Agilent in Communications

1. Agilent in Communications

2. Agilent Areas of Focus Communications & Electronics Life Sciences Services, Measurement, Test SemiconductorProducts ChemicalAnalysis 66% 23% 11% Agilent Laboratories Revenue percentages exclude Healthcare Systems Groups results

3. Agilent’s History of Innovation in Communications • 1939 - First product is an audio oscillator used to test sound equipment • 1943 - Entry into microwave with signal generators • 1951 - Introduction of high-speed frequency counter • 1963 - First synthesizer to generate a signal at a precise desired frequency • 1979 - Introduction of fiber-optic transmitters and receivers for data communications • 1985 - First microprocessor-based analyzer measures previously-unheard-of frequencies. • 1992 - Optical spectrum analyzer product for use in the optical communications field. • 1996 - Creation of a network-timing device for wired and wireless high-speed, digital networks

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5. Agilent helps customers accelerate winning technologies… Manufacturers Service Providers …through every step of their business processes

6. Communications Market Trends Internet Access becomes Mobile • Voice converges with data - broad technology base needed • Rapidly shifting and fragmenting value chain • Intense competition and focus on ROI • New technologies evolving but deployment delayed • Market share gains based on features and value “More handsets than PCs will be connected to the Internet by 2003” -- Nokia

7. Manufacturers strive to: Change focus from time-to-volume to time-to-profit Reduce cost of transmitting/switching a bit by 100X Reduce total cost of test through automation and integration services Service Providers strive to: Lower cost of bandwidth and capital expenses Lower operating costs Focus on increasing revenues/services Decrease time-to-market for next-generation technologies Communications Business ChallengeReturn on Investment is key

8. Fiber-optic transceivers Networking ICs Wireless appliance and base-station components Storage networking solutions Photonic switching Digital imaging solutions Component test Fiber-optics system test Network equipment test (base stations & mobile appliances) Wireless systems test Design software Agilent Solutions for Communications • Integrated management • Service level management • Network management • Interconnect management • Process automation • Roaming management • Services and support

9. Agilent Leadership • #1 fiber optic supplier • #1 Fibre Channel Controller supplier • Innovative miniaturization technology for wireless • #1 wireless handset production test • #1 network analysis • #1 spectrum analysis • #1 RFIC test system • Flexible financing options • #1 integrated next-generation management • OSI acquisition 2001 • #1 signaling management solutions

10. Agilent in Wireless for ManufacturersAccelerate next-generation devices and systems • RF and Infrared Components and Chipsets • Design and Simulation Software • Component and Appliance Test • Infrastructure Test • Electronic Manufacturing Services • Engineering Services

11. Agilent in Wireless for Service ProvidersAccelerate next-generation wireless network • Network Planning & Design • Installation, Commissioning, & Maintenance Test • Network Optimization & Management • Competitive Benchmarking • Engineering Services • Service Assurance, Delivery, and Usage Management • Process Management • Roaming Applications

12. Agilent in Wireless CommunicationsAccelerate Profitability: Faster time-to-market • Design and simulation software reduces cycle times • Component solutions enable miniaturization and reduced power consumption • Receiver test and signal simulation expedite new technologies • Test solutions help engineers ensure their products meet new technology standards We help R&D engineers focus more time on product design and less on test design. Our cutting-edge products reduce product design cycles and maximize product quality.

13. Agilent in Wireless CommunicationsAccelerate Profitability: Shorter time-to-volume • Complete line of test and component solutions provides greater choice and flexibility • Faster replication of volume manufacturing globally with systems and services • Reduced test cost with universal test systems, test optimization and other services • Turnkey solutions and test integration support We help manufacturers ramp up faster, increase production throughput, and reduce cost of test.

14. Agilent in Wireless CommunicationsAccelerate Profitability: Faster time-to-profit • Integrated software increases efficiency of network planning and design • Installation and maintenance test products speed deployment of new networks • Network optimization and management solutions ensure optimal network performance • Full offering of services provides vital expertise to effectively handle the challenge of new technologies We help network operators roll out new services to obtain revenue faster and improve their quality of service.

15. Accelerate Customer ProgressComponent and test solutions “As further miniaturization shapes the future of consumer electronics, Samsung will continue to work with Agilent to deliver next-generation communication products designed to fit people’s changing lives.”--- Ki Tae Lee, executive V.P. and CEO of Samsung Electronics’ Information and Communications “Producing a 3G mobile presents many design and engineering challenges. Samsung and Agilent's successful collaboration enabled us to verify our prototype 3G phones and move them quickly into production.” -- Mr. Sang-Uoon Chung, Director of Engineering, Samsung

16. Accelerate Customer ProgressBest-in-class products and service “Agilent‘s longstanding leadership in RF test is undisputed.” Charlie Jones, Director of Engineering RF/Analog IC Product Test QUALCOMM

17. Accelerate Customer ProgressNetwork optimization solutions • Agilent helped QWEST Wireless cut their optimization time in half - from six weeks to three, because their drive-test solution provides in-vehicle alarms that eliminate the need to return to the office to analyze data.

18. Agilent in Optical Communications • Storage Network Components/Subsystems • Fiber Optic Transceivers • Communications ICs • Photonic Switching Platforms • Optical Component Test • DWDM System Test • High Speed DigitalCommunications Test • Optical Network Installation & Maintenance • Fiber Optic Network Management

19. Optical Communication Trends • Drive to profitability • Continuing bandwidth explosion • Intelligent optical networks • Optical Ethernet -- Metro/Edge

20. Agilent in Optical CommunicationsAccelerate profitability • Faster, multi-channel testing handles higher measurement throughput • Automated, flexible, scalable test platforms; easy connectivity and software integration • Turnkey test solutions allow customers to outsource non-core competencies • Centralized management of remote optical networks • Portability for efficient troubleshooting We help manufacturers ramp up faster, increase production throughput, and reduce cost of test. Service providers benefit from reduced maintenance and management costs.

21. Agilent in Optical CommunicationsAccelerate bandwidth utilization Higher Transmission Rates • Broadest line of Fibre Channel 2Gb/s components for fast-growing storage area networks • 30 Gb/s parallel optics for next-generation terabit routers • Future-proof switching with bit-rate & protocol independent photonic switching solution • State-of-the-art 40 Gb/s solutions for component test and transmission test • Test equipment for DWDM and new wavelength bands Narrower Channel Spacing New Wavelength Ranges We help equipment manufacturers break the bandwidth bottlenecks throughout the network from Storage and Enterprise to the Metro and Optical Core networks with our test solutions and high volume fiber optic component solutions.

22. Network management systems that monitor the network and optimize provisioned capacity Solutions for automated capacity provisioning Optical router test to accelerate development of IP over the Optical Network Agilent in Optical CommunicationsAccelerate intelligent optical networking Optical mesh networks are today’s most promising solution to the coming IP bandwidth boom. We help monitor and manage the performance and reliability of the intelligent optical network .

23. Agilent in Optical CommunicationsAccelerate Ethernet into the Metro • Driving new standards for 10 Gb/s Ethernet and high capacity parallel optics • High-volume component manufacturing helps ramp new technologies quickly • 2.5 Gb/s small-form-factor fiber optic transceivers with roadmaps to 10 Gb/s • 10 Gb/s testing capabilities We bring a high-volume enterprise mentality to the Metro Access and Metro Core.

24. Accelerate Customer ProgressWith customized, high-performance test solutions “We have to absolutely rely on the test system. It’s unacceptable to send a product to a customer and then find out that our measurement system is inaccurate; it would be a disaster. We are very confident in the accuracy of the Agilent systems.”Johannes KoppenburgAlcatel SEL AG Alcatel’s Research and Development Center in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen, Germany

25. Agilent in Operations Support Systems (OSS) • Next-Generation OSS Solutions • Unified Management Architecture (UMA) • Service Assurance, Delivery & Usage • Integrated Process Management • Wireless, Optical, Wireline, Cable • IP Service Level Agreement Management • Maximizing Signaling Data for Network,Service & Revenue Assurance • Consulting, Support Services, Education & Training for Service Providers

26. Agilent in OSSAccelerate service differentiation • Proactive, real-time IP service level agreement monitoring and management • Effective management of converging multivendor, multidomain networks • Improved surveillance, troubleshooting, business intelligence, fraud and billing—based on SS7 & equipment usage data • Consulting, support services, education & training Our OSS solutions enable service providers to build customer retention and loyalty by consistently meeting customer requirements—providing faster problem resolution and increased quality of service.

27. Agilent in OSSAccelerate new service delivery • Rapidly create new applications with seamless integration • Easily address change with flexible workflow automation • Improve customer service through end-to-end service activation • Implement and deploy new services in converging markets—ahead of the competition Our integrated next-generation solutions enable faster and more efficient service provisioning —— minimizing time-to-market and maximizing profits.

28. Agilent in OSSAccelerate ROI and reverse shrinking margins • Comprehensive, end-to-end OSS solutions speed time-to-market • Manage across next-generation and legacy environments with a single OSS • Reduce operational costs with fully integrated service, network and element management • Rapidly assimilate new and diverse technologies with no system down time We help service providers meet the challenges in today’s ultra-competitive market with integrated OSS solutions based on our Unified Management Architecture.

29. Agilent in OSSAccelerate profitability with service and support • Design it, install it, keep it up-and-running with our expert help • Consult on critical presales, design, deployment, application and business innovation issues • Train with instructor-led & web-based classes—on technology, products and applications • Take advantage of proactive, as well as reactive, support services Service providers turn to our business consultants, technology experts, technical consultants, project managers and education specialists for guidance through entire solutions projects.

30. Accelerating Customer ProgressCapturing signaling data to increase customer satisfaction “acceSS7 has saved us immeasurable amounts of time by enabling us to pinpoint what’s happening on the network, get on the phone to the other carriers, and solve the problem in a very timely manner. It keeps our customers happy in a roaming environment.”-- Vern Lumbert, Director of Intelligent Network Services, US WEST

31. Accelerating Customer ProgressGetting high-speed Internet access services to market fast “We saw the need for a DSL network and service management platform that provided flow-through provisioning and integrated service assurance. We chose Agilent’s NETeXPERT for its ability to adapt to inevitable changes.”-- Dr. David Kettler, Vice President of Science and Technology, BellSouth Telecommunications

32. Accelerating Customer ProgressIncreasing quality of the fiber network with a single solution “By alerting us to gradual changes in the quality of fiber, accessFIBER enables us to offer far greater quality of service than has ever before been possible in a submarine network.“-- Alasdair Wilkie, Technical Director, Flute Ltd.

33. Accelerating Customer ProgressDeliveringHigh Levels of Service Quality to XSPs “Tin.it requires Firehunter’s capabilities to maintain a complex network and to ensure our service quality keeps pace with constant innovations in our service offerings. Firehunter provides very useful data to ensure the kind of positive experience that attracts 5,000 new users a day.”-- Maurizio Irlando, Manager of Messaging and Wireless Internet, Tin.it (Telecom Italia)

34. Accelerating Customer ProgressProviding the Resources to Help Service Providers Succeed “We saw that Agilent had an immediate application to our problem and used Agilent resources rather than develop our own. We did not have to spend a lot of time looking for qualified people and going through a ramp-up of training.”-- Mike Harper, Project Manager of Business Intelligence, BellSouth