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ConnectEd IndonesiaWorld Education, Inc.Position Title: ConnectEd Senior Teacher TrainerJob DescriptionProgram SummaryWorld Education, Inc. and Alcatel-Lucent, through its Alcatel-Lucent Foundation, have forged a partnership to implement ConnectEd, a US$6 million global initiative to provide educational and digital skills training opportunities for children and adolescents in disadvantaged areas across six countries.  This initiative will serve approximately 9,000 young people from...Read Full Story

As an Alcatel-Lucent Global Enterprise Partner and a Platinum Sponsor, NextiraOne will have strong presence at this week’s Düsseldorf eventDüsseldorf, 21 May 2012 – NextiraOne, Europe’s leading expert in communications services, will have a strong presence at the Alcatel-Lucent Dynamic Tour set to launch its European activities on May 21st and 22nd in Düsseldorf. As an Alcatel-Lucent Global Partner for Enterprise and one of the company’s biggest partners for voice and data solutions...Read Full Story

Industry leading Enterprise Product Management solution pivotal to Alcatel Lucent BSS portfolioDublin, Ireland & London, UK - May 21, 2012: Today, at TM Forum Management World, Tribold, the world’s leading provider of Enterprise Product Management (EPM) software specifically developed for Communication Service Providers (CSPs), announced Alcatel Lucent has signed a global OEM Agreement for Tribold EPM as their Enterprise Product Management solution after a rigorous competitive selection...Read Full Story

Position Title: ConnectEd Coordinator Job DescriptionProgram SummaryWorld Education, Inc. and Alcatel-Lucent, through its Alcatel-Lucent Foundation, have forged a partnership to implement ConnectEd, a US$6 million global initiative to provide educational and digital skills training opportunities for children and adolescents in disadvantaged areas across six countries. This initiative will serve approximately 9,000 young people from disadvantaged communities over three years.Some 70 percent...Read Full Story

telecommunications & networks The French-US telecom equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent has improved its profitability in the fourth quarter, a surprising degree. Alcatel-Lucent CEO Ben Verwaayen Photo: Alcatel-Lucent Despite strong sales decline as expected scored the high pressure of competition ailing company’s bottom line profits of 868 million euros and estimated that more than five times as much as analysts. For the year, the company managed for the first time since...Read Full Story

telecommunications & networks telecommunications equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent plans to cut 1800 jobs after union claims in Europe. Alcatel-Lucent CEO Ben Verwaayen Photo: Alcatel-Lucent Italy was particularly hard hit, with 500 jobs could go where one fifth of the employees, said union official Philippe Saint-Aubin the financial news agency Bloomberg on Thursday . In France, the reduction of five percent of the 9,000 jobs were planned. The company would not comment...Read Full Story

PARIS (Reuters) - Telecom equipment gear maker Alcatel-Lucent scaled back its profitability goal for the year, saying operators were cutting spending on their networks in reaction to macroeconomic uncertainty, especially in Europe.The Franco-American company said it is now aiming for an adjusted operating margin of around 4 percent, down from its prior goal of above 5 percent.Alcatel-Lucent shares opened sharply lower after the statement on Friday, falling 10 percent, making it the biggest...Read Full Story

Telekom Malaysia and Malaysian mobile operator Axiata have lifted almost year-long business bans on French equipment giant Alcatel-Lucent after it admitted paying bribes for contracts.The two carriers had in March banned Alcatel-Lucent from bidding for new tenders.Malaysian authorities last December began probing US accusations that Paris-based Alcatel-Lucent gave officials in Latin America and Asia -- including Malaysia -- kickbacks between December 2001 and June 2006.The inquiry came...Read Full Story

Alcatel-Lucent has been selected by Tonga Cable Limited to deliver an undersea cable link between the Kingdom of Tonga and its neighbor Fiji, bringing to the Tongan islands broadband services such asRead Full Story

"There's no way we are cutting our staff by 25 percent," he said. "We are in a different situation because we have quickly turned towards the network technologies of the future."Nokia Siemens Networks, the world's second-largest maker of mobile phone network equipment, said in November it was axing 17,000 jobs, nearly a quarter of its workforce, to help save about 1 billion euros ($1.3 billion) a year.Verwaayen also reconfirmed Alcatel-Lucent's aim to generate cash flow in 2012. He added that...Read Full Story