Lucent Technologies

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LAS VEGAS-Like fresh water on a dry rock, some good news for Lucent Technologies Inc. But how good? The $5 billion deal last week with Verizon Wireless provided a shot …

NEW YORK-Sun Microsystems Inc. is serving up advanced computing power for wireless network elements and operations support systems, according to separate announcements the company issued last week. With its new …

LAS VEGAS-Sonera’s zed portal service won a major victory last week as wireless carrier Vodafone U.K. adopted the services for use in the United Kingdom. Vodafone Group plc offers its …

LAS VEGAS-Sprint PCS used the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association’s Wireless 2001 show to finalize its widely rumored plans to roll out next-generation services using cdma2000 later this year. While …

LAS VEGAS-Qualcomm Inc., Lucent Technologies Inc. and Microsoft Corp. said a study they commissioned showed consumers want mobile multimedia services now. International Data Corp., which conducted the research study, surveyed …

MOSCOW-Russian Communications Minister Leonid Reiman, who is known to back European-developed technologies, confirmed that the U.S.-developed IS-95 standard is doomed in Russia. “I continue to believe that the standard has …

Dennis Roberson is sitting at a large, round conference table talking about the mandate he was given three years ago to “fix” Motorola Inc.’s storied research lab. As the conversation …

HONG KONG-Agere Systems, formerly the Microelectronics Group of Lucent Technologies Inc., established new regional headquarters in Hong Kong to support operations in the Asia-Pacific region. According to the company, Agere …

ARLINGTON, Va.-TeleCorp PCS Inc. said it intends to raise a total of $425 million in gross proceeds through a private sale of senior subordinated discount notes, subject to market and …

The new CEO at Andrew Corp. is promising that the manufacturer of wireless communications equipment will double the company’s revenues in four years. Guy M. Campbell, who succeeded Floyd English …

AWR Applied Wave Research appointed Ronald Patston as vice president of marketing. Prior to joining AWR, Patston held several positions in various companies in the wireless and EDA industry including …

RESTON, Va.-In their first deal ever, Nextel Communications Inc. has picked Lucent Technologies Inc. to supply gateway switches for its digital wireless network in the United States and other markets. …

NEW YORK-The Wireless Multimedia Forum, which recently celebrated its first birthday, is on schedule in building a framework for content that must be written just once for delivery to any …

With a commercial launch in full gear in South Korea, Samsung Inc. may be the John the Baptist of 3G as the first manufacturer to streak out of the uncertain …

Infowave Thomas U. Koll was appointed Infowave Software Inc.’s new chief executive officer. He previously was vice president of Microsoft’s Network Solutions Group and was responsible for the company’s worldwide …

NEW YORK-The story of NTELOS Inc. and Citizens Communications Inc., as told at Legg Mason Wood Walker’s recent “Future of Rural Telecommunications” conference, demonstrates the wireless opportunity’s expansion well beyond …

Weary of playing second fiddle, L.M. Ericsson trumped all the competition by soaring to the top of equipment makers, dislodging premier Lucent Technologies Inc., which dropped to the No. 4 …

ALLENTOWN, Pa.-Agere Systems, the former microelectronics group of Lucent Technologies Inc., has released a chip that switches voice and data signals, doubling the channel capacity of other products for wireless …

MOSCOW-The Moscow Cellular Communications (MCC) carrier is drafting documents for a 3G trial network and the construction of the project is to be launched in the second or third quarter …

In rhythm with an economy on the retreat, telecommunications giant Lucent Technologies Inc. seems to be on the decline. Against a background of outsized estimates, employee downsizing, technological miscues and …

Streaming content onto wireless devices seems like a perfect match of technology. Without the hard drive space required to download and save large files, streaming content to wireless devices is …

Telcom Global Chris Carter was appointed Telcom Global Solutions Inc.’s senior director for engineering services. In his new position, Carter will be responsible for planning and managing the company’s global …

NEW YORK-Why wait for 3G, whenever that might be, when you can provide multimedia services over wireless networks today? That is the message of Nehemiah Davidson, chief executive officer of …

NEW YORK-The Securities and Exchange Commission is conducting a formal investigation of Lucent Technologies Inc. for possible fraudulent accounting practices, The Wall Street Journal reported. The SEC reportedly is looking …