Lucent Technologies Inc
Industry: Communications Equipment

Lucent Technologies designs and delivers networks for the world's largest communications service providers.Backed by Bell Labs research and development, Lucent relies on its strengths in mobility, optical, data and voice networking technologies as well as software and services to develop next-generation networks.

Business Summary
Lucent Technologies Inc. (Lucent) designs and delivers the systems, services and software that drive next-generation communications networks. Lucent has three business segments organized around the products and services it sells: The Integrated Network Solutions (INS), Mobility services and Services segment. The INS segment provides a broad range of software and wireline equipment related to voice networking (primarily consisting of switching products and voice messaging products), data and network management (primarily consisting of access and related data networking equipment and operating support software) and optical networking. Mobility provides software and wireless equipment to support radio access and core networks. Services is a worldwide services organization that provides deployment, maintenance, professional and managed services in support of both product offerings, as well as multi-vendor networks.

Financial Summary
LU designs, develops, manufactures and services systems and software that enable network operators and other service providers to provide wireline and wireless access, local, long distance, data & other services. For the 9 months ended 6/30/05, revenues increased 6% to $7.01B. Net income applic. to Com. increased 1% to $813M. Results reflect higher wireless network product sales, partially offset by increased S/G/A expenses.