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In October 2011, Alcatel-Lucent sold its Genesys call-centre services business unit to Permira, a private equity group, for $1.5 billion—the same amount that Lucent had paid for the business in 2000. Alcatel-Lucent needed funding for the Franco-American business, which made annual losses from 2007 to 2011. [17]
Alcatel-Lucent had it rough in 2012. Shares of the telecom equipment maker fell 18% even as the S&P 500 benchmark gained 14%. Heck, Lucent has a tough half-decade in the rear view mirror. Over the ...
Lucent subsequently spun off units of its own in an attempt to restructure its struggling operations. [8] Avaya Inc. was spun off from Lucent as its own company in 2000 (Lucent merged with Alcatel SA in 2006, becoming Alcatel-Lucent, which was purchased in turn by Nokia in 2016). Avaya Inc. were listed on the NYSE using the symbol AV from 2000 ...
Alcatel-Lucent retained a 15% stake. [5] ALE International continued to use the Alcatel-Lucent brand name, now licensed from Nokia, which purchased Alcatel-Lucent in 2015. [6] [7] In 2016, Alcatel-Lucent was merged into Nokia Networks, while Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise continued as a separate company. [8] [9]
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The woes of Alcatel-Lucent S.A. (NYSE: ALU) are growing. A quarterly loss of more than $460 million if you adjust dollars for euros is one thing, but the company cannot get its growth back.
On June 17, 2008, Alcatel-Lucent announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Motive Inc. through a cash tender offer for all outstanding Motive shares at a price of US$2.23 per share, representing a value of approximately $67.8 million. [3]
On 3 November 2016, Nokia purchased the French telecommunications equipment company Alcatel-Lucent for approximately €15.6 billion. [ 163 ] [ 164 ] At completion, Nokia shareholders held 66.5% of the new company and Alcatel-Lucent shareholders held 33.5% of the new company.