Lucent

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.

This article is about the company from 1996 to 2006. For the company following its acquisition by Alcatel SA in 2006, see Alcatel-Lucent.

Lucent Technologies, Inc.
Company typePublic
NYSE: LU
IndustryTelecommunications equipment
PredecessorWestern Electric
Bell Labs
AT&T Technologies
FoundedSeptember 30, 1996 (1996-09-30)
Defunct2006 (2006)
FateMerged with Alcatel SA
SuccessorAlcatel-Lucent
Headquarters
Murray Hill, New Jersey
,
United States
Revenue US$9.44 billion (2005)
Number of employees
30,500 (2006)

Lucent was merged with Alcatel SA of France on December 1, 2006, forming Alcatel-Lucent. Alcatel-Lucent was absorbed by Nokia in January 2016.

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