Alcatel SA will acquire U.S.-based Lucent Technologies Inc. in a $13.4 billion (11.1 billion euros) stock swap to form a stronger player in the fiercely competitive telecom equipment market, the ...

Telecoms equipment companies Alcatel and Lucent Technologies said Sunday they had entered a definitive agreement to merge and form a new group with revenues of around $25.4 billion. The transaction, ...

PARIS – France's Alcatel SA (ALA) will acquire rival telecom equipment maker Lucent Technologies Inc. (LU) in a $13.4 billion (11.1 billion euro) stock swap that would form an industry powerhouse with ...

If you're ever tempted to undertake a cross-cultural merger or acquisition, think real hard about it. Very hard. Lucent's merger with France's Alcatel is a case in point. Although much ballyhooed when ...

Alcatel-Lucent, a global communications giant with combined annual revenue of more than 18 billion euros (US$24 billion), will debut Friday after a sometimes rocky engagement between Alcatel and ...

Lucent Technologies and Alcatel executives called off a potential merger of the two telecommunications equipment giants Tuesday, raising new questions about the future of one of America's premier ...

Alcatel-Lucent has officially closed a deal to sell its Enterprise business to Chinese investment firm China Huaxin, the French communications and networking company said Wednesday. Through the deal, ...

Simply sign up to the US companies myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Alcatel-Lucent on Friday reported its biggest quarterly loss since its creation in 2006, scrapped its dividend and ...