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FILE NAME: AT&T and other Phone Companies (ATT) DATE: 2015 DOC#: ATTO 13 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Alcatel - Lucent History /\icaiei-Luceni msiory | Aicaiei-Luceni rage i o i y COOKIES ON THIS SITE HELP TO ENHANCE YOUR USER EXPERIENCE Cookies are small files stored In your browser. They are used for technical, functional and analytics purposes. By continuing to browse our website you are agreeing to how w e use cookies. You can change vour browser cookie settings at any time. I agree More information Alcatel'Lucenfc Global Sign in I Register Search Subi Products & Solutions Industries Support & Training How to Buy About Us Sustainability Alcatel-Lucent History The formation of Alcatel-Lucent In 2006 created the world's first truly global communications solutions provider, with the most complete, end-to-end portfolio of solutions and services in the industry. Alcatel-Lucent combined 2 entities - Alcatel and Lucent Technologies - which shared a common lineage dating back to 1986, the year Alcatel's parent company, CGE (la Compagnie Gnrale d'Electrlcit), acquired ITT's European telecom business. Nearly 60 years earlier, ITT had purchased most of AT&T's manufacturing operations outside the United States. Lucent Technologies was spun o ff from AT&T. EXPLORE ALCATEL-LUCENT'S HISTORY BY DATE RANGE: 1869-1947 1948-1969 1970-1986 1987-1999 2000-2014 View All 1869 Elisha Gray and Enos N. Barton form Gray and Barton, a small manufacturing firm based in Cleveland, Ohio. Three years later, the then Chicago-based firm is renamed the Western Electric Manufacturing Company. OVERVIEW HOW WE OPERATE OUR INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY OUR MARKETS LEADERSHIP GOVERNANCE HISTORY 1881 American Bell purchases a controlling interest in Western Electric and makes it the exclusive developer and manufacturer o f equipment for the Bell telephone companies. 1898 French engineer Pierre Azaria sets up the Compagnie Gnrale d'ElectricIt (CGE) with the aim of of taking on the likes of AEG, Siemens and General Electric. 1925 Absorption by CGE of Compagnie Gnrale des Cbles de Lyon. Bell Telephone Laboratories is created from the consolidation of fthe Western Electric Research Laboratories, formed in 1907, and part of the Engineering Department o f AT&AT. 1927 The first long-distance television transmission - from Washington, O.C., to S C -P H O N E -0 1 3 0 /MCciiei-Luceiii msiory | /ucaiei-m ceni New York City - is a notable first fo r Bell Labs. 1928 Alsthom by Socit Alsacienne de Constructions Mcaniques and Compagnie Franaise Thomson-Houston are formed. 1937 Dr. Clinton J. Davisson becomes the first of 11 Nobel Prize winners from Bell Laboratories for his experimental confirmation o f the wave nature of electrons. 1946 After playing a critical role In providing communications and command equipment fo r the U.S. m ilitary during World War II, Western Electric Is able to direct its efforts toward filling the pent-up demand for telephones, producing a record 4 million telephones. 1947 Reuse o f radio frequencies among hexagonal "cells" Is discovered, leading to cellular communications. In the mld1940s, Bell Labs creates the cellular concept and developed the first commercial mobile telephone service. " Bell Labs invents the transistor. Three Bell Labs scientists later received the Nobel Prize for their scientific breakthrough. 1948 Claude Shannon quantifies "information" (Information Theory) and gives engineers a math-based theoretical maximum information carrying capacity for any communications system. 1954 Bell Labs Invents the solar cell battery allowing conversion of sunlight directly Into electricity. 1956 First trans-Atlantic telephone cable Is placed Into service, handling up to 36 simultaneous calls. AT&T signs a consent decree to settle a 1949 antitrust suit brought by the U.S. Department of Justice. The decree limits Western Electric to manufacturing equipment for the Bell System and contract work for the government, so Western quickly sells its small non-telephone subsidiary Westrex to Litton Industries and Its holdings in Northern Electric (now known as Nortel) to the public. 1957 Laser Is invented at Bell Laboratories. rage z o i y /vicaiei-i^uceni msiory | .mcaiei-JLUceni rage j o i y 1962 Bell Labs builds and successfully launches Telstar I, the firs t orbiting communications satellite. 1966 Absorption by CGE of the Socit Alsacienne de Constructions Atomiques, de Tlcommunications et d'Electronique (Alcatel). 1969 UNIX operating system is invented by Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie. A simple but elegant time-share software system for computers, it is designed to run on computers o f all sizes, making open systems possible. UNIX later becomes the foundation for the Internet. The UNIX operating system and the C programming language, closely Intertwined in both origin and impact, are created at Bell Labs between 1969 and 1972. UNIX makes large-scale networking of diverse computing systems - and the Internet - practical. The C language brings an unprecedented combination of efficiency and expressiveness to programming. Both make computing more "portable." Today, UNIX is the operating system o f most large Internet servers, as well as business and university systems; C and its descendants are the most widely used programming languages in the world. 1970 Ambroise Roux becomes CGE's chairman. At the end his term, he remains honorary chairman until his death in 1999. 1978 First service trial of Bell Labs-developed cellular system Is conducted in Chicago. 1980 Bell Labs Introduces the digital signal processor chip. 1982 Jean-Pierre Brunet becomes CGE's chairman. - AT&T and the U.S. Justice Department settle a 1974 antitrust suit, with modification o f final judgment (MFJ) to the 1956 consent decree. AT&T agrees to divest Its local telephone companies effective Jan. 1,1984, and in turn is freed from other 1956 restrictions. As part of divestiture, Western Electric's charter is assumed by a new unit, AT&T Technologies. AT&T Technologies has separate market-focused business units to manufacture and sell consumer products, network systems, technology systems and information systems. 1983 First high-capacity, long-haul lightwave transmission system between New York City and Washington, D.C. Aicaiei-Luceni m s tory | Aicaieimucern 1984 Georges Pebereau becomes CGE's chairman. Thomson CSF's public telecommunication and business communication operations are merged into a holding company Thomson Tlcommunications, which is taken over by the CGE group. Cbles de Lyon buys Thomson Jeumont Cbles and Kabeltel under the CGE-Thomson agreements. 1985 Alsthom Atlantique changes its name to Alsthom. Merger between CIT-Alcatel and Thomson Tlcommunications. The new entity adopts the name Alcatel. 1986 Alcatel NV formed following an agreement w ith ITT Corporation, which sells its European telecommunications activities to CGE. Pierre Suard becomes CGE's chairman. CGE buys into Framatome (40%). Cbles de Lyon becomes a subsidiary of Alcatel NV. 1987 CGE is privatized. Alsthom wins an order to supply equipment for the TGV Atlantique network and leads the consortium of French, Belgian and British companies involved in the building of the northern TGV network. 1988 Link-up of Alsthom and General Electric Company (UK). Merger of Alsthom's activities and GEC's Power Systems division into a jo in t company. 1989 Agreement between CGE and General Electric Company and setting up o f GEC Alsthom. - CGEE-Alsthom changes Its name to Cegelec. - AT&T Technologies branches into several business units, including AT&T Network Systems, AT&T Global Business Communications Systems, AT&T Microelectronics and AT&T Consumer Products, which later combine with Bell Labs to become Lucent Technologies. 1990 CGE-Flat agreement. Alcatel takes over Telettra and Fiat acquires a m ajority stake in CEAC. Acquisition by Cables de Lyon of Cbleries de Dour (Belgium) and Ericsson's US cable operations. - Agreement on Framatome's capital structure, with CGE holding a 44.12% stake. 1991 Compagnie Gnrale d'Electricit changes its name to Alcatel Alsthom. Purchase of the transmission systems division o f the American group Rockwell Technologies. Cbles de Lyon becomes Alcatel Cable and takes over AEG Kabel. rage 01 y /vicaiei-i^uceni nisiory | /ucaiei-juuceiu 1992 Alcatel Alsthom acquired AEG Kabel (subsequently renamed Kabel Rheydt), a leading cable manufacturer In Germany, strengthening Its presence In this region. 1993 Acquisition of STC Submarine Systems, a division of Northern Telecom Europe (today Nortel Networks). 1995 Serge Tchuruk becomes chairman and CEO of Alcatel Alsthom. He restructures the company focusing on telecommunications. AT&T proposes forming three separate, publicly traded companies to serve the increasingly divergent business needs of its customers. 1996 Lucent Technologies launches its separation from AT&T with an initial public offering, which is at the time the largest ever on the New York Stock Exchange. 1998 Alcatel Alsthom Is renamed Alcatel. Acquisition of the American DSC which has a solid position in the US access market ALSTHOM Initial public offering of GEC ALSTHOM which becomes Alstom. Alcatel retains 24% in the newly-formed company. Alcatel sells Cegelec to Alstom. Horst Stormer of Bell Labs and tw o former Bell Labs researchers receive the Nobel Prize in physics for their discovery o f the fractional quantum Hall effect. 1999 Acquisition of Xylan, Packet Engines, Assured Access and Internet Devices, specializing in Internet network and solutions. " Alcatel raises its participation in Thomson CSF (now Thales) to 25.3% and reduces its participation in Framatome to 8.6 %. 2000 Acquisition of Newbridge, worldwide leader in ATM technology networks. Acquisition of the American company Genesys, worldwide leader in contact centers. Acquisition of Innovative Fibers-world leader in DWDM optical filters. - Alcatel's cable activities are subsidized and renamed Nexans. Lucent spins o ff its enterprise networking group - Avaya Inc. 2001 Alcatel sells Its 24% share in Alstom IPO of a significant part of Cables & Components business (Nexans activity). Alcatel keeps 20% of Nexans shares. Acquisition of the remaining 48.83% stake held In Alcatel Space by Thales, bringing Alcatel's ownership of Alcatel Space to 100%. After this transaction, Alcatel's stake in Thales decreased from 25.29% to 20.03%. Disposal of 4.2% stake in Thales Alcatel sells Its 2.2% participation In Areva. rage mcaiei-Luceni msiory | Aicaiei-mceni Alcatel sells Its DSL modem activity to Thomson Multimedia. Agere Systems, Lucent's microelectronics business, completes an Initial public offering as a separate company. 2002 Acquisition of Astral Point Communications Inc., a U.S. company and front-runner in next generation SONET Metro Optical Systems. Alcatel sells Its microelectronics activities to STMicroelectronics Alcatel sells its remaining share in Thomson Alcatel acquires control of Alcatel Shanghai Bell Alcatel completes the acquisition of the Telera Corporation. " Alcatel sells 10.3 million Thales shares (reduces Alcatel's shareholdings in Thales from 15.83% to 9.7%). Alcatel sells 1.5 million Nexans shares (reduces Alcatel's shareholding in Nexans from 20% to 15%) Pat Russo returns to Lucent as chief executive officer and becomes chairman In 2003. 2003 - Alcatel sells 50% shareholding in Atlinks, a manufacturer o f residential telephones, to Thomson. - Acquisition of IMagicTV, a Canadian supplier of software products and services that enable service providers to create, deliver and manage digital television and media services over broadband networks. " Acquisition of TiMetra Inc., a privately held, Silicon Valley-based company that produces routers. Alcatel's optical components business sold to Avanex. SAFT Batteries subsidiary sold to Doughty Hanson. 2004 The SAFT subsidiary which specialized in battery operations was sold to Doughty Hanson. " Alcatel and TCL Communication Technology Holdings Limited form a jo in t venture mobile handset company. The jo in t venture company is 55% owned by TCL and 45% owned by Alcatel. - Alcatel and Draka Holding N.V. ("Draka") combine their respective global optical fiber and communication cable businesses. Draka owns 50.1% and Alcatel owns 49.9% of the new company, Draka Comteq B.V. - Alcatel acquires privately held, U.S.-based eDial Inc., a leading provider of conferencing and collaboration services for businesses and telephone companies. Alcatel sells 7.1 million Avanex shares, bringing its stake in this company to below 20%. Alcatel completes the acquisition o f the privately held, U.S.-based Spatial Communications (known as Spatial Wireless), a leading provider o f software-based and multi-standard distributed mobile switching solutions. Lucent reports its first profitable year and first year o f revenue growth since fiscal 2000. 2005 2005 was a record year for Alcatel In terms o f results, contracts, events, and agreements as operators looked to Alcatel for network transformation solutions. Jeong Kim becomes l l t h president of Bell Labs and Lucent signs a multiyear contract with Sprint worth more than $1.5 billion. 2006 Alcatel announced a deal to increase its shareholding and transfer its satellite subsidiaries, its railway signaling business and its critical security systems domains to Thales, a key player In the French defense industry. On November 30, 2005, Alcatel and Lucent Technologies merge. rage o 01 y /ucaiei-LuceriL n isio ry |/\icaiei-LUceni Acquired Nortel's UMTS radio access business to strengthen its leadership position in this technology. 2007 Announced plans to acquire all the assets, including all intellectual property of Canadian metro WDM networking supplier Tropic Networks, Inc. Acquired NetDevices, a developer of services gateway products for enterprise branch networks, based in Sunnyvale, California. Acquired Thompson Advisory Croup, Inc. (TAG), one of the largest nationally recognized telecommunications consulting practices in the U.S. As a fu lly independent subsidiary, TAG w ill help enterprise customers cut their telecom expenses by leveraging network outsourcing resources. Acquired Tamblin, a privately held software company that provides applications and tool kits that w ill enhance Alcatel-Lucent's solution for enabling IPTV users to easily find, connect and interact with brands and entertainment they care about. 2008 Acquired Motive, Inc., a leading provider of service management software for broadband and mobile data services. The acquisition extends a productive three-year relationship between Alcatel-Lucent and Motive together the companies jo in tly developed and sold remote management software solutions for automating the deployment, configuration and support of advanced home networking devices called residential gateways. 2009 in 2009, in keeping with the company's Application Enablement strategy and our vision o f the High Leverage NetworkTM architecture that supports it, Alcatel-Lucent acquired leading Content Delivery Network (CDN) provider Velocix, followed by the 2010 acquisitions o f leading Web 2.0 API repository ProgrammableWeb and OpenPlug, a cross-platform mobile software development tool provider. 2010 Alcatel-Lucent achieves unique industry milestone of 200 million DSL lines shipped - Bell Labs launches GreenTouchTM consortium to improve the energy efficiency of ICT networks by a factor of 1,000 by 2015 Verizon Wireless selects Alcatel-Lucent's mobile backhaul solution for nation's first 4G LTE network Bell Labs achieves industry first: 300 Mbps over just 2 traditional DSL lines - Alcatel-Lucent acquires OpenPlug, a cross-platform mobile software development tool provider Alcatel-Lucent makes world's first call over LTE network operating within public safety broadband spectrum Alcatel-Lucent's book "The Shift" maps the future of web 2.0 and the role of service providers in it 2011 Alcatel-Lucent's lightRadioTM portfolio wins NGN magazine leadership award for transforming mobile broadband networks " Frost & Sullivan honors Alcatel-Lucent with most innovative European communications product of the year award for OpenTouchTM Alcatel-Lucent ranked Communications Technology Sector Leader by Dow Jones Sustainability Index Thomson Reuters names Alcatel-Lucent Top 100 global innovator in the list's firs t year 2012 Closes $1.5 billion divestment of Genesys business to Permira ra g e / 01 y Aicaiei-j^ucem msiory [/vicaiei-Luceiu Introduces the 7950 XRS, the world's most powerful Internet core router Alcatel-Lucent ranked Technology Supersector Leader by Dow Jones Sustainability Index Thomson Reuters names Alcatel-Lucent Top 100 global innovator 2013 Michel Combes is appointed as Alcatel-Lucent's new CEO Gee Rittenhouse is appointed President of Bell Labs, replacing Jeong Kim Alcatel-Lucent leads in VDSL2 vectoring with the shipment o f 1 million lines New venture Nuage NetworksTM launches Software Defined Networking system - Alcatel-Lucent launches `The Shift Plan', the company's industrial, operational, and financial strategy to refocus as a specialist in IP networking, ultra-broadband access and cloud Alcatel-Lucent and Qualcomm Technologies join forces to develop next generation of small cells for ultra-broadband wireless access Alcatel-Lucent wins Emmy Award for contributing to fundamental changes in how television is watched " Alcatel-Lucent named Industry Group Leader fo r Technology Hardware & Equipment sector in the 2013 Dow Jones Sustainability Indices review " Marcus Weldon appointed president of Bell Labs = Thomson Reuters names Alcatel-Lucent Top 100 global innovator 2014 Alcatel-Lucent passes milestone of 125 million Voice over IP licenses as 4G service providers drive to deploy Voice over LTE Announces global collaboration w ith Intel to speed industry move to cloud Passes 5 million VDSL2 vectoring lines shipped confirming global adoption o f ultra-broadband access over copper Bell Labs announces the Bell Labs Prize and pledges to donate $100,000 to the winner's university Alcatel-Lucent inaugurates Bell Labs new research sites in Tel Aviv; Cambridge, UK; and Silicon Valley as well as The Innovation City in France Sets new world record broadband speed o f 10 Gbps fo r transmission of data over traditional copper telephone lines Alcatel-Lucent named Industry Group Leader for Technology Hardware & Equipment sector in the 2014 Dow Jones Sustainability Indices review - Alcatel-Lucent and UNESCO begin working together fo r gender diversity using the company's grassroots initiative StrongHer as a model. 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