PARIS—Alcatel Inc.’s board of directors is meeting in Paris today to review its "merger of equals" with longtime rival telecom equipment vendor Lucent Technologies Inc. Though the French company said it’s not likely to reach a final decision about the merger during the meeting,...
PARIS—Alcatel Inc. and Lucent Technologies Inc. confirmed they are in talks to create a "merger of equals," a transaction that would result in a single telecom equipment company with a total market capitalization of more than $33 billion. "We can confirm that Lucent and...
Nokia Corp. announced that its HSDPA network equipment has been launched by T-Mobile International Inc. in Hanover, Germany, during the CeBIT 2006 conference. Later in the year, the service is expected to be rolled out in England and the Netherlands. T-Mobile's HSDPA plans are...
AT&T Inc.'s planned acquisition of BellSouth Corp. could be great for consumers, but the news isn't so great for telecom equipment vendors, already suffering from declining profits. "In our view, carrier consolidation is a net negative for equipment vendors," stated a recent report by...
BARCELONA, Spain-As the 3GSM World Congress conference kicks off, music-related announcements from the industry are humming right along. Here are some of the highlights: Motorola Inc. announced a deal to use Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Media platform in a new series of music phones. The...
European telecom vendors reported strong earnings based largely on increasing sales of wireless equipment. L.M. Ericsson posted $1.1 billion in net income for the fourth quarter, a 52-percent increase from the $738 million the company reported for the same quarter of 2004. "We have...
PARIS-On the heels of a 61-percent increase in yearly net income from 2004 to 2005, Alcatel Corp. is proposing a dividend payout to its investors for the first time in four years.The company reported 2005 net income of $1.12 billion on revenues of $15.85...
PLANO, Texas-Alcatel Corp. picked Netrake's nCite Security Gateway technology to support the launch of its Unlicensed Mobile Access-based wireless LAN solution. Netrake said its gateway gives UMA providers secure access to GSM and GPRS mobile services over Bluetooth and Wi-Fi unlicensed spectrum technologies. "Netrake...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Alcatel Corp. and Stratex Netowrks Inc. announced a four-year agreement under which Stratex Networks' Eclipse solutions will become part of Alcatel's product offerings."These products, under an Alcatel branded designation, will make our best-in-class point-to-point microwave portfolio even more complete and competitive, particularly...
PARIS-Alcatel Corp. signed a three-year extension to an OEM agreement with Tekelec that will allow the infrastructure provider to continue deploying its 8000 Media Gateway as part of its Mobile Next Generation Network solution. The pair explained that the Tekelec 8000 is a converged...
PARIS-Alcatel Corp. and KT Corp. announced that they plan to work as a team to accelerate the adoption of mobile WiMAX, beginning with the establishment of an interoperability testing center in Seoul.Alcatel said it plans to provide the radio access and core network elements...
PARIS-Alcatel Corp. said it bought a minority stake in broadband solutions developer 2Wire Inc., a move that puts the company into the coveted home-gateway arena. "2Wire has extended the carrier's network directly into the subscriber's home with our home network solutions," said Brian Hinman,...
DALLAS-Alcatel Corp. signed a subcontract with M/A-COM Inc. to equip the state of New York with a wireless public safety communications network that Alcatel said will enhance interoperability among first responders. M/A-Com, a division of Tyco International Ltd., said in late September that its...
JAKARTA, Indonesia-NetZAP said it has awarded a contract to Alcatel Corp. for commercial expansion of netZAP's trial UMTS TD-CDMA network in Jakarta using equipment from IPWireless Inc. In order to cover a large portion of Jakarta, netZAP said the network expansion is set to...
PARIS-Alcatel Corp. said it won a contract with the state of Kansas to supply wireless local area network solutions for use in the state's government and educational facilities. The state plans to deploy Alcatel's WLAN access points in locations in Topeka and elsewhere.Alcatel said...
LOS ANGELES-The rush to provide TV services to mobile phones heated up Thursday as two established French wireless companies each joined the playground in separate announcements. In-Fusio, a entertainment publisher, launched a new TV channel for Sprint PCS Vision subscribers. The company unveiled SmashTV,...
PARIS-Alcatel Corp. announced the deployment of its Mobile Next Generation Network in China for Zhejiang Mobile, a subsidiary of China Mobile. Alcatel said its Mobile NGN was implemented by its Chinese company, Alcatel Shanghai Bell, and will help Zhejiang Mobile improve quality of service...
PARIS-Alcatel Corp. signed an agreement with NextGenTel, a service provider in Norway, to conduct its first field trial of pre-WiMAX equipment in Oslo and Bergen, Norway. Under the terms of the agreement, Alcatel will supply, install and support NextGenTel with its pre-WiMAX end-to-end solution....
VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Alcatel Corp. has chosen Convedia Corp.'s line of media servers to be included in the company's media resource product suite, according to an agreement between the two companies.Alcatel will market and resell Convedia's technology as an integral component of its media resource...
PARIS-Alcatel Corp. said it won a contract with WiMAX Telecom GmbH to provide the first commercial broadband wireless network using the new WiMAX standard in Austria.WiMAX Telecom is a subsidiary of Swiss WiMAX Telecom AG and was the sole provider to obtain nationwide WiMAX...
PARIS-Alcatel Corp. and Datang Mobile, a telecom equipment developer, said they are ready to deliver end-to-end TD-SCDMA products after completing the industrialization phase and jointly demonstrating a live end-to-end TD-SCDMA solution in April during the TD-SCDMA International Summit in Beijing.TD-SCDMA is one of three...
PARIS-Alcatel Corp. posted surging results in its wireless infrastructure business, news that helped send the company's stock up slightly to $12.23 per share."Second-quarter results came in above expectations. Sales were higher than anticipated in all three business segments. In particular, the mobile communication business...
PARIS-Alcatel Corp. signed a multi-million dollar contract with Malaysian mobile operator Celcom to expand Celcom's GSM network and upgrade it with a mobile next-generation network solution, which will increase the company's ability to provide its 5.79 million subscribers with new multimedia services at optimized...
PARIS-Alcatel Corp. announced it has partnered with @rteria, a subsidiary of the Reseau de Transport Electricite, the French electricity transport system, to begin experiments with WiMAX technology to provide broadband data and video services to users within 20 kilometers of the WiMAX transmitters, which...
