Editing Lucent Technologies (section)

{{Short description|American telecommunications company (1996-2006)}}
{{Redirect|Lucent|the company following its acquisition by [[Alcatel (old company)|Alcatel SA]] in 2006|Alcatel-Lucent}}
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{{Infobox company|<!-- [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Companies]] template -->
| name = Lucent Technologies, Inc.
| logo = Lucent Technologies logo.svg
| logo_size = 300px
| type = [[Public Company|Public]]
| traded_as = {{NYSE was|LU}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1006240/000095012304006708/y97746e425.htm|title=SEC}}</ref>
| fate = Acquired by and merged with [[Alcatel SA]] to form [[Alcatel-Lucent]]
| successor = [[Alcatel-Lucent]]
| foundation = {{start date and age|1996|9|30}}
| defunct = {{end date and age|2006|12|1}}
| location_city = [[Murray Hill, New Jersey|Murray Hill]], [[New Jersey]]
| location_country = United States
| key_people = {{plain list|
* [[Henry Schacht]] (CEO)
* [[Richard McGinn]] (CEO)
}}
| industry = [[Telecommunications equipment]]
| products = 
| revenue = {{increase}} US$9.44 billion (2005)
| num_employees = 30,500 (2006)
| predecessor = [[AT&T Technologies]] (holding company of [[Western Electric]] and [[Bell Labs]])
| homepage = {{web archive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050216043934/http://www.lucent.com/|title=lucent.com}}
| parent = 
}}
'''Lucent Technologies, Inc.''' was an American [[Multinational corporation|multinational]] [[telecommunications equipment]] company headquartered in [[Murray Hill, New Jersey|Murray Hill]], [[New Jersey]]. It was established on September 30, 1996, through the [[divestiture]] of the former [[AT&T Technologies]] business unit of [[AT&T Corporation]], which included [[Western Electric]] and [[Bell Labs]].<ref name=LT-H-00>{{cite web|url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/lucent-technologies-inc-history/|title=History of Lucent Technologies Inc.|work=Fundinguniverse.com|access-date=2015-03-29}}</ref>

Lucent was acquired by [[Alcatel SA]] on December 1, 2006, forming [[Alcatel-Lucent]].<ref name=merger>{{cite web |url=http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/wps/portal/NewsReleases/DetailLucent?LMSG_CABINET=Docs_and_Resource_Ctr&LMSG_CONTENT_FILE=News_Releases_LU_2006/LU_News_Article_007765.xml |title=Alcatel and Lucent Technologies to Merge and Form World's Leading Communication Solutions Provider |publisher=Alcatel-lucent.com |access-date=2009-12-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081225233306/http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/wps/portal/NewsReleases/DetailLucent?LMSG_CABINET=Docs_and_Resource_Ctr&LMSG_CONTENT_FILE=News_Releases_LU_2006%2FLU_News_Article_007765.xml |archive-date=2008-12-25 }}</ref>