Alcatel-Lucent

Not to be confused with Alcatel Mobile.

Alcatel-Lucent S.A.
Company typePublic
IndustryTelecommunications equipment
Networking equipment
Predecessors
Founded1 December 2006; 17 years ago (2006-12-01)
Defunct3 November 2016; 8 years ago (2016-11-03)
FateAcquired by and merged with Nokia
Successor
Headquarters
Boulogne-Billancourt
,
France
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Philippe Camus (chairman)
ProductsHardware, software and services to telecommunications service providers and enterprises
Websitenetworks.nokia.com

Alcatel–Lucent S.A. (French pronunciation: [alkatɛl lysɛnt]) was a multinational telecommunications equipment company, headquartered in Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris France. It was formed in 2006 by the merger of France-based Alcatel SA and U.S.-based Lucent Technologies, the latter being a successor of AT&T's Western Electric and a holding company of Bell Labs.[1]

In 2014, the Alcatel-Lucent group split into two: Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise, providing enterprise communication services, and Alcatel-Lucent, selling to communications operators. The enterprise business was sold to China Huaxin Post and Telecom Technologies in the same year,[2] and in 2016 Nokia acquired the remainder of Alcatel-Lucent.[3][4]

The company focused on fixed, mobile and converged networking hardware, IP technologies, software and services, with operations in more than 130 countries. In 2014, it had been named Industry Group Leader for Technology Hardware & Equipment sector in Dow Jones Sustainability Indices review,[5] and listed in the 2014 Thomson Reuters Top 100 Global Innovators for the 4th consecutive year.[6] Alcatel-Lucent also owned Bell Laboratories, one of the largest research and development facilities in the communications industry, whose employees have been awarded nine Nobel Prizes and which holds in excess of 29,000 patents.[7]

On 3 November 2016, Nokia completed the acquisition of the company, and it was merged into their Nokia Networks division. Bell Labs was maintained as an independent subsidiary of Nokia.[1][8]

The Alcatel-Lucent brand has been retired by Nokia, but it survives in the form of Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise, the enterprise division of Alcatel-Lucent that was sold to China Huaxin in 2014.[9][10]

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  2. ^ "China Huaxin Acquires Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise Business". 1 October 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Nokia's $16.6 Billion Acquisition Of Alcatel-Lucent Explained". Forbes. 16 April 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Nokia finalizes its acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent, ready to seize global connectivity opportunities". 2 November 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  5. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ "Thomson Reuters Names the 2014 Top 100 Global Innovators". Archived from the original on 22 January 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  7. ^ "2018 Nobel Prize in Physics laureate Arthur Ashkin delivers his Nobel Lecture at Nokia Bell Labs". Nokia. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  8. ^ "Nokia beneficially owns 91.8% of the Alcatel Lucent Shares (including Alcatel Lucent Shares represented by Alcatel Lucent ADSs) representing 91.8% of the total outstanding voting power in Alcatel Lucent (including such rights represented by Alcatel Lucent ADSs)".
  9. ^ Luxford, Hollie (1 October 2014). "China Huaxin buys Alcatel Lucent Enterprise". Data Center Dynamics. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  10. ^ Luxford, Hollie (8 October 2014). "China Huaxin Acquires Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise Business". ChinaTechNews.com. Retrieved 14 April 2021.