Lucent Technologies

LONDON-Standard and Poor’s ratings services lifted Lucent Technologies Inc.’s corporate rating to B from B- in its review of the telecom equipment industry. “Standard & Poor’s believes industry revenues have …

As softswitch technology continues to upstage circuit-based standards, some new companies have launched forays into the space. They do not look forward to dueling the big players like Nortel Networks …

SAO PAULO, Brazil-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it is working with Anatel to conduct a trial of commercial CDMA450 to bridge the “digital divide” in the country. The trial follows a …

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-Lucent Technologies Inc. and Motorola Inc. are at the short end of wireless infrastructure contracts owing to their late start in the UMTS market, according to a report …

SAO PAULO, Brazil-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it is working with Anatel to conduct a trial of commercial CDMA450 to bridge the “digital divide” in the country. The trial follows a …

DALLAS-Emergent Network Solutions Inc. said it has introduced a new mobile softswitch known as Entice mobile Softswitch, for wireless service providers. The company, formed by former Lucent Technologies Inc. employees, …

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. announced two new executive changes as part of its efforts to expand its global business development. The moves involve the appointment of Jim Brewington as …

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-Just a few months after it acquired the company, InterDigital Communications Corp.’s subsidiary Tantivy Communications Inc. said it filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Lucent Technologies Inc. …

CANNES-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it has teamed with Cisco Systems Inc. to develop voice over Internet Protocol and multimedia communications solution for mobile carriers. The agreement will combine Lucent Softswitch …

Fresh with a government deal to test its Packet Blast technology, Lucent Technologies Inc. confirms a trend that proclaims packet technology is king in the wireless space. The U.S. Defense …

Wireless technology is on the cusp of fulfilling its promise for homeland security, with the District of Columbia’s office of the Chief Technology Officer’s partnership with Motorola Inc. and Flarion …

NEW YORK-Ratings company Fitch has raised its ratings on Lucent Technologies Inc. to B from CCC+ for its unsecured debt, a renewed signal that the wireless bellwether is out of …

NEW YORK-Ratings company Fitch has raised its ratings on Lucent Technologies Inc. to B from CCC+ for its unsecured debt, a renewed signal that the wireless bellwether is out of …

Nextel Communications Inc.’s next-generation plans are set to be tested by the public as the carrier is planning a network trial in the Raleigh-Durham, N.C., area using Flarion Technologies Inc.’s …

Third-generation contracts seem to be giving Nortel Networks Ltd. an edge lately, owing to what industry observers describe as the Brampton, Ontario-based vendor’s Internet Protocol advantage. Nortel’s complete solution has …

More challenging than erasing a $477 billion budget deficit (which should keep the 3-percent federal phone tax intact for another hundred years or so) is figuring out where the U.S.-China …

Going by the quarterly reports of major vendors, wireless equipment business is whirring back to favor. Putting panic behind them, Lucent Technologies Inc. and Motorola Inc. recorded solid growth, while …

Lucent Technologies Inc. unveiled its second consecutive quarterly profit in its first-quarter results with a net income of $338 million, or 7 cents per diluted share. This builds on the …

The economy has begun to rebound, but recovery in the job market remains elusive, and information technology industries in particular continue to report cuts. “Given the non-cyclical factors that have …

China is a land of enormous opportunity for wireless infrastructure makers and the like, no doubt about it. A land with more than 1 billion people can yield a lot …

WASHINGTON-Motorola Inc. today signed deals totaling $1.1 billion with China’s top mobile-phone carriers, and other U.S. wireless firms picked up multimillion contracts in the world’s largest wireless market. The transactions …

Positive stock activity is greeting Verizon Wireless’ announcement to launch its CDMA2000 1x EV-DO in major cities across the country, even though the carrier has not disclosed which companies will …

Building on the momentum of its initial two-city launch last year, Verizon Wireless said it will spend $1 billion to launch its CDMA2000 1x EV-DO service in major cities in …

SAO PAULO, Brazil-Brazil’s largest mobile operator signed a contract with Lucent Technologies Inc. to expand the operator’s CDMA2000 1x network. The expansion will cover Vivo’s network in Sao Paulo, Rio …

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. announced two new executive appointments Tuesday. The company has appointed Jan M.K. Jaferian as its new intellectual property business president and John DeBono as its …