Alcatel-Lucent�s vision is to enrich people�s lives by transforming the way the world communicates. Alcatel-Lucent provides solutions that enable service providers, enterprises and governments worldwide, to deliver voice, data and video communication services to end-users.  As a leader in fixed, mobile and converged broadband access, carrier and enterprise IP technologies, applications, and services, Alcatel-Lucent offers the end-to-end solutions that enable compelling communications services for people at home, at work and on the move. 

Alcatel-Lucent is one of the largest innovation powerhouses in the communications industry, representing an R&D investment of Euro 2.7 billion, and a portfolio of more than 25,000 active patents spanning virtually every technology area. At the core of this innovation is Alcatel-Lucent�s Bell Labs, an innovation engine with researchers and scientists at the forefront of research into areas such as multimedia and convergent services and applications, new service delivery architectures and platforms, wireless and wireline, broadband access, packet and optical networking and transport, network security, enterprise networking and communication services and fundamental research in areas such as nanotechnology, algorithmic, and computer sciences.