Alcatel

Alcatel is a company born in France, old equipment supplier in Télécommunications (i.e. it conceives and manufactures of the equipment of telecommunications.) which amalgamated with Lucent Technologies to become Alcatel-Lucent in the month of October 2007.

Alcatel is the world leader of the market of the equipment of access DSL and in the optical networks. It is also one of the world leaders in the supply of telephone switches, of the routers ATM and IP, of the underwater transmission cables, the mobile infrastructure (GSM, GPRS, UMTS), of the applications of intelligent networks, the applications of Center of Call, the video applications (fixed and mobile) as well as satellites and embarked loads.

Alcatel provides also services to all its customers since the design of networks until the exploitation of those while passing by the deployment, integration and the installation.

In 2005, Alcatel is present in more than 130 countries, with a turnover of 13,1 billion euros.

Alcatel is signatory of the Pacte SME.

History

  • May 31st, 1898 - Creation of the General Company of Electricity ( CGE ) by Pierre Azaria, with Charles Herbault as president and Pierre Azaria as managing director. The ambition is to compete with company such as AEG, Siemens or General Electric.

  • 1914 - Inauguration of the new head office of the Company, with the 54 rue La Boétie , Paris

  • 1925 - Absorption by CGE of the General Company of the Cables of Lyon.

  • 1930 - Traction and Takeover of the Company of the Fixed Accumulators (SAFT)

  • 1946 - Creation of the Industrial Company of the Telephones (CIT).

  • 1959 - Beginning of the research Center of Marcoussis

  • 1966 - Agreements CGE-Hispano-Alsatienne

  • 1969 - CGE becomes the majority shareholder of Alsthom

  • 1970 - Ambroise Roux becomes president of CGE. After 1982, he will remain honorary president of CGE until its death, in 1999

  • 1970 - Fusion of the CIT and Alcatel

  • 1970 - Startup of the first temporal automatic exchange with Perros-Guirec (Coast-with Armor)

  • 1981 - the TGV beats the world speed records on rail with 380 km/h (oar n°16). In 1990, the oar n°325 will increase this record to 515 km/h.

  • 1982 - Nationalization of CGE. Resignation of Ambroise Roux, Jean-Pierre Brunet becomes president of CGE.

  • 1982 - Takeover of Sesa (software firm)

1983 - Regrouping of the activities of public telecommunications and communication of company of Thomson-CSF within a holding Thomson Telecommunications passing under the control of group CGE.

Repurchase within the framework of agreements CGE-Thomson, the companies Thomson Jeumont Cables and Kabeltel by the Cables of Lyon.

1984 - Georges Pébereau becomes president of CGE.

1985 - the Alsthom-Atlantic takes the Alsthom denomination.

Fusion CIT-Alcatel-Thomson Telecommunications, the new business taking the name of Alcatel.

1986 - Constitution of Alcatel NV following the agreement concluded with ITT Corporation which yields its telecommunications activities to CGE. (German subsidiary company, SALT: Standard Electrik Lorenz - subsidiary Belgian, Beautiful)

Pierre Suard reaches the presidency of the group.

Entry of CGE in the capital of Framatome (40%).

The Cables of Lyon become a subsidiary company of Alcatel NV.

1987 - Privatization of CGE.

Alsthom takes part in the equipment of Atlantic network TGV and takes the head of the consortium of companies French, Belgian and English in charge of the northern network of the TGV.

Sale of the software firm Sesa to the group Cap Gemini Sogeti

1988 - Alliance Alsthom/General Electric Company (GEC).

Regrouping of the activities of Alsthom and division “Power Systems” of GEC within a common company.

1989 - CGE-General Agreement Electric Company and birth of GEC-Alsthom.

CGEE-Alsthom takes the name of Cegelec.

1990 - Agreement CGE-FIAT, Alcatel takes the control of Telettra, specialized in the systems of transmission, and FIAT becomes majority in the CEAC.

Acquisition by Cables of Lyon of the Cable-makings of Dour (Belgium) and of the cables activities of Ericsson to the the United States.

Agreement on the composition of the capital of Framatome, CGE holding 44,12%

1991 - the General Compagnie of Electricity takes the denomination Alcatel Alsthom.

Repurchase of division systems of transmission of the American group Rockwell Technologies.

Cables of Lyon becomes Alcatel Cable and repurchases AEG Kabel.

1993 - Acquisition of STC Submarine Systems, a division of Northern Telecom Europe (today Nortel).

1995 - Serge Tchuruk becomes general President-director of Alcatel Alsthom. He undertakes to reorganize the company to center it on the Télécommunications.

1998 - Alcatel Alsthom takes the Alcatel denomination. Acquisition of the company DSC, strongly established near the American operators

Marketing of GEC ALSTHOM which becomes Alstom. Alcatel preserves 24% of the new business.

Alcatel sells Cegelec in Alstom.

1999 - Acquisition of the american companies Xylan, Packet Engines, Assured Access and Internet Devices, specialized in the networks and solutions for the Internet.

Alcatel carries its participation in Thomson CSF in 25,3% and reduces its participation in Framatome to 8,6%.

2000 - Acquisition of the Canadian company Newbridge, world leader of the networks in technology ATM.

Sale of the activity modem DSL with Multi-media Thomson.

Acquisition of the american company Genesys, world leader of the centers of contact.

Acquisition of the company Innovative Fibers, world leader of the optical filters in DWDM

Subsidiarization of the cables activities and components which take the denomination Nexans

2001 - Transfer of its participation in Alstom (24%)

Setting out of purse of a big part of the cables activities and components of Alcatel (Nexans). Alcatel preserves 20% of the capital

Acquisition of the 48,83% of Alcatel Space held by Thalès thus carrying the participation of Alcatel in 100%, reduction of the participation in Thalès in 20%

Transfer of 4,2% of the participation in Thalès

Transfer of the participation (2,2%) of Areva (ex Framatome)

2002 - Finalization of the acquisition of Astral Point Communications Inc, american company specialized in the optical metropolitan systems SONNET of next generation

Alcatel yields its micro-electronics activities to STMicroelectronics

Exit of the capital of Thomson (ex TM)

Takeover of Alcatel Shanghai Bell by Alcatel

Alcatel finalizes the acquisition of Telera

Transfer of 10,3 million titles Thalès, thus bringing back the participation of Alcatel from 15,83% to 9,7%.

Transfer of 1,5 million titles Nexans, bringing back the participation of Alcatel from 20% to 15%

2003 - Sale of 50% of the participation in Atlinks, a manufacturer of residential telephones, with Thomson, partner of the joint venture of Alcatel.

Acquisition of IMagicTV, Canadian supplier of applications and services which make it possible to the service providers to create, to distribute and manage digital television and the services media on the high speed network.

Acquisition of TiMetra Inc., privately held company based in the Silicon Valley, which produces routers (produced which inter-connect the data-processing networks and transfer the information of a network has another).

Sale of division Component Optics with Avanex

Sale of division Saft Batteries with Doughty Hanson

Alcatel and Draka create the world leader of the optical Câble

2004 - Sale of SAFT, a division of the Group specialized in the batteries with Doughty Hanson.

Alcatel and TCL Communication Technology Holdings Limited form a joined venture of mobile telephony. This new business is held to 55% by TCL and 45% by Alcatel.

Alcatel and Draka Holding N.V. (" Draka") combined their activity of fiberoptics and cables of communications. Draka holds 50.1% and Alcatel 49.9% of this new business, Draka Comteq B.V.

Alcatel acquired the american company eDial Inc., a leader in the supply of services of conference and collaboration for the companies and the companies of telephones.

Alcatel sold 7.1 million actions of Avanex, bringing back its participation under 20%.

Alcatel finalized the acquisition of the american company Spatial Communications (known under the name of Spatial Wireless), a leader in the supply of the software and the mobile solutions of switchs multichannel.

In November, Alcatel repurchases the French company Right Vision based with Sophia Antipolis, leader in the field of the Internet Appliances. The goal of this acquisition is the supply of solutions of convergence voices/given.

2005 - the companies in charge of the deployment of the system of localization per satellite Galileo are indicated on June 27th, 2005: Alcatel, EADS, Finmeccanica and Thalès. Alcatel and Finmeccanica create the European leader of the satellites, and the 3rd world group: Alcatel Alenia Space.

April 2006 - Alcatel and the American Lucent Technologies announces their fusion, giving rise to one of the world leaders of the infrastructures of telecommunications.

Acquisition of the space activity and satellites of Alcatel by Thalès: against a rise of Alcatel with 21,6% in its capital, Thalès recovers the participation of the 2/3d' Alcatel in Alcatel Alenia Space and that of the 1/3d' Alcatel in Telespazio. The complementary shares remain held by Finmeccanica.

December 1st, 2006 - the purchase of Lucent Technologies by Alcatel becomes effective, under the name Alcatel-Lucent. Patricia Russo becomes Managing director of the group, Serge Tchuruk becomes Chairman of the board - nonexecutive President.

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Financial data

Sustainable development

Alcatel is with dimensions in four major indices sustainable development: Dow Jones Sustainability World (since September 2005), FTSE4Good (since 2002), ASPI Eurozone (since September 2005) and Ethibel (since January 2005). The group was evaluated by these indices in term of governorship of company, of policy of human resources, social responsibility in the chain of provisioning, management of the environment, reduction of the digital divide, dialog with the recipients and citizenship of company. The entry in these indices is the recognition of the engagement of the company to reconcile economic development and social responsibilities and environmental and to implement effective action plans in agreement with the principles of the World Pact of the the United Nations.

Stock exchange data

  • Shares quoted with the Bourse de Paris
  • Member of the index CAC 40
  • Weight in index CAC 40
  • Code Value ISIN = FR0000130007
  • Face value = euro

Alcatel has in its statutes of a system of limitation the rights to vote. According to this one, “ a shareholder will not be able to express as a general meeting more than 8% of the voices attached to the actions present or represented at the time of the vote of any resolution”, even 16% if it has double rights to vote.

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