Lucent Technologies

"Lucent" redirects here. For the company following its acquisition by Alcatel SA in 2006, see Alcatel-Lucent.

Lucent Technologies, Inc.
Company typePublic
NYSE: LU[1]
IndustryTelecommunications equipment
PredecessorAT&T Technologies (holding company of Western Electric and Bell Labs)
FoundedSeptember 30, 1996; 28 years ago (1996-09-30)
Defunct2006; 18 years ago (2006)
FateAcquired by Alcatel SA
SuccessorAlcatel-Lucent
Headquarters
Murray Hill, New Jersey
,
United States
Key people
RevenueIncrease US$9.44 billion (2005)
Number of employees
30,500 (2006)
Websitelucent.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]

  1. ^ "SEC".
  2. ^ "History of Lucent Technologies Inc". Fundinguniverse.com. Retrieved March 29, 2015.
  3. ^ "Alcatel and Lucent Technologies to Merge and Form World's Leading Communication Solutions Provider". Alcatel-lucent.com. Archived from the original on December 25, 2008. Retrieved December 30, 2009.