Lucent Technologies

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-The merger of Lucent Technologies Inc. and Alcatel has received regulatory approval from federal antitrust authorities, according to a filing by Lucent with the U.S. Securities and Exchange …

CHICAGO-Lucent Technologies Inc. kicked off the Globalcomm trade show with an early morning press conference to introduce its new next-generation network architecture called “Acuity.” Speaking to a group of analysts …

At last week’s Globalcomm show in Chicago, telecom vendors paraded their technological wares, giving us a peek at their network roadmaps. The future, as the vendors see it, will be …

MURRAY HILL, N.J.—The merger of Lucent Technologies Inc. and Alcatel has received regulatory approval from federal antitrust authorities, according to a filing by Lucent with the U.S. Securities and Exchange …

CHICAGO—Lucent Technologies Inc. kicked off the Globalcomm trade show with an early morning press conference to introduce its new next-generation network architecture called “Acuity.” Speaking to a group of analysts …

The United States last week struck a historic trade deal with Vietnam, the communist nation and one-time foe whose name pops up a lot these days as we find ourselves …

NEW YORK—The trend toward managed network operations and maintenance will have much greater impact on the wireless industry than consolidation, concludes Mercer Management Consulting after researching telecom sector developments. After …

WASHINGTON-Alcatel SA and Lucent Technologies Inc. have been forced to defend their proposed trans-Atlantic merger after a key lawmaker raised security concerns about the deal in a letter to President …

WASHINGTON—Alcatel SA and Lucent Technologies Inc. have been forced to defend their proposed transatlantic merger after a key lawmaker raised security concerns about the deal in a letter to President …

As earnings reports tumbled in, equipment vendors pointed to third-generation pricing wars and the still-not-granted 3G licenses for China’s advanced network buildout as reasons for sluggish financials. Alcatel Inc. reported …

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-Nokia Corp. has agreed to pay $253 million to InterDigital Communications Corp. to settle a long-running patent dispute between the companies, according to InterDigital. InterDigital’s stock soared …

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.—Nokia Corp. has agreed to pay $253 million to InterDigital Communications Corp. to settle a long-running patent dispute between the companies, according to InterDigital. InterDigital’s stock soared …

PARIS—Alcatel Inc. reported strong growth in its fixed-line business during the first quarter, but intense competition in mobile network equipment sales hurt the company’s operating margin, which rose to 6.5 …

MURAY HILL, N.J.—Lucent Technologies Inc. says weakened North American wireless sales coupled with the delay in China’s third-generation network buildout caused the company’s second-quarter earnings to fall 32 percent. Lucent …

Hysteria about Voice over Internet Protocol is apparently not without cause, as VoIP is claiming a big (and-getting-bigger) piece of the communications market. Earthlink Inc. and Linksys, a Cisco Systems …

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.—Motorola Inc. reported robust sales of its wireless handsets in the first quarter and a nearly 5-percent gain in global market share over the year-ago quarter to 21 percent. …

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.—Financial analysts are awaiting Motorola Inc.’s first-quarter earnings report—scheduled for later today—which may exceed the company’s own projections and those of Wall Street made in the fourth quarter of …

WASHINGTON-The Bush administration last week said China agreed to further open its massive telecom market and to refrain from favoring its homegrown third-generation wireless standard over other technologies, progress U.S. …

Espoo, Finland—Nokia Corp. announced that the average selling price for its mobile handsets in the first quarter was around $125, up from $120 in the previous quarter. The Finnish wireless …

The “merger of equals” between Alcatel Inc. and Lucent Technologies Inc. is officially moving forward with Lucent’s chief executive, Pat Russo, set to lead the yet-to-be-named Paris-based telecom giant, the …

LAS VEGAS-No big-time mergers for L.M. Ericsson, said the company’s chief executive, Carl-Henric Svanberg, during a press conference Thursday. As Svanberg laid out Ericsson’s technology strategy, he explained that the …

   LAS VEGAS—No big-time mergers for L.M. Ericsson, said the company’s chief executive, Carl-Henric Svanberg, during a press conference Thursday. As Svanberg laid out Ericsson’s technology strategy, he explained that …

PARIS—Alcatel announced its Genesys subsidiary acquired privately held voice recognition company VoiceGenie in an undisclosed cash transaction. Founded in 2000, VoiceGenie develops self-service applications using Voice XML. The technology can …

As Alcatel Corp.’s board of directors met last Thursday to review its “merger of equals” with long-time rival telecom equipment vendor Lucent Technologies Inc., analysts were pounding out reports and …

WASHINGTON-Experts said a merger between French telecom giant Alcatel SA and U.S.-based Lucent Technologies Inc. likely would undergo intense scrutiny over national security implications, possibly delaying but not necessarily dooming …