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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Telefonica to deploy Alcatel-Lucent's 7950 core router in Argentina, Czech Republic

Telefonica on Tuesday named Alcatel-Lucent as its new core router supplier for networks in Argentina and the Czech Republic.

Consortium employs Alcatel-Lucent to build cable linking Florida to Ecuador

A new submarine cable network consortium has employed Alcatel-Lucent to build the new 100G-based Pacific Caribbean Cable System (PCCS) linking Jacksonville, Fla., to Manta, Ecuador.

Report: Small cell shipments to hit 5M annually by 2017

Rising data traffic and the need for carriers to deploy heterogeneous network architecture to handle all of that traffic will lead to 5 million annual shipments of small cells in 2017, according to a new report from research firm ARCchart.

Huawei, Ciena, Alcatel-Lucent take charge of the WDM market

Amidst a challenging economy and slower spending at all of the larger service providers, the WDM (wave division multiplexing) optical market appears to be holding its own, a new Dell'Oro report indicates.

Deutsche Telekom to launch OTT on its IPTV system

German telco Deutsche Telekom is planning a two-pronged over-the-top content delivery effort. First, it will launch multiscreen services in conjunction with its Entertain IPTV offer by the end of this year; next year, it will offer OTT as a separate service to entice new customers.

Alcatel-Lucent explores financing options with Goldman Sachs

Alcatel-Lucent on Friday reportedly began a process to secure funding from Goldman Sachs in a move to bolster its unsteady financial position.

Nokia Siemens eyes U.S. as key market in turnaround

Nokia Siemens Networks CEO Rajeev Suri said the United States will be a critical market for the vendor as it continues to transform its operations to focus on mobile broadband.

Report: Alcatel-Lucent in loan talks with Goldman Sachs

Alcatel-Lucent is reported to be in talks with Goldman Sachs about a possible loan to help strengthen the financially troubled vendor's position.

ABI: Nokia Siemens, Samsung post gains in Q3 RAN market share

Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) and Samsung posted gains in their share of the network infrastructure market in the third quarter, according to a new report from ABI Research.

Alcatel-Lucent may offload patents to raise cash

Alcatel-Lucent is weighing the sale of parts of its patent portfolio as a route to strengthen its battered finances. This comes after the company was reportedly seeking buyers for its submarine cable business and its enterprise telephony unit after reporting weaker sales and a wider net loss in the third quarter.