Company type | Public |
---|---|
NYSE: LU[1] | |
Industry | Telecommunications equipment |
Predecessor | AT&T Technologies (holding company of Western Electric and Bell Labs) |
Founded | September 30, 1996 |
Defunct | 2006 |
Fate | Acquired by Alcatel SA |
Successor | Alcatel-Lucent |
Headquarters | , United States |
Key people |
|
Revenue | US$9.44 billion (2005) |
Number of employees | 30,500 (2006) |
Website | lucent.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 2005-02-16) |
Lucent Technologies, Inc. was an American multinational telecommunications equipment company headquartered in Murray Hill, New Jersey. It was established on September 30, 1996, through the divestiture of the former AT&T Technologies business unit of AT&T Corporation, which included Western Electric and Bell Labs.[2]
Lucent was acquired by Alcatel SA on December 1, 2006, forming Alcatel-Lucent.[3]