Alcatel Lucent SA (NYSE:ALU)

Alcatel-Lucent SA is engaged in the provision of communications solutions to telecommunications companies and Internet service and data providers. The company offers a wide portfolio of solutions and services for telecom network operators and public and private organizations. It operates through three segments: Networks, Software, Services and Solutions, and Enterprise. The Networks segment supplies a broad portfolio of network products and offerings used by fixed, wireless and converged service providers to help them address these changing telecommunications market needs, and to enterprises and governments for their business critical communications. The Software, Services and Solutions segment includes two main businesses Services, which designs, integrates, manages and maintains networks worldwide, and Network Applications. The Enterprise segment delivers solutions that enable businesses to deliver collaborative conversations across application fluent networks, an intelligent network infrastructure capable of automatically adjusting resources according to the nature of applications to transport. Alcatel-Lucent was founded by Pierre Azaria on June 18, 1898 and is headquartered in Paris, France.