Lucent Technologies

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public company telecommunications equipment company

Lucent Technologies was a major American telecommunications equipment company, spun off from AT&T, known for its Bell Labs research arm and contributions to networking and communications technology.

Aliases (4)

AT&T Network Systems ×1
Lucent ×1
Lucent Microelectronics ×1
Lucent Technologies Enterprise Communications Group ×1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	public company → telecommunications equipment company →
areaServed	worldwide →
brand	Lucent →
ceasedToExistAsIndependentCompany	2006 →
country	United States →
countryOfHeadquarters	United States →
dateSpunOffUnitAgereSystems	2000 →
dateSpunOffUnitAvaya	2000 →
fate	merged with Alcatel →
founded	1996 →
headquartersLocation	Basking Ridge, New Jersey → Murray Hill, New Jersey →
industry	networking hardware → optical networking → semiconductors → telecommunications equipment → wireless infrastructure →
keyPerson	Henry B. Schacht → Patricia Russo → Richard McGinn →
logo	Innovation Ring →
mergerCompletionDate	2006-12-01 →
mergerPartner	Alcatel →
notableDivision	Bell Labs →
notableFor	contributions of Bell Labs → networking technology innovation → optical networking advances → telecommunications research →
parentCompany	AT&T Corporation →
predecessor	AT&T Bell Laboratories (business portions) → AT&T Network Systems →
product	5ESS switch → DSL equipment → enterprise PBX systems → optical transport systems → semiconductor components → wireless base stations →
researchArm	Bell Labs →
segment	enterprise networks → microelectronics → service provider networks →
slogan	We make the things that make communications work →
spinOffDate	1996-09-30 →
spunOffFrom	AT&T Corporation →
spunOffUnit	Agere Systems → Avaya →
state	New Jersey →
stockExchangeListing	New York Stock Exchange →
successor	Alcatel-Lucent →
tickerSymbol	LU →

Referenced by (15)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Innovation Ring →	associatedWith
Lucent Technologies ("Lucent") →	brand
Northern Telecom →	competitor
Mark Obama Ndesandjo →	employer
Avaya →	foundedBy
Agere Systems ("Lucent Microelectronics") →	hadPredecessor
Avaya →	hasFormerParentCompany
Alcatel →	mergedWith
Avaya ("Lucent Technologies Enterprise Communications Group") →	originatedFrom
Bell Telephone Laboratories →	ownedBy
Innovation Ring →	owner
Agere Systems →	parentCompanyBeforeSpinOff
Lucent Technologies ("AT&T Network Systems") →	predecessor
Agere Systems →	spinOffFrom
Innovation Ring →	usedBy