Lucent (officially Lucent Technologies, Inc.) was an American multinational telecommunications equipment company headquartered in Murray Hill, United States. It was established on September 30, 1996 through the demerger of the former AT&T Technologies business unit of AT&T Corporation, which included Western Electric and Bell Labs.
Lucent was acquired by Alcatel SA of France on December 1, 2006, forming Alcatel-Lucent.
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