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QLogic Global Services Selects Lucent Technologies as Strategic Global Services Support Partner

MURRAY HILL, NJ and ALISO VIEJO, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 10/13/05 -- Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) today announced an agreement with QLogic Corp. (NASDAQ: QLGC) to provide global technical support, on-site service and advanced exchange services for QLogic switches and host bus adapters used in storage area networks.

The agreement with Lucent allows QLogic Global Services to expand its coverage by leveraging Lucent’s network integration and multivendor expertise, in-region local language remote technical support, global spares logistics and on-site support services (see separate press release from QLogic announcing its QLogic Global Services program).

"The rapid growth of our product sales quickly created a global user community asking for local-language support and service," said Denis Maynard, vice president of worldwide sales and support, QLogic Corp. "By partnering with Lucent, QLogic was able to execute on its service strategy of thinking globally and acting locally."

"The global maintenance agreement with QLogic is another milestone in Lucent's multivendor maintenance and enterprise strategy," said Jim Johnson, vice president of maintenance and deployment services, Lucent Worldwide Services. "We will provide world-class support services backed by our proven track record of providing customers quality service worldwide."

About Lucent Worldwide Services

Lucent Worldwide Services is one of the industry's most experienced network services organizations. With more than 10,000 technicians, network engineers and consultants, Lucent Worldwide Services serves the largest service providers, enterprises, government institutions and cable providers in 50 countries and six continents. Lucent Worldwide Services supports more than 1,500 products from more than 250 different vendors.

About Lucent Technologies

Lucent Technologies designs and delivers the systems, services and software that drive next-generation communications networks. Backed by Bell Labs research and development, Lucent uses its strengths in mobility, optical, software, data and voice networking technologies, as well as services, to create new revenue-generating opportunities for its customers, while enabling them to quickly deploy and better manage their networks. Lucent's customer base includes communications service providers, governments and enterprises worldwide. For more information on Lucent Technologies, which has headquarters in Murray Hill, N.J., USA, visit http://www.lucent.com.

About QLogic Corp.

QLogic is the leading supplier of Fibre Channel host bus adapters (HBAs), blade server embedded Fibre Channel switches and Fibre Channel stackable switches. The company is also a leading supplier of iSCSI HBAs. QLogic products are delivered to small, medium and large enterprises around the world, powering solutions from leading companies like Cisco, Dell, EMC, HP, IBM, NEC, Network Appliance and Sun Microsystems. QLogic is a member of the S&P 500 Index and NASDAQ 100 Index. For more information visit www.qlogic.com.

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Stephen Loudermilk
Lucent Technologies
908-582-5725 (office)
908-672-5237 (mobile)
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Frank Berry
QLogic Corporation
949-389-6499 (office)
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