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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]
On April 2, 2006, Lucent announced a merger agreement with Alcatel, which was 1.5 times the size of Lucent. [3] Serge Tchuruk became non-executive chairman, and Russo served as CEO of the newly merged company, Alcatel-Lucent, until they were both forced to resign at the end of 2008. The merger failed to produce the expected synergies, and there ...
Paris-based telecom equipment builder Alcatel-Lucent reported third-quarter sales of $5.1 billion and an adjusted net loss of $0.08 per American depositary share earlier today. That's 7% year-over ...
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 ...
Telecom equipment manufacturer Alcatel-Lucent has had an enviable performance in 2013, with the stock more than tripling as a long-awaited rebound in business conditions finally appears to be ...
It's certainly not a news flash that 2012 -- at least through its first three quarters -- has not been good for U.S.-French telecommunications equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent . Discouraging enough ...
The company completed its initial public offering (IPO) in June 1997 and was listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange under the ticker symbol GCTI. In late 1999, Alcatel-Lucent (then Alcatel) acquired Genesys for $1.5 billion. [6] In October 2007, Paul Segre succeeded Wes Hayden as Genesys's chief executive officer (CEO). [7]
In September, Nokia considered acquiring Alcatel-Lucent's wireless division as part of its strategic restructuring, in light of the acquisition of its devices and services unit by Microsoft . By ...