Alcatel-Lucent

Back in Its Skinny Jeans, Cisco Systems Looks for Fat Profits

Arik Hesseldahl in News on May 9 at 8:25 am PT

Its restructuring done, Cisco Systems will today attempt to make the case that it is turning the corner.

Social Networking Users Say They Want More Control Over Their Info

Liz Gannes in Social on November 30, 2011 at 3:00 am PT

Online privacy is not just for wonks any more. Lots of people say it’s important to them — especially when researchers come asking.

Alcatel-Lucent Considers Sale of Telecom-Gear Unit

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on April 14, 2011 at 6:20 am PT

Alcatel-Lucent is exploring the sale of its business unit that sells phones and other telecom gear to corporations, which could be worth $1.5 billion or more, people familiar with the matter tell The Wall Street Journal. The Franco-American company has hired advisers and in recent days began to examine options for the business, which has about $1.5 billion in annual sales.

Meg Whitman, Patricia Russo Among Five Joining HP Board

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on January 20, 2011 at 1:16 pm PT

In the first big change of the Léo Apotheker era, five new directors are named, four directors are leaving. With this change no directors pre-date HP’s 2002 merger with Compaq.

AT&T: No, We’re Not Capping iPhone 4 Upload Speeds

John Paczkowski in News on July 7, 2010 at 9:15 am PT

Is AT&T capping data uploads on Apple’s iPhone 4? Not on purpose. Turns out a software issue is responsible for reports of dramatic drops in data upload speeds in some regions of the country, including New York and Philadelphia.

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Huawei's Brave New World

Yun-Hee Kim, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on June 10, 2010 at 5:00 am PT

Many people outside of China haven’t heard of Huawei Technologies. But the Chinese telecom equipment vendor has been gaining on its European and U.S. rivals, including Ericsson, Nokia Siemens and Alcatel-Lucent, with its pricing advantage as well as its technology.

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Alcatel-Lucent Swoons on Cautious 2010 Outlook

Eric Savitz, Blogger and Columnist, Barron's, Tech Trader Daily in News on February 11, 2010 at 8:40 am PT

The troubles continue for Alcatel-Lucent. The telecom equipment company’s shares are down sharply this morning after it reported Q4 results and trimmed its 2010 outlook.

Don’t Tell a Soul! Media, Tech Moguls Take Manhattan for Semisecret Quadrangle Conference.

Peter Kafka in Media on November 3, 2009 at 3:00 am PT

Wouldn’t you like to bump elbows with media moguls and hear from the likes of Eric Schmidt, Biz Stone and James Murdoch? Me too! Alas, Quadrangle’s Foursquare conference is closed to the public and the press. But at least I can tell you whom you won’t be hearing from.

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Appeals Court Throws Out $358 Million Verdict Against Microsoft

Brent Kendall, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on September 11, 2009 at 11:36 am PT

A federal appeals court Friday affirmed a jury verdict that Microsoft Corp.’s Outlook software and two other products infringed an Alcatel-Lucent patent, but ruled that a $358 million damages award against the software giant was not supported by evidence and needed to be re-calculated.