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Western Electric Begins
Began in 1869 and was created by Elisha Gray and Enos N. Barton. Western Electric was based in Cleveland, Ohio. -
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Alcatel-Lucent Then and Now
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Western Electric Relocates and Becomes Big
Western Electric Relocates to Chicago and becomes one of the largest electrical manufacturing company in the United States -
American Telephone Company Bell Shows Interest In Western Electric
The American telephone company called Bell began to show a interest in Western Electric. Bell was founded by the man who invented telephones, Alexander Bell. Bell purchased a "controlling interest" and made Western Electric the developer and manufacter of its equipment -
La Compagnie Générale d'Electricité is Created
La Compagnie Générale d'Electricité is created by a French engineer by the name of Pierre Azaria and became a leader in digital communications. They are also known for producing high-speed trains that run in France. -
Western Electric Sells Division to ITT
In 1925, Western Electric sold their assisting Internation Western Electric Company to ITT Co. -
AT&T Comes Back
AT&T re-enters the telecommunications market in Europe during 1984. AT&T had broken up before. -
AT&T and Philips Join Together
AT&T and Philips joined together and made AT&T and Philips Telecommunications BV. Together, they were very successful. -
AT&T Increases Its Holdings with AT&T & Philips Telecommunications BV
AT&T increases its current holds to 60% within AT&T & Philips Telecommunications BV, owning more than half of the company -
AT&T Owns Company
AT&T bought out the rest of their partner, Philips, holdings making them the owner of the former AT&T & Philips Telecommunications BV. -
AT&T Gets Rid of Lucent Technologies
AT&T gets rid of Lucent Technologies -
Alcatel Alsthom Changes Their Name To Alcatel
Alcatel Alsthom had changed their focus to the telecommunications industry. Because of this, they got rid of their Alsthom activities and mainly focused on their telecommunications section thus changing their name to Alcatel. -
Alcatel and Lucent Technologies Merge
Alcatel and Lucent Technologies join together after both facing tough competition in the telecommunications market -
Alcatel-Lucent Stake in Thales increases to 20.8%
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Alcatel-Lucent acquired Nortel's UMTS radio access business
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Alcatel-Lucent Gains Numerous Company's and Developers
Alcatel-Lucent gains Canadian metro WDM networking supplier Tropic Networks, Inc.; enterprise services gateway products developer NetDevices; IPTV software company Tamblin; and the telecommunications consulting practice Thompson Advisory Group, Inc. -
Draka Buys Out Alcatel-Lucent's 49.9% Stake in Their Company
Draka buys out Alcatel-Lucent's 49.9% stake in their joint company for €209 million in December 2007 -
Alcatel-Lucent Gains Motive Inc.
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Alcatel-Lucent's stake in Thales was taken by Dassault Aviation
Dassault Aviation took Alcatel-Lucent's stake in Thales in May of 2009 -
Alcatel-Lucent Gained OpenPlug
Alcatel-Lucent gained French company OpenPlug on September 1, 2010
