Alcatel

Type	Public (Euronext: CGE, NYSE: ALA)
Founded	Alsace, France (1898)
Location	Paris, France
Key people	Serge Tchuruk, Chairman and CEO
Industry	telecommunications
Products	provides hardware, software and services to telecommunications service providers and enterprises
Revenue	13.1 billion EUR (2005)
Employees	56,000 (2005)
Website	www.alcatel.com

Alcatel SA (Euronext: CGE, NYSE: ALA, TYO: 6687 ) is a global company, headquartered in France that provides hardware, software and services to telecommunications service providers and enterprises. Alcatel sells equipment for mobile and fixed voice communication networks, data networks and television and video delivery. Image File history File links Alcatel Logo File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... A public company is a company owned by the public rather than by a relatively few individuals. ... Euronext N.V. is a pan-European stock exchange with subsidiaries in Belgium, France, Netherlands, Portugal and the United Kingdom. ... New York Stock Exchange (June 2003) The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is one of the largest stock exchanges in the world. ... Capital Strasbourg Land area¹ 8,280 km² Regional President Adrien Zeller (UMP) (since 1996) Population  - Jan. ... 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world Paris is the capital and largest city of France, as well as the capital of the ÃŽle-de-France région, whose territory encompasses Paris and its suburbs. ... Serge Tchuruk, son of Armenian immigrants, is a French businessman. ... BlackBerry 7100t Telecommunications is the communication of information at a distance. ... BlackBerry 7100t Telecommunications is the communication of information at a distance. ... Revenue is a US business term for the amount of money that a company can receive from its activities, mostly from sales of products and/or services to customers. ... The euro (symbol: €; banking code: EUR) is the single currency of the following twelve European Union member states: Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain; collectively also known as the eurozone. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The front page of the English Wikipedia Website. ... Euronext N.V. is a pan-European stock exchange with subsidiaries in Belgium, France, Netherlands, Portugal and the United Kingdom. ... New York Stock Exchange (June 2003) The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), also nicknamed the Big Board, is the largest stock exchange in the world (by dollar volume) and second largest by number of listings. ... The Tokyo Stock Exchange (東京証券取引所 Tōkyō Shōken Torihikijo, abbreviated TSE) is the worlds second-largest stock exchange market. ... BlackBerry 7100t Telecommunications is the communication of information at a distance. ...

It is most well known for its ADSL multiplexers, used for high-speed Internet access, and currently (2005) has over one-third of the world DSLAM market. It has a partnership with Microsoft [2004] to provide IPTV services over DSL to service providers, such as SBC in the United States. It is also a world leader in providing optical transmission equipment, especially for submarine communications cable. Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) is a form of DSL, a data communications technology that enables faster data transmission over copper telephone lines than a conventional modem can provide. ... A Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer (DSLAM) is a network device, usually located at a telephone company central office, or within a neighborhood SAI as part of a digital loop carrier, that receives signals from multiple customer Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) connections and aggregates the signals on a high-speed... IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) describes a system where a digital television service is delivered to subscribing consumers using the Internet Protocol over a broadband connection. ... A typical DSL Modem Digital Subscriber Line, or DSL, is a family of technologies that provide digital data transmission over the wires used in the last mile of a local telephone network. ... A submarine communications cable is a cable laid beneath the sea to carry telecommunications between countries. ...

It has several notable non-network-based businesses. For example, Alcatel Space is a leading builder of satellite systems with its Geosynchronous spacecraft platform, Spacebus 3000 and 4000, and its LEO spacecraft platform, Proteus. It also has a Transport Solutions division that provides routing, control and network management for railway and mass transit operators, such as city undergrounds in Berlin, London and New York. Genesys, a U.S. subsidiary, is the world leader in providing call center software. A geosynchronous orbit is a geocentric orbit that has the same orbital period as the sidereal rotation period of the Earth. ... A low Earth orbit (LEO) is an orbit in which objects such as satellites are below intermediate circular orbit (ICO) and far below geostationary orbit, but typically around 350 - 1400 km above the Earths surface. ...

In 2005, Alcatel sales were EURO 13.1 billion; it operates in more than 130 countries. The current CEO (2006) is Serge Tchuruk. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Serge Tchuruk, son of Armenian immigrants, is a French businessman. ...

Links to Alcatel Products, Services and Solutions

• Alcatel Products
• Alcatel Services
• Alcatel Publications

• Solutions for Service Providers
• Solutions for Large Enterprises
• Solutions for Small to Medium Businesses
• Solutions for Industries and Public Sector
• Solutions for Space
• Railway Automation

History of Alcatel

Headquartered in Paris (France), rue la Boétie, with significant operations in and around Paris, Alcatel has a long history beginning in 1898 with the founding of Compagnie Générale d'Electricité (CGE). The original home of the company was the Alsace region -- the name "Alcatel" comes from a small telephone company, "Alsacienne de Cables et de Telephones" -- and it still maintains R&D operations in the Strasbourg area. The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world Paris is the capital and largest city of France, as well as the capital of the ÃŽle-de-France région, whose territory encompasses Paris and its suburbs. ... 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Capital Strasbourg Land area¹ 8,280 km² Regional President Adrien Zeller (UMP) (since 1996) Population  - Jan. ... City motto: – City proper (commune) Région Alsace Département Bas-Rhin (67) Mayor Fabienne Keller (UMP) (since 2001) Area 78. ...

There were a number of mergers and acquisitions, as well as divestments since 1898. To understand the current company and its focus on telecommunications, the most important were the acquisition of the European telecommunications activities of ITT in 1986. The combined companies were called Alcatel Alsthom. Alcatel maintains significant R&D presence in France (Paris region, Brittany, South of France), Antwerp (Belgium), at the former ITT operations there (Bell Telephone), in Stuttgart (Germany), and since 2000 in Shanghai (China). ITT also stands for ITT Technical Institute, Institute of Technology, Tallaght, Institute of Technology, Tralee and here in Hungarian. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Cathedral of our Lady (Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal, Antwerp) in the Handschoenmarkt, in the old quarter of Antwerp is the largest cathedral in the Low Countries and home to a number of triptychs by Belgian Baroque painter Rubens. ... Stuttgart, a city located in southern Germany, is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg with a population of approximately 590,000 as of September 2005 in the city and around 3 million in the metropolitan area. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Shanghai (Chinese: 上海 pinyin: (help· info); Shanghainese: Zanhe ), situated on the banks of the Yangtze River Delta, is Chinas largest city. ...

Since 1990, various North American companies were acquired : Rockwell Technologies, DSC, Xylan, Packet Engines, Assured Access, Newbridge, iMagicTV, TiMetra, eDial ; giving Alcatel a strong U.S. and Canadian presence. Alcatel has its North American headquarters in Plano, and R&D operations in Ottawa, Mountain View, Petaluma, Saint John, Calabasas, and Raleigh. Nickname: An All-American City Motto: Official website: http://www. ... Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = Advance Ottawa/Ottawa en avant Established: unknown Area: 2,778. ... Nickname: Motto: Official website: http://www. ... Petaluma is a city located in Sonoma County, California. ... Saint John is the largest city in the province of New Brunswick and the oldest incorporated city in Canada. ... Calabasas is a city located in Los Angeles County, California, in the western United States. ... Downtown Raleigh Skyline Raleigh is the capital of North Carolina, a state of the United States of America. ...

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