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RSS alcatel in newsAlcatel signs £56m modem deal with Telia and KPN
News Swedish telecom operator Telia and Dutch carrier KPN have signed a E90m (£56m) deal with Alcatel's ADSL unit to help the rollout of their high-speed Internet access services. Alcatel will provide KPN with 26,000 ADSL SpeedTouch modems for... [01 Jun 2000]
Alcatel contracts boost Asian-Pacific networks
News Alcatel's presence in Asia Pacific is to expand after winning two large contracts in Taipei and China. Alcatel's CGA Transport division was awarded the $10m contract to supply Taipei's public transport network with a smartcard system that acts as... [07 Apr 2000]
Alcatel cuts 12,000 jobs
News Alcatel is to shed about 12,000 jobs worldwide over the next two years as it tries to hit profitability targets. Alcatel also announced a profit for 1998 of E2.34bn on sales of E21.26bn. Alcatel competitor Ericsson has also had to cull staff... [12 Mar 1999]
Alcatel buys Xylan in $2bn cash deal
News Alcatel is to acquire US internetworking company, Xylan Corporation, for $2bn. Niall Hickey, spokesman for Alcatel, explained that it has been working with Xylan for four years as an original equipment manufacturer (OEM). [02 Mar 1999]
Alcatel chief says '3G and DSL will protect us'
News Peter Radley, chairman of Alcatel UK, told silicon.com that the company is sitting pretty, with its DSL and 3G businesses continuing to grow. However, he admitted that Alcatel's handset division has been hit. [05 Apr 2001]
Alcatel plans to cash in on UMTS roll-out
News Alcatel has set its sights on building 15 per cent of all European UMTS infrastructure. Serge Tchuruk, chief executive at Alcatel, said the company was ready to take on Nokia, Siemens and Ericsson and that it already funding for a number of... [01 Sep 2000]
Alcatel given €472m nod by Austrian ONE
News Austrian mobile operator ONE has signed a seven-year €472m contract with Alcatel for the management, operation and maintenance of its network. The deal will kick in at the start of next year and, according to Alcatel chairman and CEO Serge Tchuruk... [13 Nov 2003]
Alcatel answers Peugeot's call for better customer service
News Alcatel will work in partnership with Atos - Peugeot's own e-service provider - on developing the 24 hour service. The French telecom supplier will provide all the communication applications and infrastructure based on Alcatel's OmniPCX 4400 IP... [07 Nov 2000]
Alcatel and Telus pair up over broadband
News French telecoms equipment maker Alcatel has signed a deal to provide DSL broadband infrastructure to Canadian communications company Telus. The deal will see Alcatel supply Telus with its 7300 Advanced Services Access Manager - which it claims is... [24 Jan 2002]
Alcatel and Marconi pay the price
News Ongoing woe for two of telecoms most beleagured companies caught up with them yesterday when both Alcatel and UK's Marconi saw their credit ratings downgraded. France's Alcatel fell from an 'A' rating to a 'BBB+'. [07 Aug 2001]
Alcatel faces £12.3m bill for Swisscom downtime
News Swisscom is to bill Alcatel for the SFr30m (£12.3m) loss it experienced after a software bug - ignored by the supplier - brought down its Natel network of 3.3 million users for 10 hours in July this year. [06 Aug 2001]
Alcatel sets out its stall in WAP marketplace
News Jacques Combet, president of Alcatel's mobile phone activities, said the company wanted to sell 20 million handsets by the end of the year. Alcatel is currently positioned at number three in the mobile sector with a market share of 12.4 per cent. [20 Sep 2000]
Alcatel cuts thousands more jobs
News Alcatel has added to today's telecoms gloom with the news that it intends to make 10,000 further job cuts this year and will fail to hit operating profit as previously predicted. Alcatel said the 10,000 job losses are on top of the 30,000 staff... [26 Jun 2002]
Alcatel launches internetworking system
News Alcatel has introduced a family of internetworking products that can provide voice and data communications to a company's branch office. The OmniCore 5000, Omni Switch/Router and OmniStack switch can be used by telecoms managers wanting to get high... [16 Sep 1999]
Alcatel slaps Microsoft with patent claims
News Alcatel has filed two lawsuits against Microsoft alleging infringement of seven of its patents. Lucent, which is due to merge with Alcatel by 30 November, was already involved in a patent dispute with Microsoft over video-decoding technology in its... [24 Nov 2006]
