Lucent Technologies

TOKYO-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it plans to collaborate with Japanese company eAccess Ltd. to trial W-CDMA technology for mobile voice, data and multimedia services. This trial will include HSDPA and …

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Computer company Hewlett-Packard Co. sacked Carleton Fiorina as its chairman and chief executive officer, news that sent the company’s stock up more than 5 percent in trading to …

MORRISTOWN, N.J.-Alcatel Corp., Huawei Technologies, Lucent Technologies Inc. and Nortel Networks Ltd. have joined the TeleManagement Forum’s Co-operative Open OSS Project, which is designed to improve interoperability and simplify deployment …

The overall first-quarter picture looks dim for Lucent Technologies Inc. Although its wireless business is humming along, Lucent’s wireline business is the drag. The company reported a net income of …

KANATA, Ontario-BelAir Networks, which provides wide area Wi-Fi solutions, said Lucent Technologies Inc. now offers its carrier-grade wireless switch routers to service providers, enterprises and government accounts. Lucent Worldwide Services …

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. is teaming with Alvarion to provide converged networking technology that will allow carriers to complement existing third-generation and wireline networks with WiMAX, the companies announced …

LAS VEGAS-The slow rollout of high-speed wireless data networks continues as CDMA-based carrier Verizon Wireless last week said it will expand its BroadbandAccess network to 12 additional markets on top …

Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc. made headlines last week by announcing it was part of an effort to develop standards for a new mobile-phone technology that would transfer data more …

LAS VEGAS-Verizon Wireless will offer video, audio and three-dimensional games over its EV-DO third-generation network beginning next month. The carrier also announced plans to expand the cities in which it …

Cingular Wireless and Lucent Technologies Inc. said they completed the first High-Speed Downlink Packet Access data calls using a trial UMTS network deployed by the two companies in the Atlanta …

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The anticipated merger between Sprint PCS and Nextel Communications Inc. offers an olive branch in one area and a turf battle in another. The turf battle arises from what the …

Following the recent sale of its remaining spectrum licenses to Verizon Wireless for $3 billion, NextWave Telecom Inc. filed its third joint plan of reorganization with the bankruptcy court overseeing …

Just a few years ago, players on the CDMA aisle of the technology wars believed the future belonged to them alone. The other players, huffing with GSM, could not figure …

While Sprint Corp. had little to say about a possible deal with Nextel Communications Inc., the carrier did report $3 billion worth of multi-year buildout contracts with Lucent Technologies Inc., …

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it has distributed 200 million warrants to buy shares of the same amount at $2.75 as part of a shareowner and related class-action lawsuit …

An already crowded North American infrastructure market is set to welcome a new competitor. One of China’s largest telecommunications vendors, Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., has provided network equipment for regional …

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-In support of its previously announced plans to begin deploying CDMA2000 1x EV-DO services, Sprint Corp. reported $3 billion worth of multi-year buildout contracts with Lucent Technologies Inc., …

Just more than a month after closing its $41 billion acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc., Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said it expects to post a quicker return on its investment …

SYDNEY, Australia-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it will supply a new Internet Protocol/Multiprotocol Label Switching system in conjunction with Juniper Networks Inc. to carry traffic for Vodafone Australia’s network. The system …

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said it will begin deploying a UMTS/HSDPA-based network next year with plans to cover most major markets by the end of 2006. The carrier noted the network …

One vendor’s end-to-end strategy is another vendor’s poison. Nokia Corp., Siemens AG and Motorola Inc. market their end-to-end strategies as one-stop shops for carriers. But Lucent Technologies Inc., Nortel Networks …

Network equipment divisions performed better for major wireless vendors in the third quarter than their handset businesses did. At Nokia Corp., handset sales figures still topped equipment sales, but infrastructure …

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it will enjoy a tax refund of about $816 million, or 16 cents per diluted share, following a tax carry-back approval by the Congressional …

NEW YORK-The Securities and Exchange Commission is considering recommending that civil actions be taken against three former employees of Lucent Technologies Inc., including former chairman and chief executive officer Richard …