Alcatel-Lucent is the product of the French-based Alcatel’s acquisition of the former Lucent Technologies in 2006. Led by former BT executive Ben Verwaayen, Alcatel-Lucent reported US$22.5 billion in 2010 revenues and is incorporated in France and headquartered in Paris.

Founded in 1898, the company provides products, solutions, and transformation services that enable service providers, enterprises, governments, and strategic industries to deliver voice, data, and video communication services to end-users worldwide. In addition, Alcatel-Lucent provides voice telephony and data networking solutions, and call center software; and end-to-end communications networks and individual network elements, as well as designs and sells a suite of radio frequency products, such as cable, antenna, tower systems, and their related electronic components. Further, it offers consultation, integration, migration and transformation, deployment, outsourcing, and maintenance services.

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Alcatel-Lucent’s marketing chief Carter to step down

Stephen Carter, CMO of Alcatel-Lucent and president of the Europe, Middle East and Africa region, will leave the troubled vendor at the end of this month.

ADTRAN, Alcatel-Lucent, others participate in VDSL2 plugfest at Univ. of New Hampshire

VDSL2 networks took another step forward as ADTRAN, Alcatel-Lucent and 13 other vendors met at the UNH InterOperability Laboratory in Durham, N.H. to conduct interoperability testing of the ITU-T G.vector standard.

nTelos to launch LTE this year using Alcatel-Lucent gear

Regional operator nTelos Wireless, which operates a CDMA network in the mid-Atlantic and southeast region of the United States, said it will use gear from Alcatel-Lucent to launch LTE service later this year in "select markets" in Virginia and West Virginia.

Analyst: AT&T, Sprint, Verizon among top 5 operators in mobile patents

AT&T Mobility, Sprint Nextel, Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile USA parent Deutsche Telekom were among the top five mobile operators worldwide in terms of patent filings, according to a report from industry analyst Chetan Sharma.

GPON drove wireline access growth in Q4 2012, says Dell'Oro

GPON equipment sales for Fiber to the Home networks were an anomaly in Q4 2012, one that was arguably a weak quarter for last mile wireline access gear.

CenturyLink's Poll: We're ready to put 100G at the edge

Pieter Poll, SVP of national and international network planning, engineering and construction for CenturyLink, is leading a major change for the telco as it expands its 100G optical capabilities. Senior Editor Sean Buckley spoke with Poll about the telco's 100G journey.

LTE Broadcast gets ready for its close-up

It's no secret that mobile video is one of the most popular uses for mobile broadband networks. Yet there is one huge drawback to customers' insatiable desire to view video on their mobile devices: Most of the content is provided by over-the-top players and delivered via unicast channels, which sucks up precious bandwidth on mobile networks and does not allow operators to monetize the service beyond charging for the amount of data consumed. Enter LTE Broadcast, billed as the answer to at least some of mobile operators' video delivery challenges.

CenturyLink adds Ciena's 6500 platform to its 100G roster

CenturyLink has named Ciena as one of its latest 100G suppliers with plans to leverage the vendor's 6500 Packet-Optical Network Platform.

ActiveVideo recruits Cisco veteran Murali Nemani

ActiveVideo said Thursday that it recruited Cisco and Alcatel-Lucent veteran Murali Nemani, naming him senior VP and chief marketing officer.

Ericsson rules the LTE roost, but TD-LTE will boost rivals

Ericsson sits atop the LTE infrastructure marketplace, but TD-LTE rollouts this year will benefit rivals Alcatel-Lucent, Huawei and ZTE, according to a fresh report.