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Company Profile - Alcatel

Worldwide Headquarters
54, rue la Boetie
75008 Paris, France

Americas Headquarters
1000 Coit Rd.
MS HRPB6
Plano, TX 75075

Phone: 972-519-3000
Fax: 800-561-4847
Website: www.alcatel.com
Ticker Symbol: ALA

Key Facts

Operations in 130 countries.
Acquired Astral Point Communications, which makes synchronous optical network (SONET) metropolitan optical systems.
Also in 2002, acquired Telera Corp., a provider of a voice-Web platform that makes Web content accessible by telephone.
Key Financial Facts 2002 revenue: $17,379 million
1-yr. growth rate: -23 percent

Personnel Highlights
Number of employees: 99,000
1-yr. growth rate: -25 percent

Company Overview
Alcatel makes telecommunications, networking, Internet, and optics equipment, with a focus on the following markets: high-speed Internet access, terrestrial and submarine optical networks, and intelligent networks. The company serves telecom providers and Internet service providers as well as other businesses and consumers.

Alcatel has four main lines of business: Carrier Networking (which serves telecommunications service providers), Optics (which makes systems to transmit voice, data and multimedia applications through optical fibers and cables), E-Business (which makes business and consumer products including PBXs, local area network (LAN) switches, data communication equipment and GSM and GPRS handsets), and Space and Components (which makes space-based systems for the high-speed transport of voice, data and multimedia communications).

Major Line of Business : Telecommunications

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