alcatel Components
Alcatel Lucent was founded in 2006 after Alcatel merged with Lucent Technologies. Alcatel, was founded in 1898 and Lucent Technologies in 1995. The current CEO is Ben Verwaayen. The company has it corporate headquarters in Paris, France, and it employs about 78,000 employees with operations in more than 130 countries. In 2010 the organization’s exceeded 16 billion Euros. Alcatel is a pioneer and visionary in the telecommunications industry. It has a diverse customer base ranging from governments, to corporations, to service providers. It enables its customers to deliver voice, data, and video services. The company focuses on fixed, mobile, and converged networking hardware, IP technologies, software, and services. It trades as ALU on the New York Stock Exchange.