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Lucent Technologies, Inc. was an American multinational telecommunications equipment company headquartered in Murray Hill, New Jersey. It was established on September 30, 1996, through the divestiture of the former AT&T Technologies business unit of AT&T Corporation, which included Western Electric and Bell Labs. [2]
It was formed in 2006 by the merger of France-based Alcatel SA and U.S.-based Lucent Technologies, the latter being a successor of AT&T 's Western Electric and a holding company of Bell Labs. [1]
Lucent Technologies Inc. is the corporate descendant of AT & T's Western Electric manufacturing division, which AT & T bought in 1881. For most of the 20th century it was Western Electric that made telephones in nothing but black.
Nov 30, 2006 · Alcatel and Lucent completed their merger in November 2006, forming a global communication solutions provider with a broad portfolio of products and services. The new company, Alcatel-Lucent, had revenues of Euro 18.6 billion, R&D investments of Euro 2.7 billion and a local presence in 130 countries.
Feb 1, 2005 · A book review of Optical Illusions: Lucent and the Crash of Telecom by Lisa Endlich. The reviewer traces Lucent's rise and fall from a regulated utility to a high-tech darling and its strategic blunders in the telecom bubble.
A research paper that examines the strategic decisions and performance of Lucent Technologies, the world's largest telecommunications equipment company in 1999, and its decline and merger with Alcatel in 2006. The paper covers the history, acquisitions, products, and challenges of Lucent from 1996 to 2006.
Industry: Electronics, Electrical Equip. CEO: Richard A. McGinn. Website: https://www.alcatel-lucent.com. Ticker: LU. Company type: Revenues ($M): $26,360. Profits ($M): $541. Market...
