China Inc tapsseam of bribery Aug 18, 2009
In recent years, Germany-based engineering conglomerate Siemens, French supermarket chain Carrefour and Lucent Technologies, now part of French telecommunications giant Alcatel-Lucent, are just some of the multinationals whose staff have blended in with the local corruption culture - to the disappointment of some locals. "They cannot bring their clean operation and integrity from abroad," said He Jun, senior analyst on economic and public policies of Anbound Group, a Beijing-based information... (Asia Times Online)
Building a Competitive Advantage With ICT in Uncertain Times Aug 13, 2009
Speakers include representatives from Oracle, IHiS, YCH Group, Riverbed Technology, Schneider Electric, Alcatel Lucent, Singtel, CSL Hong Kong, International SOS and ATOS Origin along with senior analysts from Frost & Sullivan ... For TechStrategies 2009 Singapore the breakfast briefing sponsor is Alcatel Lucent, partner sponsor is Oracle, track sponsor is Juniper Networks and associate sponsors are Riverbed and Sophos ... For TechStrategies 2009 Hong Kong, the breakfast briefing sponsor is... (PR Newswire)
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Data Networks International specializes in used, de-installed, refurbished surplus pre-owned network equipment: Cisco, Juniper, Foundry, Extreme, Lucent, Nortel-Routers, Switches, VOIP.. Video Conferencing services. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Ex-Moto exec Zafirovski leaves Nortel Aug 11, 2009
By 1997, Nortel had become the world's second-largest telecommunications gear maker behind AToff Lucent Technologies. But Nortel grew too quickly, overpaying for acquisitions with its inflated stock. (Crain's Chicago Business)
Citigroup Takes Trading in U.S. Stocks to New Heights: Chart of the Day Aug 7, 2009
Enron Corp., , and Lucent Technologies Inc. previously held the record during the decade. Enrons total, 345. (Bloomberg)
All Points West music fest turns into All Points Wet Aug 3, 2009
The extras: Attractions included clothing retailer H&M's giant plastic bubble, where fans could check e-mail and pony up to the "water bar"; batting and pitching cages, courtesy of Baseball; and the Lucent Misting Oasis, an outcropping of avant-garde sculptures with a muddy techno-dance party raging in its center. The highlights: Let it never be said that indie rockers don't know how to share. (USA Today)
Alcatel-Lucent Posts First Profit After 10 Quarters of Losses on Cost Cuts Jul 30, 2009
Alcatel-Lucent Posts First Profit in 11 Quarters (Update2) - Bloomberg ... Alcatel-Lucent Posts First Profit in 11 Quarters (Update2) ... 10 billion euros a year earlier, Alcatel-Lucent said in a statement. (Bloomberg -- Europe)
Navistar mulls HQ move Jul 30, 2009
2-million-square-foot Alcatel-Lucent S.A. complex in Lisle, with the truck maker planning to move its headquarters about five miles from its current home in Warrenville ... Alcatel-Lucents former office complex in west suburban Lisle ... Representatives of Paris-based telecommunications equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent and its real estate adviser, Chicago-based UGL Equis, declined to comment. (Crain's Chicago Business)
Anixter's shares crushed after 2Q loss Jul 29, 2009
(Reuters) - Cable and wireless products distributor slipped into a second-quarter loss on one-time charges and said it would exit its contract with Alcatel Lucent, sending its shares down more than 19 percent early ... The company, which expects to begin exiting a multi-year customer relationship with Alcatel Lucent starting in the fourth quarter, said the contract no longer met its profitability targets. (Crain's Chicago Business)
Will China's Bubble Burst? Jul 27, 2009
The answer to both questions is no. China's fortunes over the past decade are reminiscent of Lucent Technologies in the 1990s. Lucent sold computer equipment to dot-coms ... These dot-coms were able to buy Lucent's equipment only by raising money through private equity and equity markets, since their business models didn't factor in the necessity of cash-flow generation. (Slate)
Quigley's summer start-ups Jul 27, 2009
- He was sounded out as Ziggy Stardust's replacement at Telstra but declined as he was supposed to be a shoo-in to get the top job at Alcatel before its merger with Lucent got in the way ... - He is expected to have a lot to do with his former employer Alcatel-Lucent, which will be a key supplier to the network. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Ericsson Wins Auction for Nortel's Wireless Assets Jul 25, 2009
Rivals like Alcatel and Lucent consolidated as Nortel sat on the sidelines, while Asian competitors captured market share with their lower-cost offerings. 1. (ABC News -- Wire)
Software To Unlock The Power Of Grids Jul 21, 2009
The project was also supported by many of the big names in IT and telecoms, including IBM, Sun, Oracle, HP, NEC, Alcatel Lucent, top Chinese equipment maker Huawei, Nokia Siemens, British Telecom, France Telecom/Orange and Telefonica/O2. Field trials of the software were also conducted to develop different use cases. (Science Daily)
Paul Newman's racing partner joins In Control Jul 17, 2009
In Control operates fixed site facilities at the South Weymouth Naval Air Station and the former Lucent Technologies facility in North Andover. A Mobile Crash Prevention Classroom also serves locations throughout New England including Seekonk, Worcester and Cape Cod. (Wilmington Advocate, MA)
BIDEN: IT'S WORKING! Jul 17, 2009
Up Next: Biden vs. Cantor. Vice President Biden speaks on the stimulus program during an earlier trip to tout it in Cincinnati. (The Drudge Report)
Modavox Completes Acquisition of Augme Mobile(tm) Jul 15, 2009
Previously, Mr. Russo was Founder and CEO of Freewire Networks, a broadband wireless venture launched out of Lucent Technologies that leveraged Bell Labs IP to deliver location specific multimedia content to wireless handheld devices in sports and entertainment venues. Before Freewire, Mr. Russo worked in Lucent's New Ventures Group, a corporate incubator driven by Bell Labs technology, where he developed new business concepts for wireless ventures built around Bell Labs intellectual property. (Primezone Releases)
Zalatoris makes an impression at Nelson Jul 2, 2009
The previous record belonged to Plano resident Matthew Rosenfeld, who carded a 63 in the third round of the 2001 AJGA Lucent Technologies Boys Junior Championship. I was really nervous going to No. 9; probably the most nervous I have ever been, Spieth said. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
LEM, Interroll, Exporters to Benefit From Asian Contracts, Schiller Says Jun 30, 2009
When there are big projects, they supply components which are outsourced, so it doesnt matter if Siemens AG, Alcatel- Lucent SA or ABB wins the contract, Schiller said. Theyll supply the components. (Bloomberg -- Europe)
Buy-and-hold stock strategy can be big loser in bear market Jun 29, 2009
The risk of believing too much in an individual stock was a lesson learned by Ken MacGarrigle, a government worker based in the Washington, D.C., area who lost nearly all his investment in Lucent. Lucent was one of the most widely held stocks in the early 2000s, and was considered a symbol of American ingenuity ... Lucent, though, crashed more than 98% and no longer trades in the U.S., so it doesn't count in the list of 25 stocks in the USA TODAY analysis. (USA Today -- Money)
Coaching for Leaders: TMG Counsels Wall Street CEO Jun 22, 2009
Search Type Choose a search type from the items below. Dan McNeill Enrolls CEO in Using 'Enrollment' as an Effective Leadership Skill. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Avaya looks to China for growth Jun 16, 2009
A former division of Lucent Technologies and its predecessor firm AT&T Inc, Avaya was taken private by private equity firm Silver Lake and TPG Capital for $8. 3 billion. (Xinhuanet, China)
Going digital May 30, 2009
He got curriculum material from trade organization CompTIA and companies with a vested interest in a skilled workforce, such as Cisco Systems, Lucent Technologies and Oracle. He also took an entrepreneurial leap that could have left him with nothing. (Austin Business Journal, TX)
Madison investor up for key SBA post May 23, 2009
Prior to Aanetcom, he held senior engineering positions at Lucent, AT&T Bell Labs and IBM.. Sargeant serves as a director of the University of Wisconsin Foundation and is the vice chairman of the UW-Madison Astronomy Board of Visitors. (Milwaukee Business Journal, WI)
Beleaguered Irwin Financial has $94 million 1Q loss May 12, 2009
Those investors include Miller and his family members and Henry B. Schacht, a former chairman and CEO of Cummins and Lucent Technologies Inc.. Each of Irwin Financial s board members also has promised to invest in the offering, which must meet the approval of banking regulators and the. (Louisville Business First, KY)
Sun admits to shady deal May 11, 2009
5mil (RM9mil in todays currency) to settle charges that Lucent Technologies, before it was bought by Alcatel SA in 2006, illegally paid for hundreds of trips for Chinese officials to win contracts. In a separate case, IBM Corp agreed in 2000 to pay US$300,000 (RM1. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Technology)
Swede indicted for hacking NASA, Cisco computers May 10, 2009
Cisco, Juniper, Foundry, Extreme, Lucent, Nortel-Routers, Switches, VOIP.. Russian pop-punk mix with enviable drive. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Sun may have broken bribery laws outside U.S. May 10, 2009
5 million to settle charges that Lucent Technologies, before it was bought by Alcatel SA in 2006, illegally paid for hundreds of trips for Chinese officials to win contracts. In a separate case, IBM Corp. agreed in 2000 to pay $300,000 to settle allegations that its Argentina subsidiary was involved in bribing officials of a government-owned bank to win a contract to upgrade the bank's computer systems. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Grayson man wins lottery -- three in a day May 8, 2009
I could hardly breathe, said the retired Lucent Technologies employee. I was just at the right place at the right time. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Half the world lives off $2 a day, students give it a shot May 5, 2009
"The ultimate goal of the program was to make it personal," said Selena Lucent, the president of the Politics and Society Club at UNH Manchester ... For Lucent, a $2 budget meant eating nothing but salted oatmeal, water and broth ... "I found it very difficult," said Lucent. (The New Hampshire, NH)
Laser With Controlled Polarization: Innovation Opens Door To Wide Range Of Applications In Photonics And Communications Apr 20, 2009
25, 1999) Scientists at Bell Labs, the research and development arm of Lucent Technologies (NYSE:LU), have built the world's first bidirectional semiconductor laser, a single device that does the work of ... 1, 1998) Scientists at Bell Labs, the research and development arm of Lucent Technologies, have demonstrated the first semiconductor laser that can simultaneously emit light at multiple widely separated ... 8, 1998) Lucent Technologies' Bell Labs scientists Federico Capasso and Rudolf... (Science Daily)
Drivers wanted Apr 16, 2009
A retired telephone line installer for Lucent Technologies, Odom was living by himself with a whole lot of free time, and his friends worried about him. One day, an acquaintance volunteering with Williamson-Burnet County Opportunities asked Odom to help him make deliveries on a Meals-on-Wheels route, and he liked it so much he kept coming back. (Taylor Daily Press, TX)
Working On The Future Internet: Linking People, Devices, Telecoms And Data Networks Into One, Vast Network Of Networks Apr 16, 2009
15, 2009) European researchers have created a new software abstraction called Autonomic Communication Elements (ACEs) which will enable ecosystems for service networks, and make the future internet of things a reality, now. The internet is evolving in front of our eyes: Web 2. (Science Daily)
Caledonia, Mt. Pleasant to network telephones Apr 13, 2009
Mount Pleasant will spend $95,000 implementing the new service provided by Lucent Technologies; Caledonia will spend $66,000. The system will be in place within the next six weeks and will allow officials from either town to transfer callers freely between Caledonia or Mount Pleasant, Mount Pleasant treasurer Joanne Tuinstra said. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
Quantum Computers Will Require Complex Software To Manage Errors Apr 10, 2009
(May 24, 1998) Lucent Technologies researcher Lov Grover is presenting research findings today that indicate quantum computers can theoretically outperform today's digital computers for more applications than. . (Science Daily)
'Telecom can create 25 mn jobs' Apr 4, 2009
In a letter dated March 27, the heads of ATle, Ericsson, Alcatel Lucent, Orascom, MTN Group and other leading global telcos have said the deployment of mobile broadband, financed by private capital could create 25 million jobs around the globe and boost global GDP by 3 to 4 per cent.. "As the G20 leaders prepare to meet in London, we the undersigned urge you to endorse an ambitious private sector initiative to build new infrastructure for the digital economy, which will bring measurable benefits... (India Times, India)
Nintendo, Microsoft Prevail in Joystick Patent Lawsuit Mar 17, 2009
The patent in question, U.S. patent 6,297,751, was granted in 2001 to Lucent Technologies for a "low-voltage joystick port interface" that converts analog signals from a joystick to digital signals that signify its position. At some point afterwards it was acquired by Fenner, which had previously pursued patent claims against companies including Alcatel, 3Com, Juniper Networks and Hewlett-Packard in the same court. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
* Business Quick Take Mar 15, 2009
Delta Networks, a maker of communications equipment for customers including Alcatel Lucent and Nortel Networks, has offered to pay HK$1. 83 a share for the 470. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Kenneth P. Stavris, 59 Mar 10, 2009
Mr. Stavris was employed for many years with the telephone company, first New England Telephone and later AT&T and Lucent Industries. He retired in 1997 and began work as a custodian with the Medfield Public Schools. (Medfield Press, MA)
Former HP leader Carly Fiorina diagnosed with cancer Mar 4, 2009
Fiorina was a star at AT&T and its spinoff Lucent Technologies companies at which she had worked for nearly two decades but she had a rocky six years at Palo Alto-based HP, where she took the top job in 1999. Fiorina was known as a divisive manager, with a marketing and branding bent that made her an odd fit inside HP's hardcore techie culture. (USA Today)
Old furniture gains new life Mar 3, 2009
Ortega has bought used cubicles and office furniture from many large companies, including Quaker Oates, , , Lucent, and. And his firm sells the furniture back mostly to small businesses in and around the San Antonio area. (San Antonio Business Journal, TX)
DivShare Acquired by 3Sixty Enterprises Feb 27, 2009
Fri Feb 27, 2:01 am ET. Company Led by Internet Veterans to Accelerate Site Enhancements and New Features. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Nanoparticle Ink For Flexible Electronics Feb 21, 2009
New Silver-based Nanoparticle Ink Could Lead To Better Flexible, Printed Electronics. New Silver-based Nanoparticle Ink Could Lead To Better Flexible, Printed Electronics. (Science Daily)
John Lynch Joins Carousel Industries from Avaya Feb 20, 2009
Prior to Abovenet, John held various sales and IT positions at AT&T, Lucent Technologies, and Metromedia Fiber Network. John holds a BS in Computer Science from the University of Scranton and has completed post graduate studies at Stevens Institute of Technology and the New Jersey Institute of Technology. (PR Newswire)
New chief of Alcatel-Lucent shrugs off naysayers Feb 19, 2009
Ben Verwaayen, left, chief of Alcatel-Lucent, with Paul Tufano, the finance chief ... Just four months into the job, Ben Verwaayen, the chief executive of the struggling telephone equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent, said he had had enough of the naysayers ... Competitors have questioned Verwaayen's decision to remain in the wireless equipment business, the fastest-growing part of the industry, where Alcatel-Lucent, the fixed-line leader, trails Ericsson and Nokia Siemens Networks. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Rich Communication Suite Initiative Gains Momentum Feb 16, 2009
Attending companies included Alcatel- Lucent, Comneon, Ecrio, Ericsson, Huawei, LG, Movial, Nokia, Nokia Siemens Networks, Orange, Samsung, SFR, SK Telecom and Sony Ericsson ... Importantly, this represented the first joint tests of RCS in an environment with two operators -- Orange and SFR -- and two infrastructure suppliers -- Alcatel-Lucent and Nokia Siemens Networks. (PR Newswire)
The inventory factor: A key to retail health Feb 14, 2009
Ultimately, they crush their competition, as Cisco did to Lucent, Nortel and other rivals. Mr. McInerney's recent analysis of inventory levels maintained by several large retailers tells the tale. (Globe and Mail -- Business)
Alcatel to cut 1,000 managerial jobs Feb 13, 2009
PARIS: Franco-American telecoms gear maker Alcatel-Lucent said it plans to cut 1,000 managerial posts from its global workforce will see 198 positions in France eliminated. Alcatel-Lucent managers in France told a works council meeting that 450 managerial posts would go in North America and 450 in Europe, of which 198 in France, the CFDT union said in a statement ... An Alcatel-Lucent spokeswoman said, "I can confirm the figures for France, but we are not making a statement on the other... (India Times, India)
Publicis Groupe: 2008 Annual Results Feb 11, 2009
Alcatel Lucent (United-Kingdom), ATP Tennis (United-Kingdom), AXA (France, New Zealand), Beam Global Spirits (United States), BNP (Belgium), British Council (United-Kingdom), Bundesministerium fur Bildung und Forschung (Germany), Carfax (Germany), Citi (United-Kingdom), Citibank (Brazil), COI EWDC EYPS (United-Kingdom), Comunidad de Madrid (Spain), Constellation Europe - Kumala (United-Kingdom), EasyJet (United-Kingdom), Elections Canada (Canada), Fortis (France, Belgium), General Mills (United... (PR Newswire)
Jobless flock to Lawrence Ozzy site Feb 8, 2009
In addition to its property at Osgood Landing, North Andover s Ozzy Properties has locations across the Merrimack Valley, one of which has become a haven for many displaced Lucent employees its Heritage Place property in Lawrence is home to the Valley Works Career Center ... During the last six months the Valley Works Career Center has provided nearly 9,000 job seekers including former Lucent employees with access to resources such as computers, copiers, telephones and other research materials. (North Andover Citizen, MA)
NW Stock Report Feb 8, 2009
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. MICROSOFT CORP. (KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8, OR -- Business)
Bjarne Stroustrup on Educating Software Developers Feb 8, 2009
Bell Labs was broken up into Lucent Bell Labs and AT. The old Bell Labs (AT Labs) was indeed remarkably close to the ideal for practical research aimed at changing the world for the better and I m often homesick for it. Unfortunately, it no longer exists. (eSecurityPlanet)
The leases of Ozz: Ozzy Properties filling former Lucent site little by little Feb 8, 2009
With the final Lucent employees packed up and moved out as of their lease expiration Jan. 31, North Andover s Osgood Landing has a lot of space to fill at least 70 percent of 1,367,840 square feet of rentable space but owner Ozzy Properties is taking it one lease at a time ... Since Ozzy Properties began marketing the former Lucent company s space at Osgood Landing in late 2004/early 2005, Keller said they ve leased approximately 100,000 square feet of space each year ... It was exclusive to... (North Andover Citizen, MA)
Ericsson cuts 5000 jobs Feb 8, 2009
Summarising recent development for Ericsson's rivals, he said: "Nortel has disappeared, Motorola is in a way over, Siemens didn't make it, Lucent didn't make it. Several are struggling. We are the one that has managed to stay in the lead," he said. "I think we have a huge responsibility to take every measure to defend our position and make sure Ericsson stays a grand company," he said. (Business Report, South Africa)
Alcatel-Lucent posts €3.89 billion loss Feb 8, 2009
Alcatel-Lucent posts 3 ... Alcatel-Lucent posts 3 ... Alcatel-Lucent, the French-American telecommunications equipment maker, on Wednesday took a 3. (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)
