Alcatel (old company)

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Alcatel <tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center; padding:16px 0 16px 0;"></td></tr>
Type	Public (Euronext: CGE, NYSE: ALA, TYO: 6687 )
Founded	Alsace, France (1898)
Headquarters	Image:Flag of France.svg Paris, France <tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Key people</th><td>Serge Tchuruk, Chairman and CEO</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Industry</th><td>telecommunications</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Products</th><td>provides hardware, software and services to telecommunications service providers and enterprises</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Revenue</th><td>Image:Green Arrow Up.svg13.1 Billion EUR (2005)</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Employees</th><td>55,718 (2005)</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Website</th><td>www.alcatel.com</td></tr>

Alcatel SA was a global company, headquartered in France that provided hardware, software and services to telecommunications service providers and enterprises. Alcatel sells equipment for mobile and fixed voice communication networks, data networks and television and video delivery. Moreover it features a Transport Solutions Division that sells railway signalling equipment and automatic train protection systems for urban and mainline railways.

Alcatel became Alcatel-Lucent after its merge with Lucent Technogies on December 1st, 2006.

1 Areas of business
2 History
- 2.1 Lucent and Thales deals
3 Products
4 External links

[edit] Areas of business

It is mostly well known for its ADSL multiplexers, used for high-speed Internet access, and had over one-third of the world DSLAM market in 2005. It has a partnership with Microsoft as of 2004 to provide IPTV services via its TPSDA (Triple Play Services Delivery Architecture) over DSL and using its 7x50 VPLS/MPLS routers and switches to service providers such as AT&T in the United States. It is also a leading provider of optical transmission equipment, especially for submarine communications cable. Genesys, a U.S. subsidiary, is a leading provider of call centre software.

Alcatel is also the world leader in point-to-point microwave radios and wireless transmission; with over 50 years expertise and over 17% of the global market share in 2005. It has a field-proven experience in deploying and managing wireless transmission networks and 2G, 2.5G, and 3G mobile backhauling.

Alcatel has several notable non-network-based businesses. For example, Alcatel Space is a leading builder of satellite systems with its Geosynchronous spacecraft platform, Spacebus 3000 and 4000, and its LEO spacecraft platform, Proteus. It also has a Transport Solutions division that provides routing, control and network management for railway and mass transit operators, such as city undergrounds in Berlin, London and New York.

[edit] History

Headquartered in Paris (France), rue de la Boétie, with significant operations in and around Paris, Alcatel has a long history beginning in 1898 with the founding of Compagnie Générale d'Electricité (CGE). The original home of the company was the Alsace region and it still maintains R&D operations in the Strasbourg area. The current name, "Alcatel", comes from the acquisition in 1968 of Société Alsacienne de Constructions Atomiques, de Télécommunications et d' Electronique

In 1991 CGE changed its name to Alcatel Alsthom, and in 1998 to Alcatel [1].

There were a number of mergers and acquisitions, as well as divestments since 1898. To understand the current company and its focus on telecommunications, the most important were the acquisition of the European telecommunications activities of ITT in 1986. The combined companies were called Alcatel Alsthom. Alcatel maintains significant R&D presence in France (Paris region, Brittany, South of France), Antwerp (Belgium), at the former ITT operations there (Bell Telephone), in Stuttgart (Germany), in Italy (Vimercate, Genoa, Rieti, Battipaglia), in India (Gurgaon, NOIDA and Chennai), since 2000 in Shanghai (China) and since 2005 in Saint-Petersburg (Russia).

Since 1990, various North American companies were acquired – Spatial Wireless, Rockwell Technologies, DSC Communications, Xylan, Packet Engines, Assured Access, Newbridge, iMagicTV, TiMetra, and eDial – giving Alcatel a strong U.S. and Canadian presence. Alcatel has its North American headquarters in Plano, Texas, and R&D operations in Ottawa, Mountain View, California, Petaluma, California, Saint John, New Brunswick, Calabasas, California, and Raleigh, North Carolina.

Earlier this year, Alcatel setup a new joint ventrue with TCL of China forming a new mobile business, TCL and Alcatel Mobile Phones Limited (TAMP).

[edit] Lucent and Thales deals

On April 2, 2006, Alcatel announced a merger with its U.S. competitor, Lucent. The combined company, Alcatel-Lucent, will have revenues of approximately $25 billion U.S. based on 2005 calendar results. [2]

On April 6, 2006, Alcatel announced it will swap its shares of Alcatel Alenia Space and Telespazio for €673 million and a 12.1% stake of Thales Group (increasing its share to 21.6%).

[edit] Products

[edit] External links

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