Avaya Signs Deal With Nissan Mexicana for Data Network

    MEXICO CITY, March 29 Avaya , a global leader in
business communications solutions and services, today announced that it has
signed a deal to supply Nissan Mexicana, one of the largest manufacturers of
automobiles in Latin America, with its data networking solutions.
    "We're pleased that companies like Nissan Mexicana are looking to Avaya
for high-performance convergence networks that allow them to have easy access
to multimedia applications," said Jorge Perez Cantu, managing director of
Avaya Mexico. "Our data networking solution, based on our award-winning data
switches, is voice-ready for IP telephony and IP videoconferencing
applications."
    Using Avaya's local area network (LAN) solution, Nissan will connect 2,000
users in five separate sites through a Gigabit Ethernet backbone built on
Avaya's P550 Gigabit Switch and Avaya P880 Routing Switch -- which can
implement data, voice and video applications. Also part of the solution are
Avaya's P120 Workgroup Switch and the  Avaya P330 Switching System.  The
network will be managed and monitored using Avaya's CajunView administration
software suite.
    The project involves sites in Nissan Mexicana's corporate offices in
Mexico City, as well as its manufacturing plants in Aguascalientes, Lerma,
Civac and Toluca.
    Avaya's P880 Routing Switch allows users to implement data, voice and
video applications without needing to resort to extensive and disruptive
hardware upgrades, and the Avaya P550 is an Ethernet switch designed for
campus-wide backbones.  The Avaya P330 switching system is a family of
high-performance, scalable switches allow network managers to build flexible
Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet and ATM solutions from the desktop
to the backbone. And at the heart of Avaya's workgroup solution is the Avaya
P120 workgroup switch to unite the switch fabric.

   About Nissan Mexicana
   Nissan Mexicana, S.A. de C.V. is a subsidiary of Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., a
company founded in 1933.  Nissan's global production of automobiles reaches
85 million units. As of December 2000, Nissan has manufactured more than three
million vehicles in Mexico.  For more information, visit
http://www.nissan.com.mx

    About Avaya
    Avaya, headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., USA, is a leading provider of
communications systems for enterprises, including businesses, government
agencies and other organizations.  Avaya offers converged voice and data,
customer relationship management, unified communication, voice multi-service
networking and structured cabling products and services. Avaya is a worldwide
leader in sales of messaging and structured cabling systems and a U.S. leader
in sales of enterprise voice communications and call center systems. Avaya
intends to use its leadership positions in enterprise communications systems
and software, its broad portfolio of products and services, and strategic
alliances with other technology and consulting services leaders to offer its
customers comprehensive eBusiness solutions. For more information about Avaya,
visit its Web site at http://www.avaya.com.