Lucent Technologies

Lucent Technologies Inc. plans to sell about $1.3 billion in convertible senior notes as part of the company’s strategy to wade out of its short- and medium-term debts. “This offering …

PCTel Inc. has filed patent infringement lawsuits against Lucent Technologies Inc., Agere Systems Inc., Broadcom Corp. and Robotics Corp. PCTel, which supplies 802.11 software, software-defined products and Internet access technology …

WASHINGTON-Despite interest in steering Iraq reconstruction business to American companies through competitive bidding and White House reluctance to meddle in wireless rebuilding in the war-torn country, the Bush administration has …

SAN RAMON, Calif.-The PAM Forum plus Parlay Group now equals the Parlay Group. Both standards groups are merging into the Parlay Group in a process that will be completed by …

Mobile infrastructure revenue dropped 14 percent in the first quarter of 2003 to $6.4 billion compared with the fourth quarter of 2002, according to a report by the Dell’Oro Group. …

NEW YORK-There is still work for Henry Schacht, Lucent Technologies Inc.’s former chairman and chief executive officer, at his former company for a princely $55,000 a month. The company will …

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. introduced enhancements to its MiLife SurePay Solutions Suite, a group of prepaid solutions for wireline and wireless operators. Version 8 includes flexible account spending, support …

SAN RAMON, Calif.-The PAM Forum plus Parlay Group now equals the Parlay Group. Both standards groups are merging into the Parlay Group in a process that will be completed by …

The legal duel as well as the claims and counterclaims between Motorola Inc. and Turkish carrier Telsim intensified with a recent full-page advertisement in the Wall Street Journal and some …

NEW YORK-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it has slashed its operating expenses by as much as 74 percent and the measures have increased margins by 16 percentage points and put the …

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-President George W. Bush has appointed Patricia Russo, chairman and chief executive officer of Lucent Technologies Inc., to the 30-member National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee. “In her NSTAC …

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. posted its 12th consecutive quarterly loss, reflecting a soft market and conservative spending by service providers. Lucent lost $351 million, or 14 cents per share …

In the sweepstakes of third-generation (3G) contracts, smaller equipment vendors hope to outplay the bigger names by taking advantage of their product strengths and delays in Universal Mobile Telecommunications System …

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. has agreed to pay $315 million in common stock and cash to settle 54 separate shareholder lawsuits, without admitting any wrongdoing in connection with charges …

CHICAGO-In what market watchers describe as one of the largest class-action settlements ever, Lucent Technologies Inc. has resolved all outstanding shareholder lawsuits for more than US$600 million. The settlement, which …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-For the first time, Ericsson will not be the supplier to install a Telecom Personal network in Argentina, now that Alcatel has signed an agreement with the cellular …

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. and Lucent Technologies Inc. issued separate announcements on their programs that help software developers in the wireless arena. Lucent unveiled a new software development kit to enable …

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. selected Lucent Technologies Inc.’s PacketStar Multiservice Media Gateway to move voice and data traffic on its network. Lucent said the PacketStar Gateway is being deployed …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Based on a new survey of the online customer care offerings of 500 companies, including 22 telecom service and equipment providers, The Customer Respect Group found one-third don’t respond …

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. has announced an agreement in principle with Securities and Exchange Commission staff to close an investigation begun two years ago, after Lucent discovered and notified …

NEW DELHI, India-Hughes Software Systems (HSS), a subsidiary of Hughes Electronics Corporation based in India, announced an outsourcing relationship with Lucent Technologies. Under the agreement, Lucent Technologies will outsource the …

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-In a recent survey of 450 active mobile-phone users nationwide, 72 percent of respondents said they would take and place more calls in noisy environments if voice and sound …

TRENTON, N.J.-Rating agency Standard and Poor’s has removed Lucent Technologies Inc. from its credit watch list, explaining that the vendor’s cash flow has stabilized in spite of the challenges ahead. …

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. has introduced a new base station system known as the Flexent CDMA High Density 4.0 that it says will enable operators to increase capacity by …

SAN FRANCISCO-Researchers from Lucent Technologies Inc.’s Bell Labs announced what it describes as the world’s first turbo decoder chip for terminals that support an enhanced version of UMTS called High …