Just In Just Out (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
Chennai 2nd September 2008: Chennai based offshore Technology Operations Management company Cybernet-SlashSupport (CSS) has announced that it has singed a new expanded multi year-multi million dollar support services agreement with global communications leader Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU). More...
Hindu (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
NEW DELHI: Alcatel-Lucent’s board of directors has approved the appointment of Philippe Camus as the company’s non-executive Chairman as of October 1. Ben Verwaayen will be the chief executive officer. Mr. Ben will also join the ...
The Street (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
There's a new CEO, but with more competition from China, I'm not sure how much it will help.
The Economist (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
Ben Verwaayen’s talents will be sorely tested in his new role AFTER Alcatel SA merged with Lucent Technologies Inc two years ago, almost the last thing the new company could afford to worry about was balancing the interests of its French and American parts. But although less than half of the combined group’s turnover comes from its home countries, Alcatel-Lucent failed to transcend its...
Mobile Tech Today (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
Ben Verwaayen's first morning in the job as the new chief executive of Alcatel-Lucent on Sept. 2 provides a hint of how rapidly things are set to change at the troubled Paris-based maker of telecommunications equipment. When Verwaayen asked for business cards, he was told they would take three days. Not good enough. He demanded -- and got -- them in three hours. Verwaayen, 56, recently retired...
Arkytek Ltd :: Blog (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
Turnaround kid Ben Verwaayen, who spent six years as CEO of BT, is joining Alcatel-Lucent as chief executive.… Full published article at: http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/02/bt_alcatel_lucent/
Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
Tim Poulus submits: Everybody seems Himmelhoch jauchzend over Ben Verwaayen as Alcatel-Lucent's new CEO. Following a very sound tradition, here are some second thoughts. After all, he's Dutch and so am I; he's getting his hands on millions and I'm not. So, I will bring you down, baby . Complete Story »
Nyquist Capital (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
Alcatel CEO Covets New Technology To Ward Off Rivals - WSJ.com Will "focus on developing new technologies as a way to fight competition from low-cost rivals." Disaster. Assuming that Huawei and others are focusing solely on cost will be fatal. Au revoir Alcatel.
Indian Express (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
The new leaders of Alcatel-Lucent, the telecommunications company, vowed to push forward with the integration of the troubled French-American company, saying there was no possibility that the deal that created it would be unwound.
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
FORMER BT chief executive Ben Verwaayen is the new boss of troubled telecoms equipment firm Alcatel-Lucent.
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
PARIS, September 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced that it has been awarded the WiMAX Forum Certified(TM) seal of approval for its WiMAX 802.16e Compact Base Station at 2.5GHz. This achievement further confirms Alcatel-Lucent's leadership in WiMAX and its commitment to accelerate the development of a global and open WiMAX(TM) eco-system. ...
ZD Net Blog (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
Alcatel-Lucent said Tuesday it has named Philippe Camus as non-executive Chairman and Ben Verwaayen as CEO. With the move Alcatel-Lucent has put the not so-glorious reign of CEO Patricia Russo behind it. Telecommunications equipment company Alcatel-Lucent, which was formed by the merger of Alcatel and Lucent, has struggled amid cultural clashes, shaky financials and competition...
The Star-Ledger (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
The board of Alcatel-Lucent this morning said it had named former BT Group leader Ben Verwaayen as chief executive. Justin Williams/APFormer BT Group honcho Ben Verwaayen has been tabbed as the leader of Alcatel-Lucent Verwaayen, a chief operating officer of...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
Alcatel-Lucent said Tuesday it has appointed former BT chief executive Ben Verwaayen to replace outgoing CEO Patricia Russo.
Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
Tech Confidential submits: Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) has found its new leaders: Philippe Camus of Lagardere SCA (and Evercore Partners) will be nonexecutive chairman, and former BT plc (BT) CEO Ben Verwaayen (pictured) will be CEO. In July, Alcatel-Lucent announced that CEO Patricia Russo and chairman Serge Tchuruk would be stepping down . Complete Story »
