Vrij, who resigned as CEO of telecoms software group Openwave in April after joining the firm in 2007, replaces Cindy Christie, whose departure was announced in September.

Ben Verwaayen, who took over as CEO in September and will on Thursday present his first set of quarterly results, was quoted by Alcatel-Lucent in a statement as saying Vrij will "bring a fresh perspective for how we can better serve our customers in the region."

Vrij, Verwaayen's first major appointment, formerly ran fixed line activities in the Europe and Middle East region for Lucent Technologies from 1999 to 2002, which merged with Alcatel in 2006 to form Alcatel-Lucent.

Alcatel-Lucent has been repeatedly obliged to write down the value of the U.S. CDMA mobile business amid soft spending by operators.

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"Robert is a seasoned executive with deep industry experience, strong customer relationship skills and a proven track record in the industry running multi-national operations," said Verwaayen. "He understands our business, our industry, our customers and our employees. I know he will bring a fresh perspective for how we can better serve our customers in the region."

"I believe Alcatel-Lucent is a company with a lot of potential and opportunity," said Vrij. "I look forward to working with such a talented and dedicated team of people to focus all of the company's many assets to instill a culture of quality and innovation to meet and exceed our commitments to customers."

Most recently Robert was president and chief executive officer of Openwave Systems where he reduced total expenses in excess of 30%, improved gross margins, rationalized the portfolio, delivered new technology leading products to market and put the company on a path to profitability.

During his career Vrij has held a variety of executive positions in sales, professional services, customer support and product management in both wireline and wireless market segments. From 2004 to 2007 he was the Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing Solutions with Genband Inc, a provider of IP solutions to service providers. He also held senior sales positions with Nextiraone (now Blackbox) a reseller of converged telephony products for the enterprise market.

Vrij also held leadership positions with Lucent Technologies from 1999 to 2002 including responsibility for the company's wireline business in the Europe and Middle East Region. And from 1993 to 1997 he held a number of sales, marketing and management positions with AT&T's global and regional joint ventures including as director of worldwide voice and data services and channel management operations.

Vrij holds a Bachelor of Business Administration (Marketing) degree from Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas and a Masters of Business Administration from St. Thomas University in Houston, Texas.

He served on the Executive Committee and Board of Directors for CTIA (Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association) and as a board member of CTM (Institute for Communication Technology Management).

About Alcatel-Lucent

Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) provides solutions that enable service providers, enterprises and governments worldwide, to deliver voice, data and video communication services to end-users. As a leader in fixed, mobile and converged broadband networking, IP technologies, applications and services, Alcatel-Lucent offers the end-to-end solutions that enable compelling communications services for people at home, at work and on the move. With operations in more than 130 countries, Alcatel-Lucent is a local partner with global reach. The company has the most experienced global services team in the industry, and one of the largest research, technology and innovation organizations in the telecommunications industry. Alcatel-Lucent achieved revenues of Euro 17.8 billion in 2007 and is incorporated in France, with executive offices located in Paris. For more information, visit Alcatel-Lucent on the Internet: http://www.alcatel-lucent.com

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In his new role, Holmes is responsible for driving marketing, sales and business development efforts in North and South America, with particular focus on expanding SCM's presence in new industries and geographic markets. In addition, he is responsible for establishing additional sales channels and creating new partnerships to further the company's sales expansion.

"Dave is an exceptionally talented manager and leader, with a record of success in creating and executing on new business opportunities," said Felix Marx, chief executive officer of SCM Microsystems, Inc. "He has significant experience in pulling together all the components needed to create, deliver and service contactless solutions, which is a primary growth strategy for SCM. We are very pleased to welcome Dave to the SCM team."

Holmes joins SCM Microsystems from NXP Semiconductors -- a specialty semiconductor provider for the mobile communications, consumer electronics, security, contactless payment and entertainment industries -- where he served most recently as Marketing and Business Development Manager for Near Field Communication (NFC), contact and contactless readers, security ICs and contactless services. He lead a team responsible for developing and fostering an NFC ecosystem, focusing on hardware manufacturers, software developers, system integrators, and content and service providers. Holmes also headed up NXP's contactless services business in the Americas, which included key management and secure application delivery systems. Prior to NXP, Holmes held a variety of sales, marketing and engineering positions with Philips Semiconductors, Vishay Intertechnologies and Lucent Technologies. He holds an MBA from Portland State University and a BS in Industrial Engineering from the University of Nebraska.

About SCM Microsystems

SCM Microsystems is a leading provider of solutions that open the Digital World by enabling people to conveniently access digital content and services. The company develops, markets and sells the industry's broadest range of contact and contactless smart card reader technology for secure PC, payment systems, network and physical access, and digital media readers for transfer of digital content to OEM customers in the government, financial, enterprise, consumer electronics and photographic equipment markets worldwide. Global headquarters are in Ismaning, Germany. For additional information, visit the SCM Microsystems web site at http://www.scmmicro.com.

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Alcatel-Lucent intends to complete the merger contemplated by the merger agreement as soon as practicable thereafter, with Motive becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of Alcatel-Lucent.

About Alcatel-Lucent

Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) provides solutions that enable service providers, enterprise and governments worldwide, to deliver voice, data and video communication services to end-users. As a leader in fixed, mobile and converged broadband networking, IP technologies, applications and services, Alcatel-Lucent offers the end-to-end solutions that enable compelling communications services for people at home, at work and on the move. With operations in more than 130 countries, Alcatel-Lucent is a local partner with global reach. The company has the most experienced global services team in the industry, and one of the largest research, technology and innovation organizations in the telecommunications industry. Alcatel-Lucent achieved revenues of Euro 17.8 billion in 2007 and is incorporated in France, with executive offices located in Paris. For more information, visit Alcatel-Lucent on the Internet: http://www.alcatel-lucent.com

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