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...Sprint’s statement also noted that he delivered “two of the most successful turnarounds in the telecoms industry” pointing to his time at Alcatel-Lucent and France Telecom....
...Shares in French telecommunications maker Alcatel-Lucent jumped 6.1 per cent to €1.24 amid hopes that money earmarked for the T-Mobile USA sale will instead be invested in further telecommunications infrastructure...
...He sold Newbridge Networks, a telecoms equipment group, to Alcatel for $7.1bn in 2000....
...The company is considering negotiating a “mitigation agreement” with the US government – as Alcatel of France did when it bought Lucent in 2006 – in order to show its willingness to co-operate with the US...
...The deals went to Ericsson and Alcatel-Lucent. Like its rivals, Huawei is keen to secure a critical mass of early deals involving LTE, given that it is expected to be the leading 4G technology....
...Last month, Lucent disappeared as a company and became the junior partner of the French Alcatel....
...Fisher, Chairman, Gap, Inc....
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