Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein's research note published this morning, Alcatel is likely to report modest same-store sales growth for 2Q04. The analysts mention that the company's 2Q04 results would include an additional restructuring charge of €55 million, although the restructuring program was scheduled to have been completed by the end of 2003. Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein expects Alcatel to report additional cash outflows associated with its streamlining measures and working capital investments.

Alcatel would achieve net income breakeven in the June quarter, the analysts believe. The current valuation of the company's stock is unattractive, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein adds.

The EPS estimates for 2004, 2005 and 2006 are €0.072, -€0.087 and €0.053, respectively. The P/E estimates for 2004 and 2006 are 156.7x and 214.8x, respectively.

[grupo guitarlumber] 20/7/2004 10:08

STOCKHOLM (AFX) - Saab AB said it has won an order worth 16.5 mln skr from
the Australian Air Force, to adapt and carry out flight trials of the BOL
Countermeasure Dispensing System used in their F/A-18 Hornets.
Elsewhere Saab said its joint venture with LM Ericsson AB -- Saab Ericsson
Space AB -- has signed a long term agreement with Alcatel SA covering
development of the Spacebus 3000 and Spacebus 4000 Primary Satellite Structures
(central cylinders), which are used in satellite launchers.
hc/jfr

[grupo guitarlumber] 20/7/2004 09:44

Security delays net calls
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Despite investing in a telephone system that would allow it to use cheaper internet-based calls, Federal Parliament in Canberra is sticking with its traditional phones until security concerns are fixed.

The Department of Parliamentary Services has deployed an Alcatel OmniPCX system capable of making voice calls over internet protocol (VoIP), but has yet to make the jump from the traditional system.

Assistant secretary in charge of information systems in the Department of Parliamentary Services, Peter Ward, says that although the department installed the technology a couple of years ago, it is in no rush to switch to VoIP.

"Telephones are a critical tool for members and senators," Ward says. "We wouldn't want to move over until we are absolutely sure it is reliable and secure."

VoIP converts audio streams such as voice into internet data that travels alongside other business information on the network, so security concerns revolve around hacking, intrusion and the potential for denial-of-service attacks.

A voice conversation reduced to zeros and ones has to be protected, like any other corporate data, through the use of firewalls, increased system redundancy, user authentication and, potentially, encryption.



IDC research director for telecommunications Landry Fevre says security is a high concern in IDC studies of VoIP adoption. But money to deal with it does not necessarily follow.

Fevre says security issues differ between organisations depending in part on the stage of the implementation. The first stage is usually voice over the local area network, where security can be managed relatively easily. When organisations seek to interconnect sites or use VoIP externally, it gets more complicated.

"The proper way is to use a private IP virtual private network," Fevre says.

Ian Poole, managing director of Integ Communications, provider of Parliament's Alcatel system, agrees user security concerns differ. A common concern is that gateways into the IP network can be accessible.

"You have to make sure you have the right security protection," he says.

Vendors are now turning their attention to the nascent wireless VoIP market using networks such as wifi. The technology is hampered by lack of bandwidth, but once this is remedied, adoption can be expected to throw out new security challenges.

[ariane] 18/7/2004 09:34

Alcatel to provide China with broadcasting satellite

www.chinaview.cn 2004-07-18 10:29:42


SHANGHAI, July 18 (Xinhuanet) -- Alcatel will design and produce a new-generation broadcasting satellite, known as "Chinasat 9," for the China Satellite Communications Corp. (China Satcom).

Launching the satellite will make China Satcom the first Chinese company to provide a satellite broadcasting service in China, said an official with the Alcatel Asia-Pacific Headquarters based in Shanghai.

Some 280 million Chinese farmers will have access to state-run TV programs with "Chinasat 9" going into operation in 2006.

The "Chinasat 9" will be equipped with 22 Ku wave band relay transmitters to provide broadcasting satellite service (BSS).

The 4,500-kg satellite will have a life-span of 15 years.

"Chinasat 9" will be launched by Alcatel Space, a subsidiary of satellite giant Alcatel atop a China-made Long March carrier rocket.

Alcatel chairman Serge Tchuruk said signing of the contract forthe launch of the "Chinasat 9" marks a big step forward in Sino-Alcatel cooperation. He anticipated that China will be a great market for television broadcasting service in future. Enditem

[ariane] 16/7/2004 20:52

Royal visit to Greenwich submarine telecoms facility
By Colin Holland

EETUK.com
16 July 2004 (12:00 p.m. GMT)


LONDON - His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh has visited Alcatel's submarine telecommunications facility in Greenwich, as part of a Royal celebration of The Queen's Award for Enterprise.

Alcatel's UK submarine business won two of the awards in 2000 in the categories of 'Innovation' and 'International Trade' and have won the Award, 7 times between 1968 and 2000.

The Duke met with Georges Krebs, Chief Operating Officer of Alcatel's submarine network activity, Bill Burchell, Managing Director of the Greenwich facility, as well as other members of the local management team. His Royal Highness was given an overview of submarine telecommunications including the manufacturing process, design areas, engineering and marine installation.



After the visit, Burchell said, "The Duke of Edinburgh showed considerable interest in our facilities here and especially in the details of our recent Sea-Me-We-4 contract win".

Alcatel's submarine networking activities in the UK are based in Greenwich where it designs and manufactures underwater electronics including repeaters and branching units as well as develops submarine line terminal equipment.

The facility is currently manufacturing for the Sea-Me-We-4 project, which will span nearly 20,000 km linking 14 countries from France to Singapore. Since the introduction of fibre-optic technology for undersea systems, Alcatel has laid over 450,000 km of submarine networks sufficient to circle the earth 11 times.

[maywillow] 16/7/2004 11:05

JULY 16, 2004
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Alcatel Wins Brazil DWDM Contract

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PARIS -- Alcatel (Paris: CGEP.PA and NYSE: ALA) has signed a contract with Telemar, the only 100% Brazilian telecom company, , to upgrade and extend its optical transport network throughout the country.

Alcatel's solution enables Telemar to increase the flexibility, efficiency and reliability of its existing network to deliver new data services based on Ethernet technology, while achieving a significant decrease in operational costs.

With completion expected in August 2004, the project will increase Telemar's network capacity for Brazil's most important information routes, which connect the cities of Belo Horizonte, Brasília, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.

Alcatel will deploy an advanced solution based on its latest dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) and synchronous digital hierarchy (SDH) technologies. The Alcatel 1678 Metro Core Connect is a scalable platform that integrates data and transport functionality into a single node with ultrafast mesh restoration capabilities. Alcatel will also supply its next-generation data-aware SDH Optical Multi-Service Node (OMSN) systems and DWDM long-haul solution, including the 1626 Light Manager. The integrated Alcatel 1350 management suite will provide end-to-end network and service management across all deployed technologies.

"With Alcatel's leading-edge transport solutions, Telemar will be able to further improve Service Level Agreements offered to its customers, while securing investment protection and cost-effective network evolution," stated Geraldo Araújo, networks director of Telemar.

"This contract underlines Alcatel's commitment to enable the future-proof evolution of Telemar's optical transport infrastructure. As Telemar simplifies its network infrastructure and moves toward an IP transformation, Alcatel's optical networking solution helps lay the foundation for improved quality of service and therefore continued customer success" said Romano Valussi, president of Alcatel's optical networks activities.

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[maywillow] 16/7/2004 11:00

Alcatel to bring digital television to Tunisia
TUNIS - Paris-based industrial giant Alcatel has been awarded a contract to overhaul Tunisia's television broadcasting infrastructure, installing a digital system across the whole north African country, officials said yesterday. The agreement between Alcatel and the Tunisian National Office of Television Broadcasting is aimed at "strengthening the scope of the national media and promoting the audiovisual sector," Tunisia's TAP news agency reported. The agency gave no details of how much the contract was worth, but said Alcatel was due to replace the current land-based analogue network by the end of 2006.

[ariane] 15/7/2004 11:01

EU Plans to Fund a Third of Galileo Satellite Operating Costs
July 15 (Bloomberg) -- The European Union plans to subsidize about a third of the operating costs of a satellite system that European Aeronautic, Defense & Space Co., Alcatel SA and Eutelsat SA are competing to launch and run with partners.

The European Commission earmarked an average of 71 million euros ($88 million) a year for the Galileo road, rail, ship and air-traffic control network in EU budget proposals for 2007-2013. The 30-satellite network, planned to vie with the U.S. global positioning system as of 2008, is projected to cost 220 million euros a year to operate.

``We want industry to meet most of the operating costs because this is the commercial phase when companies will earn money from services,'' said Amador Sanchez Rico, a spokesman of the commission, the 25-nation EU's executive arm in Brussels. The EU's national governments must approve the spending plans.

The commission also expects the future Galileo operators to raise 1.5 billion euros to launch Galileo by the end of 2007, saying satellite-navigation markets will make it profitable. The product and services markets will be worth 300 billion euros by 2020, the EU forecasts, up from 10 billion euros now.

Governments are meeting Galileo's development costs of 1.1 billion euros and plan to grant an additional 630 million euros to cover nearly a third of the projected 2.2 billion-euro deployment costs.

``We are shifting from a period of public funding to mainly private funding,'' Sanchez Rico said.

Aid Phase-Out

The operational aid would be gradually phased out under the commission proposal, going from 200 million euros in 2008 to 150 million euros in 2009, 100 million euros in 2010, 50 million euros in 2011 and zero as of 2012, according to Sanchez Rico. These figures may be adjusted, he said.

The bidders are competing partly over the amount of government funding they would need to operate Galileo. They are also competing over standards for public services -- things like national security and law enforcement -- that are a goal of Galileo along with commercial uses.

The EU aims to choose the operators in December from among three groups preparing bids due in September. The consortium with Netherlands-based EADS, Europe's biggest aerospace company, also includes France's Thales SA, the U.K.'s closely held Inmarsat Ventures Plc and Luxembourg's SES Global SA, the world's largest satellite operator.

The group with France's Alcatel, the world's No. 1 maker of broadband Internet equipment, also includes Italian defense company Finmeccanica SpA and France's Vinci SA, the world's biggest construction company.

Eutelsat, the world's No. 3 satellite operator by sales, is in the third short-listed consortium with LogicaCMG Plc, Europe's third-biggest computer-services provider, Spanish satellite company Hispasat SA and Spanish airport operator Aena.

[ariane] 15/7/2004 11:01

EU Plans to Fund a Third of Galileo Satellite Operating Costs
July 15 (Bloomberg) -- The European Union plans to subsidize about a third of the operating costs of a satellite system that European Aeronautic, Defense & Space Co., Alcatel SA and Eutelsat SA are competing to launch and run with partners.

The European Commission earmarked an average of 71 million euros ($88 million) a year for the Galileo road, rail, ship and air-traffic control network in EU budget proposals for 2007-2013. The 30-satellite network, planned to vie with the U.S. global positioning system as of 2008, is projected to cost 220 million euros a year to operate.

``We want industry to meet most of the operating costs because this is the commercial phase when companies will earn money from services,'' said Amador Sanchez Rico, a spokesman of the commission, the 25-nation EU's executive arm in Brussels. The EU's national governments must approve the spending plans.

The commission also expects the future Galileo operators to raise 1.5 billion euros to launch Galileo by the end of 2007, saying satellite-navigation markets will make it profitable. The product and services markets will be worth 300 billion euros by 2020, the EU forecasts, up from 10 billion euros now.

Governments are meeting Galileo's development costs of 1.1 billion euros and plan to grant an additional 630 million euros to cover nearly a third of the projected 2.2 billion-euro deployment costs.

``We are shifting from a period of public funding to mainly private funding,'' Sanchez Rico said.

Aid Phase-Out

The operational aid would be gradually phased out under the commission proposal, going from 200 million euros in 2008 to 150 million euros in 2009, 100 million euros in 2010, 50 million euros in 2011 and zero as of 2012, according to Sanchez Rico. These figures may be adjusted, he said.

The bidders are competing partly over the amount of government funding they would need to operate Galileo. They are also competing over standards for public services -- things like national security and law enforcement -- that are a goal of Galileo along with commercial uses.

The EU aims to choose the operators in December from among three groups preparing bids due in September. The consortium with Netherlands-based EADS, Europe's biggest aerospace company, also includes France's Thales SA, the U.K.'s closely held Inmarsat Ventures Plc and Luxembourg's SES Global SA, the world's largest satellite operator.

The group with France's Alcatel, the world's No. 1 maker of broadband Internet equipment, also includes Italian defense company Finmeccanica SpA and France's Vinci SA, the world's biggest construction company.

Eutelsat, the world's No. 3 satellite operator by sales, is in the third short-listed consortium with LogicaCMG Plc, Europe's third-biggest computer-services provider, Spanish satellite company Hispasat SA and Spanish airport operator Aena.

[ariane] 15/7/2004 11:00

EU Plans to Fund a Third of Galileo Satellite Operating Costs
July 15 (Bloomberg) -- The European Union plans to subsidize about a third of the operating costs of a satellite system that European Aeronautic, Defense & Space Co., Alcatel SA and Eutelsat SA are competing to launch and run with partners.

The European Commission earmarked an average of 71 million euros ($88 million) a year for the Galileo road, rail, ship and air-traffic control network in EU budget proposals for 2007-2013. The 30-satellite network, planned to vie with the U.S. global positioning system as of 2008, is projected to cost 220 million euros a year to operate.

``We want industry to meet most of the operating costs because this is the commercial phase when companies will earn money from services,'' said Amador Sanchez Rico, a spokesman of the commission, the 25-nation EU's executive arm in Brussels. The EU's national governments must approve the spending plans.

The commission also expects the future Galileo operators to raise 1.5 billion euros to launch Galileo by the end of 2007, saying satellite-navigation markets will make it profitable. The product and services markets will be worth 300 billion euros by 2020, the EU forecasts, up from 10 billion euros now.

Governments are meeting Galileo's development costs of 1.1 billion euros and plan to grant an additional 630 million euros to cover nearly a third of the projected 2.2 billion-euro deployment costs.

``We are shifting from a period of public funding to mainly private funding,'' Sanchez Rico said.

Aid Phase-Out

The operational aid would be gradually phased out under the commission proposal, going from 200 million euros in 2008 to 150 million euros in 2009, 100 million euros in 2010, 50 million euros in 2011 and zero as of 2012, according to Sanchez Rico. These figures may be adjusted, he said.

The bidders are competing partly over the amount of government funding they would need to operate Galileo. They are also competing over standards for public services -- things like national security and law enforcement -- that are a goal of Galileo along with commercial uses.

The EU aims to choose the operators in December from among three groups preparing bids due in September. The consortium with Netherlands-based EADS, Europe's biggest aerospace company, also includes France's Thales SA, the U.K.'s closely held Inmarsat Ventures Plc and Luxembourg's SES Global SA, the world's largest satellite operator.

The group with France's Alcatel, the world's No. 1 maker of broadband Internet equipment, also includes Italian defense company Finmeccanica SpA and France's Vinci SA, the world's biggest construction company.

Eutelsat, the world's No. 3 satellite operator by sales, is in the third short-listed consortium with LogicaCMG Plc, Europe's third-biggest computer-services provider, Spanish satellite company Hispasat SA and Spanish airport operator Aena.

[grupo guitarlumber] 13/7/2004 20:20

July 13, 2004



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Radisson SAS Meets the Needs of Its Business Guests With Alcatel IP Communication Solutions




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PARIS, July 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alcatel (NYSE: ALA) today
announced that the Radisson SAS hotel chain has selected the latest IP
communication technology from Alcatel for its newly-built business hotel in
St. Gallen in Switzerland. This voice and data IP solution enables Radisson
Saint Gallen to offer high quality professional services and to benefit from a
reliable and high performance internal communication network.
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Radisson St. Gallen has 123 bedrooms as well as seven conference rooms and
needed an effective communication solution in order to provide
high-performance voice communication and data transfer facilities. The
hotel's management also needed a communication solution for its own internal
processes. The priority was a central billing solution for the voice and data
services used by the guests, as well as centralized system management for the
installed solution.
Radisson SAS opted for an Alcatel communication solution, which was
implemented by Itelpro Solutions AG, Alcatel Premium Business Partner. The
communication solution implemented uses the Alcatel OmniSwitch 7700 for the
backbone and the Alcatel OmniSwitch 6648 on guest floors so that hotel staff
can access guest records quickly and efficiently and so guests can access
services and information securely and without disruption.
For voice services, an Alcatel OmniPCX Enterprise IP communication server
was implemented with a central call server and media gateways located on the
guest floors. This means that all 360 system terminals and 160 analogue
connections, as well as the 40 Alcatel wireless phone base stations and
30 Alcatel wireless phones are utilizing VoIP. For the system management of
the voice and data solution, Radisson SAS turned to the network management
platform Alcatel OmniVista.
Thanks to the Alcatel OmniTouch Contact Center, guests are provided with
an even more professional and efficient hotel reservations service.
"The criterion that tipped the scale in favor of the Alcatel solution was
the fact that it offered the best value for money. With this solution, the
Radisson St. Gallen offer all the services guests have come to expect from a
business hotel," said Daniel Werner, General Manager Radisson SAS Hotel St.
Gallen.

About Alcatel
Alcatel provides communications solutions to telecommunication carriers,
Internet service providers and enterprises for delivery of voice, data and
video applications to their customers or to their employees. Alcatel
leverages its leading position in fixed and mobile broadband networks,
applications and services to bring value to its customers in the framework of
a broadband world. With sales of EURO 12.5 billion in 2003, Alcatel operates
in more than 130 countries. For more information, visit Alcatel on the
Internet:

Alcatel Press Contact
Ed Essa/Alcatel Enterprise Solutions 818.878.5472 [e-mail]

[waldron] 13/7/2004 11:40

PARIS (AFX) - Alcatel said it and Vinci unit Sogea have won an order worth
about 55 mln eur to provide a broadband network for the regional government of
the Moselle region in Eastern France.
The 900 km long network will be complete in the third quarter of 2006, it
said, with Alcatel providing an optical network and Sogea handling the
engineering work.
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[waldron] 13/7/2004 08:45

PARIS (AFX) - Alcatel said it won an order to provide Hutchison
Global Communications Ltd with IP service router equipment for the Hong Kong
market.
No financial details were disclosed.
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mrg/ec

[grupo] 09/7/2004 20:56

LONDON, July 9 (New Ratings) - Analysts at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein maintain their "sell" rating on Alcatel (CGE.ETR). The target price is set to €8.

Shares of Alcatel, a global telecom infrastructure equipments provider, are currently trading at €11.77.

According to Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein's research note published this morning, Alcatel is likely to witness a sales decline of about 4%-5% after the completion of its proposed optical fibre business deconsolidation. The analysts mention that this deconsolidation exercise is likely to result in relatively marginal operating income dilution for the company. Alcatel's recently restated 1Q04 results demonstrate broadly flat sales and reduced loss on a year-over-year basis, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein says.

The analysts expect Alcatel's projected capital gains for 3Q04 to be considerably offset by the company's capital loss from a handset business deal with TCL. Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein does not anticipate any material impact of Alcatel's optical fibre business deconsolidation deal on the company's share price in the near term. However, the analysts expect to revise their sales and earnings estimates for the company, after the completion of this deconsolidation exercise.

The EPS estimates for 2004, 2005 and 2006 are €0.084, -€0.101 and €0.062, respectively. The P/E estimates for 2004 and 2006 are 139.5x and 191.3x, respectively.

[maywillow] 06/7/2004 16:16

Two More Satellites For Alcatel Space's Backlog

File image of an Alcatel Spacebus 3000 series at the factory
Paris (SPX) (SPX) Jul 06, 2004
In June, Alcatel Space signed two new geostationary satellite contracts with China Satellite Communication Corporation (ChinaSat) and with the American operator PanAmSat.
Alcatel Space will design and produce the Chinasat 9 satellite, based on the Spacebus 4000 C1 platform. It will be fitted with 22 active Ku-band transponders for broadcast satellite services (BSS).

Chinasat 9 will weigh about 4,500 kilograms at liftoff and offer life power of about 11 kW. Positioned at 92.2 degrees East (or 134 degrees East), it will offer a design life of more than 15 years.

This satellite will be launched by a Chinese Long March rocket. Chinasat 9, a direct broadcasting satellite will enable ChinaSat to be the first state-owned Chinese company to provide satellite broadcast services in China.

Alcatel Space will also build PanAmSat's Galaxy 17 satellite. It will be the first European-built satellite in PanAmSat's fleet.

Based on Alcatel's Spacebus 3000 B3 platform, Galaxy 17 will be fitted with 24 Ku-band and 24 C-band transponders to provide television and telephone transmission services for North America.

It will weigh about 4,100 kg at launch, and offer beginning-of-life power of approximately 9.5 kW, plus a design life of 15 years.

Galaxy 17 is the 50th satellite in the range of geostationary communications satellites using the Alcatel Space Spacebus platform.

[grupo guitarlumber] 05/7/2004 08:57

Alcatel, Thales in joint semiconductor technology research project

PARIS (AFX) - Alcatel SA said it plans a research project with Thales SA
into semiconductor technology for applications in telecoms, defense, space and
security.
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sr/jfr

[ariane] 02/7/2004 12:28

Company news
received on 1 July 2004
from Mitsubishi Electric Automation Systems (contact details)
Alcatel signs up for satellite solar panels
Solar panel arrays for Alcatel's Spacebus are to be supplied by Mitsubishi Electric, under a four year, multi-million-Euro deal just signed by the two companies.
Solar panel arrays for Alcatel's Spacebus are to be supplied by Mitsubishi Electric, under a four year, multi-million-Euro deal just signed by the two companies.
The Spacebus is manufactured in Cannes, home to many of France's high tech industries.
It is a "platform" technology on which individual bespoke satellite designs are based.
The solar panels are shipped there from Mitsubishi's manufacturing plant in Sagami, Japan.
With several hundred Spacebus satellites already built and many more expected, Alcatel is the world's third biggest builder of telecommunication satellites.
It expects to see considerable growth in the Earth orbiting population as the demand for global telecomms and electronic data transfer is expected to increase significantly.
The contract expands on an existing supply agreement that has been in place since 2000, and reflects Mitsubishi's lengthy experience in space activities and its reputation for reliability.
"Our flight-proven record and advanced technologies make us leaders in the solar array panel field", says Masao Kawachi, General Manager of Mitsubishi Electric Space Systems Division.
"We were space pioneers in the 1960s and have since participated in nearly 300 spacecraft programmes around the world".
The company also has Earth-based solar technologies and is committed to outperforming Kyoto Agreement targets for greenhouses gasses, renewable and sustainable energy sources.