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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P&T Luxembourg test drives Alcatel-Lucent's vectoring solution

P&T Luxembourg on Wednesday became the latest European telco to begin testing Alcatel-Lucent's vectoring technology in combination with VDSL2 bonding as a way to deliver higher speed data services to comply with the government's Ultra High BroadBand plan.

Carrier infrastructure deals punctuate MWC 2013

This year's Mobile World Congress brought out a flurry of announcements about major contracts between mobile operators and infrastructure vendors.

Alcatel-Lucent names former Vodafone Europe chief Michel Combes as CEO

Alcatel-Lucent named Michel Combes, a former CEO of Vodafone Europe, as its new CEO, charging him with returning the company to consistent profitability after the tumultuous tenure of Ben Verwaayen, who announced earlier this month he would step down.

Alcatel-Lucent names ex-Vodafone exec Michel Combes as new CEO

Alcatel-Lucent on Friday named Michel Combes as the company's new CEO, taking the reins from Ben Verwaayen, who announced earlier this month that he would step down amidst ongoing financial struggles.  He will begin on April 1.

Alcatel-Lucent appoints new CEO, as French government reportedly eyes minority investment

Alcatel-Lucent named Michel Combes as its new CEO. The Frenchman, best known for navigating Vodafone's European operations through the financial crisis, will take over the CEO role starting April 1, and will replace Ben Verwaayen, who announced earlier this month he would step down.

Gee Rittenhouse named president of Bell Labs

Alcatel-Lucent on Monday named Gee Rittenhouse the new president of Bell Labs, replacing Jeong Kim, who is returning to South Korea to serve as that country's minister of Future Creation and Science.

Carrier VoIP saw turnaround in 2012, says Infonetics

Following three years of annual declines, a new Infonetics Q4 2012 report revealed that the VoIP and IMS equipment market grew 9 percent over 2011 due to strong IMS sales.

Large network vendors deliver confused small cell backhaul messages

Major infrastructure vendors have taken a toolkit approach to small cell backhaul that blends a variety of approaches, but their shifting strategies are perplexing their operator customers, according to an advisory report from Current Analysis.

Reliance outsources network operations to Ericsson in $1 billion agreement

Reliance Communications announced on Monday it is outsourcing its network operations to Ericsson in a $1 billion managed, eight-year services contract covering its wireline and wireless networks located in north and west India.

Hibernia halts cable build with Huawei due to US-China cybersecurity issues

Hibernia Networks has been forced to stop work on its trans-Atlantic submarine cable, the Hibernia Express, over cybersecurity issues due to its work with Huawei.