Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Amazingly, nobody in the US has had a hissy fit over Alcatel buying Lucent Technologies - even Senator Charles Schumer, who led the national spots before the eyes over Dubai wanting to buy the American ports, says he's happy because "The United...
[April 10, 2006, 11:35]
Comms kit takes to the Alps for ultramarathons
News The race's primary sponsor this year was sports-equipment company The North Face, with other sponsors including Garmin and Alcatel-Lucent. Alcatel-Lucent provided several pieces of technology to the Ultra-Trail du Mont Blanc (UTMB) organisers.
[September 8, 2008, 12:56]
Comdex Fall, Las Vegas: 56K modems picture looks fuzzy
News Followers of the Rockwell and similar Lucent-proposed 56Kbit standards will need to send back modems for a chip retrofit but their solution could be the more likely to win the backing of the ITU regulatory body, judging by the fact that over 100...
[November 21, 1996, 9:26]
56K modem wars may be near end
News The resolution is a breakthrough for the 56K-bps standard, which has been divided for several months between two incompatible camps: 3Com's x2, and the K56Flex technology from Rockwell Semiconductor Systems Inc.and Lucent Technologies Inc.
[December 8, 1997, 11:38]
Microsoft hit by patent suit
News Lucent, which is due to merge with Alcatel by November 30, was already involved in a patent dispute with Microsoft over video-decoding technology in its Xbox 360. Alcatel's filing appears related to longstanding patent litigation between Lucent and...
[November 23, 2006, 14:32]
News Roundup: How are tech stocks faring?
News Another profit warning for Lucent Wed, 11 Oct Lucent sinks further into the financial quagmire and issues second profit warning for fourth quarter The shakedown in tech and "new economy" stocks continued in the third quarter, as profitability...
[October 11, 2000, 10:00]
Supercomm diversifies as telcos suffer
News The forum is backed by heavyweights Hewlett-Packard, Lucent, Nortel Networks and Sprint. The convention begins on Monday with Lucent Technologies chief executive Pat Russo's "pragmatic" address about how to recover from the three-year telecom...
[June 3, 2003, 12:26]
The Day Ahead: Turnstone Systems' IPO could turn some heads
News The company has an original equipment manufacturer agreement with Lucent, which accounts for 15 percent of sales. And there's a lot of competition from recent IPOs Tollgrade Communications and Copper Mountain to established players such as Lucent...
[January 24, 2000, 12:58]
Nortel to shed nearly 10 percent of its workforce
News Nortel is facing increased pressure from competitors, some of which are merging (such as Alcatel and Lucent) and some of which are new rivals entering its markets. Alcatel-Lucent said on Friday it would revise upwards its previously announced job...
[February 9, 2007, 16:13]
N+I: Alcatel to expand into US
News Although Alcatel is financially stable, rivals such as Lucent Technologies and Nortel Networks have struggled with huge debt, dwindling business and shrinking stock prices. What's more, Alcatel has invested in corporate-networking technology while...
[May 8, 2002, 12:07]
Telecom downturn weighs heavy on Cisco
News That has been a concern for investors lately, after Cisco competitor Lucent Technologies disclosed two months ago that bad loans to start-up service providers had hurt its quarterly sales. Both Cisco and executives at competitor Nortel Networks...
[December 19, 2000, 11:17]
Comdex: USB 2.0 looking good in Vegas
News Leading players in the USB controller market such as Lucent, Texas Instruments and Cypress all reported that sampling of USB 2.0 silicon was well under way, with full production likely in Q1 next year.
[November 14, 2000, 16:04]
The Day Ahead: New Focus eyes strong IPO
News New Focus has two potential paths -- it can either grow on its own, or be bought by a big telecommunications equipment maker such as Nortel, Lucent or Cisco. The company has a blue-chip client list that includes Agilent Technologies, Alcatel USA...
[May 16, 2000, 12:37]
IOXperts 802.11b driver X
Downloads Supported cards: Accton AC-EW 3101 11 Mbps Cheetah Wireless PC Card Addtron AWP-100 IEEE 802.11 DS 11Mbps PCMCIA Card Agere Systems Orinoco Gold Agere Systems Orinoco Silver Alvarion BreezeNET PC-DS.11b Asante AeroLAN Wireless Adapter PCMCIA...
[April 27, 2005, 8:00]
GNOME and KDE battle rages on
News For example, a blogger known as Lucent Plum said the GNOME interface is more intuitive and is less complicated to pick up. Usability and human factors are important issues in software development and I think GNOME has done a better job than KDE at...
[January 4, 2006, 11:25]
Blackberry turns wireless calendar page
News RIM also announced an alliance with Lucent Technologies and the ability to wirelessly download and install applications with the aid of GoAmerica's new version 6.0 of Go.Web browser. The Lucent alliance focuses on a cooperative effort to test 3G...
[March 21, 2001, 14:15]
Critics carp at Cisco; Chambers shrugs
News They also should, analysts said, turn up the heat on such Cisco competitors as telephone equipment suppliers Lucent Technologies and Nortel Networks. The buyers of Cerent's 454 have primarily been telecommunications companies, which typically give...
[August 27, 1999, 8:47]
Intel ignites wireless LAN market with IEE 802.11b boost
News Nobody at Apple will explain why it is able to sell the product for that price when Lucent itself sells the Orinoco AP 1000 for £700. The Lucent product is virtually the same product, but it lacks the Apple extra of a 56K modem for Internet access.
[December 15, 2000, 16:27]
S4546_Win2K_BDK.exe
Downloads This package supports the following driver models:Alps Pointing-device YAMAHA AC-XG Audio Device Intel(R) PRO/100B PCI Adapter (TX) Intel(R) PRO/100B PCI Adapter (T4) Intel(R) PRO/10+ PCI Adapter Intel(R) PRO/100 WfM PCI Adapter Intel 82557-based...
[August 24, 2000, 8:00]
Oracle Special: Searching for solutions
News The SEC opened a formal investigation into the accounting practices of Lucent Technologies in February after the telecommunications equipment maker announced it would revise its fourth-quarter revenue figures.
[July 2, 2001, 13:43]



