Lucent Technologies and Netscape Team to Deliver Lucent ECommerce Solutions

MURRAY HILL, N.J. and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (September 23, 1998) - Lucent Technologies and Netscape Communications Corporation (NASDAQ: NSCP) today announced an agreement to deliver Lucent ECommerce Solutions, a comprehensive portfolio of consulting services, software and network security products for conducting electronic commerce.

Capitalizing on Lucent's expertise in building and operating communications networks and Netscape's Internet experience, the two companies are delivering a portfolio of solutions that will enable Lucent customers to take advantage of the emerging "Net Economy" being driven by Internet-based commerce applications and services.

A key piece of Lucent's ECommerce Solutions is a multi-year, cooperative agreement in which Netscape will license to Lucent the Netscape CommerceXpertsuite of Internet commerce applications and Netscape Application Server software. The agreement also calls for the companies to jointly market, sell and support Lucent's ECommerce Solutions to communications service providers and large enterprise customers.

"Increasingly, service providers are viewing electronic commerce as a competitive advantage that can streamline costs, improve customer relationships, provide new value-added services and grow their business," said Duane Elmquist, vice president, Lucent Internet Software Group. "By leveraging Netscape's electronic commerce expertise and our knowledge of the business processes and networks used by service providers and enterprises, Lucent is uniquely positioned to help our customers aggressively meet those goals."

"The combination of Netscape's proven Internet commerce software with Lucent's consulting services, security products and experience building large, complex networks positions Lucent to offer all the pieces for creating complete electronic commerce solutions," said Steve Savignano, senior vice president and general manager of the Applications Product Division at Netscape. "Now customers can get everything from the initial analysis of their business processes to the final system installation and on-going support from a single source."

The strength of Lucent's ECommerce Solutions comes from the wide range of options available to customers through its portfolio, which will be available in both standard and customized solutions to address each customer's specific business and technology requirements. Lucent's ECommerce Solutions portfolio consists of three components:

Lucent Professional Services - offering all the business process consulting, integration and operations services necessary to provide businesses with beginning-to-end project management.

Netscape Software - Netscape's CommerceXpert suite of electronic commerce applications and Netscape Application Server for developing and deploying business-to-business and business-to-consumer electronic commerce solutions as Internet services. The software is scalable and reliable and easily integrates with legacy systems.

Lucent Security Products - network security, a critical component in enabling companies to communicate and conduct business over the Internet, is provided by the Lucent Managed Firewall, which features a distributed architecture, security zones and centralized management. It can also be upgraded to deliver standards-compliant virtual private networking (VPN) capabilities.

There will initially be three Lucent ECommerce Solutions targeted to immediate customer needs: Internet Procurement Solutions to convert paper-intensive processes into online transactions; Self-Service Solutions to give customers the ability to personalize services on a business' web site; and Business Trading Solutions to help service providers and enterprises generate additional revenue by hosting online trading communities.

To continually evolve the Lucent ECommerce Solutions, Lucent plans to integrate other Lucent products and services into the portfolio. The first addition will be Lucent's Internet Call Center, which enables a business to put a "talk to me" button on its web site so customers with a multimedia PC can speak with a customer care agent while browsing a business' web site without needing a second phone line.

Lucent ECommerce Solutions are generally available now and are backed by Lucent's after-sale support, including around-the-clock coverage with respond, resolve and restore service. For further information about Lucent's ECommerce Solutions, customers can call 888/552-2544, send e-mail to inquiries@lucent.com, or visit the Lucent ECommerce Solutions web site at http://www.lucent.com/ecommerce.

Netscape Communications Corporation is a leading provider of software and services for businesses that want to transform the way they create and keep customers in the emerging Net Economy. The company offers a full line of enterprise software solutions, professional services, and a leading Internet portal to help companies build, buy or outsource Internet applications that drive revenue growth, build customer loyalty, and create new levels of business efficiency. Traded on NASDAQ under the symbol NSCP, Netscape Communications Corporation is based in Mountain View, Calif.

Lucent Technologies, headquartered in Murray Hill, N.J., designs, builds and delivers a wide range of public and private networks, communications systems and software, data networking systems, business telephone systems and microelectronics components. Bell Labs is the research and development arm for the company. For more information on Lucent, visit the company's web site at http://www.lucent.com.

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