Alcatel-Lucent

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Alcatel-Lucent SA

logo
legal form Société Anonyme
founding 2006
resolution 2016
Seat Boulogne-Billancourt , France
management Philippe Camus ( PDG )
Number of employees 52,600 (2014)
sales EUR 13.2 billion (2014)
Branch telecommunications
Website www.alcatel-lucent.com

Alcatel-Lucent was a publicly traded telecommunications and network equipment company based in Boulogne-Billancourt , France . The company was formed in 2006 through the merger of French Alcatel and US- based Lucent Technologies , based in Murray Hill , New Jersey . In 2016, Alcatel-Lucent was acquired by the Nokia group, which took the company off the stock exchange and also ended the use of the brand name.

Numerous areas had already been sold before 2016: The production of cell phones and smartphones under the Alcatel brand belonged entirely to the Chinese TCL from 2005 . The Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise division , which continues to use both the Alcatel-Lucent brand name and the company logo, was spun off in 2014 and, as ALE International, belongs to the China Huaxin Post & Telecommunication Economy Development Center (China Huaxin).

founding

former headquarters in Boulogne
Historical logo

The two groups made the first attempt at a merger as early as 2001. However, it initially failed due to the evaluation of the American Lucent Technologies. In April 2006 the merger was announced again. Alcatel's board of directors approved the acquisition of Lucent in late November 2006 with effect from December 1, 2006.

In operational terms, the group was initially led by the previous Lucent boss, Patricia Russo, as CEO. This made her the first American woman to head a large French corporation. Alcatel boss Serge Tchuruk assumed a supervisory role as president of the board of directors. The takeover by the French Alcatel required the approval of US President George W. Bush , as Lucent was considered an American high-tech company that works with Bell Labs on military research.

From September 2, 2008 to March 31, 2013, the company was led by Ben Verwaayen as CEO, this role was taken over on April 1, 2013 by Michel Combes . Combes left the company on September 1, 2015 as part of the takeover by Nokia. He received 14 million euros in compensation in shares. For interim - and final CEO before the merger with Nokia, the Board Chairman was Philippe Camus appointed. As part of the new composition of the Board of Directors of Alcatel-Lucent on January 8, 2016, he was confirmed in his position.

In April 2015, the Finnish company Nokia submitted a takeover offer to the company for 15.6 billion euros in shares. By January 4, 2016 Nokia had been tendered about 80 percent of the shares. On January 6, 2016, the corresponding shares were exchanged for Nokia shares and Alcatel-Lucent in the CAC 40 was replaced by Nokia. From January 14, 2016, the two companies appeared together. The brand name Alcatel-Lucent disappeared completely. A new public takeover offer and squeeze-out also acquired the remaining 20 percent of the shares in Alcatel-Lucent and then took the company off the Paris Stock Exchange . The old company name was only retained by the former subsidiary Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise .

development

As part of the merger, the security and signaling technology divisions were transferred to Thales in January 2007 and, in return, the stake in the French defense company increased from 9.46% to 20.95%. The satellite business followed in April, which was also transferred to Thales. In spring 2009, Alcatel-Lucent sold its Thales stake to Dassault Aviation .

The first financial year of the new company was marked by difficulties in restructuring and high pressure from competition in the telecommunications market. Profit warnings had to be issued several times due to high losses in the quarterly balance sheets. The CFO was changed. Instead of the originally announced 12,500 positions, another 4,000 positions should be cut by 2009. Further restructuring measures followed.

In June 2009 Alcatel-Lucent formed a “global alliance” with Hewlett-Packard (HP).

At the end of 2014, the company spun off its enterprise division Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise , in which it had bundled its business with communication systems and servers for business customers with around 2700 employees, and sold it to the industrial investment company China Huaxin for 202 million .

Alcatel-Lucent organizational structure

Alcatel-Lucent was divided into three geographic regions: Asia-Pacific & China ( APAC ), Europe Middle East & Africa ( EMEA ) and American continents (Americas), consisting of North America Region (NAR) and Caribbean and Latin America (CALA) . The three business fields included the Carrier Product Group for the operator market, the Enterprise Product Group for corporate customers and the Services Group as a service division for all customer segments. In addition, there were various central functions in the company such as the globally integrated supply chain and procurement, finance, information technology, marketing, human resources, legal and communications departments.

Research and innovations

According to the company, Alcatel-Lucent employed around 23,000 people in research and development in 2006 (including a nuclear research team of 1,000 scientists and researchers in eight countries). These included Bell Labs , based in New Jersey, USA. Alcatel-Lucent invested around 2.4 billion euros in research and development in 2009 and held 27,600 active patents and regarded itself as one of the innovation drivers in global communications research and development. Around 500 experts from Alcatel-Lucent were represented in over 100 global standardization committees.

Applications

  • Solutions for voice and data networks for companies and network operators (from LAN and WLAN to metro networks including ISDN , SDH , PDH , telephone exchanges, DSLAM technology for xDSL access technologies, ATM / IP switches and routers)
  • Cellular networks ( GSM GPRS , UMTS , LTE , CDMA2000 , WiMAX )
  • Solutions for communication in companies and authorities (PBXs, IP telephony with SIP, IP network infrastructure, network management, security solutions, contact centers and unified communications)
  • Multimedia services for network operators ( triple play solutions , IPTV applications and system integration, mobile TV)

Corporate Design

The Alcatel-Lucent logo was a stylized infinity symbol . Embedded in it are an "A" and an "L". The design comes from Euro RSCG , an advertising agency of the French Havas Group.

Alcatel-Lucent in Germany

Alcatel-Lucent was able to look back on over 100 years of company history in Germany through various predecessor companies and company takeovers. The headquarters were in Stuttgart; other locations were Berlin, Bonn, Düsseldorf, Hanover, Munich, Neu-Isenburg and Nuremberg. Offices in larger cities looked after corporate customers on site. In addition, from July 1, 2010, Alcatel-Lucent in Germany operated the BOS digital radio network for authorities and organizations with security tasks such as police authorities, rescue services, fire brigade, technical relief organization and the German armed forces. From March 2007 to January 2014, Alcatel-Lucent took over network operation of the E-Plus network.

Alcatel-Lucent's important customers in Germany included BT Global Services , Deutsche Telekom , E-Plus , NetCologne , O₂ Germany , QSC , Vodafone as well as the Bundeswehr and corporate customers such as B. E.ON , the Henkel Group or the pharmaceutical company Merck .

Alcatel-Lucent in Switzerland

Alcatel-Lucent and its predecessor companies were active in Switzerland for more than 70 years. The head office was in Zurich, with further locations in Bern and Geneva. With the takeover of the first provider network outsourcing in Switzerland for the Orange mobile network , 146 Orange employees joined Alcatel-Lucent Switzerland on January 1, 2008. On August 1, 2008, Sunrise Communications also outsourced its network operations and 290 employees switched to Alcatel-Lucent. As of August 1, 2008, Alcatel-Lucent Switzerland had 693 employees; sales in 2007 were CHF 180 million.

Alcatel-Lucent Switzerland's customers included Swisscom , UPC Switzerland , SBB , BLS (now BLS AG ), Nestlé , Swatch , the cantonal banks , Manor , CERN and Calida .

Among other things, Alcatel-Lucent had set up the infrastructure for IP telephony in Switzerland for the largest cable network operator Cablecom (around 250,000 "digital phone" customers) as well as Swisscom's broadband access (around 1.5 million ADSL customers).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Alcatel-Lucent - Leadership team ( Memento from January 9, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ a b Alcatel-Lucent Fast Facts on the company website
  3. ↑ Jürgen Berke : Merger with Alcatel-Lucent: This is the new Nokia group . In: Wirtschaftswoche , January 13, 2016, accessed on May 15, 2018
  4. ↑ Alcatel draws a line under loss-making cell phone production . In: Handelsblatt , May 15, 2005, accessed on May 15, 2018
  5. ↑ Alcatel and Lucent: Telecommunications giants merge. In: Focus Online . April 2, 2006, accessed October 14, 2018 .
  6. ^ Philippe Camus remains of PDG d'Alcatel Lucent. In: Le Figaro . January 8, 2016, accessed July 2, 2020 (French).
  7. ↑ Varinia Bernau: Nokia offers 15.6 billion for rival Alcatel. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . April 15, 2015, accessed April 28, 2015 .
  8. ^ Nokia announces settlement of its public exchange offer for Alcatel-Lucent securities, the registration of new shares and its inclusion in the CAC 40 index. In: press release. January 7, 2016, accessed July 2, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Nokia takes control of Alcatel-Lucent. In: heise online . January 4, 2016, accessed July 2, 2020 .
  10. ↑ Nokia to own 100% of Alcatel-Lucent following squeeze-out to occur today. In: press release. November 2, 2016, accessed July 2, 2020 .
  11. ↑ Alcatel-Lucent sells Thales stake to Dassault Aviation . boersen.manager-magazin.de. December 8, 2008. Retrieved July 4, 2009.
  12. ↑ Der Standard , December 10, 2007, Dark clouds over birthday party
  13. ↑ heise online , October 31, 2007, Alcatel-Lucent wants to cut another 4,000 jobs
  14. ↑ HP and Alcatel-Lucent form global alliance . alcatel-lucent.com. June 18, 2009. Archived from the original on June 24, 2009. Retrieved on July 4, 2009.
  15. ↑ A new era begins for Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise after the takeover by China Huaxin. (No longer available online.) In: Press release. Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise, October 1, 2014, archived from the original on October 14, 2014 ; Retrieved April 28, 2015 .
  16. ↑ Press release of November 30, 2006 (PDF; 19 kB) Archived from the original on May 18, 2014. Retrieved on September 15, 2010.
  17. ↑ Sunrise focuses on its core business. Sunrise, June 3, 2008, accessed August 8, 2012 .