Lucent Technologies

How it came to pass that AT&T let its cellular licenses slip away during its 1984 divestiture is the stuff of wireless industry urban legend. Some say AT&T was less-than-concerned …

MONTREAL-Under a new alliance, Lucent Technologies Inc. will link its wireless network infrastructure and mobile Internet platform with Profilium Inc.’s network-based applications and services. The companies said they will test …

TRENTON, N.J.-(AP)Troubled telecommunications giant Lucent Technologies Inc. plans to cut about 10,000 jobs as part of an effort to reduce its annual costs by more than $2 billion after more …

Finally, a glass of champagne. Nortel Networks toasted its fourth quarter with a result that matched market expectations and a robust promise for the future. Nortel, a leader in communications …

The ominous shadow of an economic slowdown is creeping into the wireless industry as vendors reel under unfulfilled earnings forecast, poor sales performance, downgrades and investor anxiety, capping off the …

NEW YORK-To avoid falling into “microcap hell,” companies play a “gorilla game” of amassing size, but going public may not be the best way to get there, said Eric Gebaide, …

NEW YORK-Paratek Microwave Inc., a Columbia, Md., company established by a former U.S. Army researcher, plans to accelerate the evolution of communications capacity with DRWiN, short for Dynamically Reconfigurable Wireless …

BOSTON-In 2000, the wireless industry saw WAP browsers proliferate, wireless terminals become exciting again and 2.5 and third-generation technologies become more focused, analyst firm The Yankee Group said. But 2001 …

The vast influence of Lucent Technologies Inc. and its problems materialized in wireless broadband equipment provider Netro Corp.’s financial outlook for the fourth quarter and 2001. A change in anticipated …

Premier telecommunications equipment maker Lucent Technologies Inc.’s woes continued last week as it revised its first-quarter earnings downward while announcing an overhaul plan that will involve $1 billion in cost …

As the industry whets its appetite on the prospect of third-generation services and all the revenue-generating opportunities wireless Internet access can bring, telecom vendors are watching their stock prices fall …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Under a nonexclusive agreement, Lucent Technologies Inc. will market InfoSpace Inc.’s wireless platform to its customers. InfoSpace said its platform provides an end-to-end solution and includes such features as …

Rumors abound that limping telecom equipment maker Lucent Technologies Inc. is about to become red meat in the corporate cage. But no fat-cat company has yet confessed to appetite. In …

BRAZIL ADC Telecommunications Inc. announced it signed a $16 million contract to supply GVT Brazil with a broadband access bundled solution for the southern and central regions of Brazil. ADC …

NEW YORK-A law firm said it was continuing a class-action lawsuit against AT&T Wireless Services Inc. on behalf of AT&T’s shareholders, alleging the company failed to disclose ongoing business problems. …

AT&T Wireless Inc. last week outlined a new migration path to third-generation services rife with ramifications affecting the wireless industry worldwide. The company said it will overlay a GSM/general packet …

PARIS-Matsushita Communications Industrial Co., Ltd. and Nortel Networks moved to push the standards set by 3G Partnership Projects and their own products and services. Under a new agreement, the two …

Imagine for a moment the 3G spectrum bands-698-960 MHz, 1710-1885 MHz and 2500-2690 MHz-are the three Florida counties of Miami-Dade, Palm Beach and Nassau. If you think South Florida is …

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Under a $200 million agreement, Lucent Technologies Inc. will supply IP Communications with the technology to bring voice, data and Internet access from California to the Great Lakes. …

The wireless broadband boom is in full swing, as evidenced by the dozens of companies that have popped up in that arena in the past year alone. Among them is …

No thanks to an accounting error in a week for thanksgiving, Lucent Technologies Inc.’s bleeding continued as it withdrew its projected fourth-quarter sales by $125 million, triggering a 14-percent share …

The race is on to develop carrier-class software infrastructure for the next generation of wireless data applications, and last week’s merger announcement between TeleCommunication Systems Inc. and Xypoint Corp. adds …

NEW YORK-The 2.4 GHz unlicensed radio-frequency band is getting a bit crowded these days, with cordless phones, microwave ovens and the new guest, Bluetooth, all tapping into it. By contrast, …

Following the disclosure of their third-quarter earnings, two leading local multipoint distribution services carriers proved the business of financing is a hit-and-miss proposition. Winstar Communications Inc. said it secured approximately …

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Residents in Virginia and West Virginia will likely see an expanded PCS network after a $100 million deal between Lucent Technologies Inc. and CFW Communications goes into effect. …