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Lucent is an English adjective meaning glowing, luminous, or clear, derived from the Latin lucere “to shine.” In everyday use it describes something bright or transparent and appears in various literary and descriptive contexts.

Lucent Technologies was an American multinational telecommunications equipment company formed in 1996 as a spin-off from

In 2006, Lucent merged with France’s Alcatel to form Alcatel-Lucent, one of the world’s largest providers of

In 2016, Nokia acquired Alcatel-Lucent, and its networks business was integrated into Nokia Networks. The Lucent

AT&T.
The
new
corporation
consolidated
AT&T’s
former
Bell
Labs
research
division
and
Western
Electric
manufacturing
under
a
single
business
entity
focused
on
network
infrastructure.
Headquartered
in
Murray
Hill,
New
Jersey,
Lucent
became
a
major
supplier
of
switching,
routing,
optical,
and
wireless
equipment
and
services
for
telecommunications
carriers
worldwide.
Its
development
and
deployment
of
advanced
networking
technologies
contributed
to
the
growth
of
global
communications
in
the
late
1990s
and
early
2000s.
telecom
equipment.
The
merger
expanded
the
combined
company’s
product
portfolio
to
include
fixed
and
mobile
networks,
IP
routing,
optical
transport,
and
related
services,
with
a
global
footprint
spanning
research
centers,
engineering
hubs,
and
customer
deployments.
brand
ceased
to
exist
as
a
standalone
corporate
entity,
with
former
Lucent
assets
and
Alcatel-Lucent
technologies
continuing
under
Nokia’s
branding.
The
historical
legacy
of
Lucent
remains
in
its
role
within
the
broader
evolution
of
telecommunications
infrastructure
and
in
the
contributions
of
Bell
Labs
to
science
and
engineering.