Can New Bosses Fix Alcatel-Lucent?

Ben Verwaayen’s a no-nonsense, quick-moving manager. But he’s got a heady task ahead of him at Alcatel-Lucent. Can he fix what ails them?

Alcatel-Lucent to Build out MetroPCS’ Advanced Wireless Services Spectrum

Source: CNNMoney.com

MetroPCS Wireless, Inc., a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of MetroPCS Communications, Inc. , the nation’s leading provider of unlimited wireless communications service for a flat-rate with no signed contract, and Alcatel-Lucent today announced a three and one-half- year extension of their existing agreement to include, among other things, Alcatel-Lucent’s third-generation (3G) CDMA2000(R) mobile networking solutions to build out MetroPCS’ AWS spectrum in….

New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Las Vegas, Detroit, Dallas and Los Angeles. Currently, MetroPCS offers PCS service in the Miami, Orlando, Sarasota, Tampa, Atlanta, Dallas, Detroit, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Sacramento metropolitan areas.

Alcatel-Lucent Plans to Cut 12,500 Jobs

Hey John Brown, what’s up with the layoffs at Alcatel-Lucent? I’ve got a Recruiter job open in Chicago if you are interested? Hint – hint – wink – wink

Check out the Forbes.com low-down on Alcatel-Lucent, HERE.