Lucent Technologies last week landed a DSL deal with the only US regional Bell that Alcatel had failed to partner with, Qwest Communications International, and that could make the courtship of the two ...

On Wall Street, timing is everything. Just ask Alcatel, which used the demise of its merger talks with Lucent Technologies to drop a profit warning. After weeks of speculation about an Alcatel and ...

France's Alcatel SA, pursuing a trans-Atlantic transaction that would unite two of the world's biggest communications-equipment suppliers, is near a deal to acquire Lucent Technologies Inc. for about ...

Telecom equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent, which is set to be bought by larger rival Nokia improved profit margins in the first quarter despite a marked slowdown in its biggest market, the United States.

Shareholders approved Alcatel 's takeover of Lucent Technologies Thursday in a deal worth $10.8 billion. The new company will be called Alcatel Lucent . The merger was first introduced to shareholders ...

Long dominated by its largest players, Ericsson and Huawei, the global telecom-equipment market is arguably one of the most fiercely competitive markets in all of tech. It was this same thrive-or-dive ...

Nokia Wednesday confirmed its plans to acquire rival Alcatel-Lucent in an all-stock deal that's valued at $16.6 billion. "Together, we expect to have the scale to lead in every area in which we choose ...

Finland's Nokia confirmed on Tuesday that it was in "advanced" merger discussions with telecoms company Alcatel-Lucent, following rumors of a tie-up. Nokia shares fell up to 6 percent following the ...

With its new-found focus on IP networking and fast broadband access, Alcatel-Lucent is poised to take advantage of a worldwide explosion in mobile devices and the rush of service providers and ...