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Alcatel-Lucent
Alcatel-Lucent
Alcatel-Lucent
History
Alcatel-Lucent was formed when Alcatel merged with Lucent Technologies on December 1, 2006. However, the company as a whole has been a part of telecommunications industry since the late 19th century. The company has roots in two early telecommunications companies: La Compagnie Générale d’Electricité (CGE) and the Western Electric Manufacturing Company.[4] Western Electric began in 1869 Elisha Gray and Enos N. Barton started a small manufacturing firm based in Cleveland, Ohio. By 1880, the company had relocated to Chicago, Illinois and become the largest electrical manufacturing company in the U.S. In 1881 the American Bell Telephone Company — founded by Alexander Graham Bell and forerunner of American Telephone & Telegraph (AT&T) — purchased a controlling interest in Western Electric and made it the exclusive developer and manufacturer of equipment for the Bell telephone companies.[4] CGE was formed in 1898 by French engineer Pierre Azaria in the Alsace region of France and was a conglomerate involved in industries such as electricity, transportation, electronics and telecommunications. CGE would become a leader in digital communications and would also be known for producing the TGV (train à grande vitesse) high speed trains in France.[4] Bell Telephone Laboratories was created in 1925 from the consolidation the R&D organizations of Western Electric and AT&T. Bell Labs would make significant scientific advances including: the transistor, the laser, the solar cell battery, the digital signal processor chip, the Unix operating system and the cellular concept of mobile telephone service. Bell Labs researchers have won 11 Nobel Prizes.[4] Also in 1925, Western Electric sold its International Western Electric Company subsidiary to ITT Corporation. CGE purchased the telecommunications part of ITT in the mid-1980s.[4] In 1998 Alcatel Alsthom shifted its focus to the telecommunications industry —
Type Founded Headquarters Key people Industry Products
Public (Euronext: ALU, NYSE: ALU) 2006 (1898 as Alcatel, 1996 as Lucent Technologies) Paris, France Ben Verwaayen (CEO), Philippe Camus (Chairman of the board) Telecommunications Hardware, software and services to telecommunications service providers and enterprises ▲ €16.98 billion (2008)[1] ▼ (€5.303 billion) (2008)[1] ▼ (€5.215 billion) (2008)[1] 77,717 (2008)[1] www.alcatel-lucent.com
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Alcatel-Lucent is a global telecommunications corporation, headquartered in Paris, France. It provides telecommunications solutions to service providers, enterprises and governments around the world, enabling these customers to deliver voice, data and video services. The company focuses on fixed, mobile, and converged broadband networking hardware, IP technologies, software, and services. It leverages the technical and scientific expertise of Bell Labs, one of the largest innovation and R&D houses in the communications industry. Alcatel-Lucent has operations in more than 130 countries. The company is under the leadership of Chief Executive Officer Ben Verwaayen and the non-executive Chairman of the Board is Philippe Camus. Verwaayen and Camus joined the company in the third quarter of 2008 after Alcatel-Lucent’s first CEO Patricia Russo and first Chairman Serge Tchuruk resigned.[2] For 2008, the company posted revenues of €16.984 billion and a net loss of €5.215 billion.[3]
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spinning off its Alsthom activities and changing the company’s name to Alcatel. AT&T spun off Lucent Technologies in April 1996 with an initial public offering.[4] Facing intense competition in the telecommunications industry, Alcatel and Lucent Technologies announced plans to merge. At the same time, Alcatel announced that it would swap its shares of Alcatel Alenia Space and Telespazio for €673 million and a 12.1% stake in Thales, a key player in the French defense industry. This increased Alcatel’s stake in Thales to 20.8%.[4] Alcatel-Lucent acquired Nortel’s UMTS radio access business at the end of 2006. During 2007 the company acquired Canadian metro WDM networking supplier Tropic Networks, Inc.; enterprise services gateway products developer NetDevices; IPTV software company Tamblin; and the telecommunications consulting practice Thompson Advisory Group, Inc. Alcatel-Lucent acquired Motive, Inc., a provider of service management software for broadband and mobile data services in 2008.[4]
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• - Offers professional telecommunications services to carriers that encompass the entire network lifecycle.[6]
Management Committee[7]
• Paul Tufano, Chief Financial Officer • Adolfo Hernandez, Europe, Middle East and Africa region • Sean Dolan, Asia-Pacific and China region • Robert Vrij, Americas region president • Kenneth Frank, Solutions and Marketing • Janet Davidson, Quality and Customer Care • Michel Rahier, Operations • Philippe Keryer, Carrier Product Group • Andy Williams, Services Product Group • Paul Segre, Applications and Software Product Group • Tom Burns, Entreprise Product Group • Claire Pedini, Human Resources • Jeong Kim, Bell Labs
Board of Directors
• • • • • • • • • • • • Philippe Camus Ben Verwaayen Daniel Bernard Frank Blount Stuart Eizenstat Louis Hughes Sylvia Jay Jean Monty Olivier Piou Jean Cyril Spinetta Jean Pierre Desbois Patrick Hauptmann
Organization
Offices
• Global Headquarters: • 54 rue la Boétie Paris 75008, France • Alcatel-Lucent has three regional groups:[5] • Americas • Asia Pacific & China • Europe, Middle East & Africa
Research
• Bell Labs is Alcatel-Lucent’s research & development organization.[8] • Alcatel-Lucent spent 2.5 billion for R&D in 2008. • Alcatel-Lucent Bell-Labs currently has 26,000 active patents. • Is involved in 100 worldwide standardization bodies.
Business Groups
• - Develops software for Carriers to deploy, such as digital home management and rich media applications and for Enterprises to use to transform their customer service capabilities.[6] • - Serves fixed, wireless and convergent service providers with end-to-end telecommunications products.[6] • - Provides enterprises with communications solutions such as unified communications and contact centers, IP telephony, IP address and performance management software, and security solutions.[6]
Lawsuits
Alcatel-Lucent v. Microsoft
Lucent Technologies filed suit against Gateway and Dell, claiming they had violated patents on MP3, MPEG and other technologies developed by Bell Labs, a division of predecessor company American Telephone &
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Telegraph. Microsoft voluntarily joined the lawsuit in April 2003, and Alcatel was added after it acquired Lucent. The case, involving a number of patents, is pending in U.S. District Court in San Diego, California. The first part of the case involved two audio coding patents that Alcatel-Lucent claimed were infringed by Microsoft’s Windows Media Player application. Alcatel-Lucent won the trial and $1.52 Billion in damages, but the Judge granted[9] Microsoft’s motion for judgment and new trial.[10],[11] Alcatel-Lucent says it will appeal.[12] In the second part of the case, the Judge ruled that Microsoft had not violated AlcatelLucent’s patents relating to speech recognition and the case was therefore dismissed before going to trial. Alcatel-Lucent intends to appeal.[13][14] The third part of the case involves several user interface-related patents, is scheduled to begin on May 21. Additional patent infringement cases, some filed by Microsoft and some filed by Alcatel-Lucent, are pending across the U.S..
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post/20070806-judge-tossesverdict-1-52-billion-award-in-microsoftmp3-patent-case.html. [13] Broache, Anne (2007-03-02). "Microsoft wins in second Alcatel-Lucent patent suit". CNET News.com. http://news.com.com/ Microsoft+wins+in+second+AlcatelLucent+patent+suit/ 2100-1014_3-6163828.html?tag=nefd.top. Retrieved on 2007-03-04. [14] Montalbano, Elizabeth (2007-03-03). "One Patent Claim Against Microsoft Dropped". http://www.pcworld.com/
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article/id,129581-c,legalissues/ article.html. [15] "Euro RSCG set to win Alcatel Lucent rebranding task". http://www.brandrepublic.com/bulletins/ br/article/598391/euro-rscg-set-winalcatel-lucent-rebranding-task/.
External links
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