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Remember the Sock Puppet that was the poster child for the new world order the internet was going to usher in for us all? Remember how we all...

In PowerGrid International, Alcatel-Lucent’s Peter Johnson tackles the issue of how utilities can address these challenges by taking the steps needed...

Early this morning we announced the acquisition of OpenPlug, a leading player in the mobile and broadband app development market (like us, they are...

In the 1980’s there was a popular TV show in the US called Knight Rider. The show’s premise was that the hero had a sentient car as his sidekick. The...

Energy is on everyone’s mind — government officials, utilities and consumers alike. Issues abound on how to conserve it, produce it more efficiently,...

There is no doubt an unprecedented shift is happening toward 2.0 that is causing ripples throughout an evolving ecosystem and value chain. To gain a...

The SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) world is a little scarier place these days. SCADA systems are those that control the world’s...

While many of the TEDTalks I have seen 2 weeks ago and online in the past have been terrific, there's one I saw which was particularly moving. It...

Have you ever asked yourself why people steal computers and not dogs? (probably not, as most of you are sensible, reasonable people who spend your...

In recent blogs, we’ve talked about the importance of permission and what permission means to different stakeholders. This week, we’re looking at...

Even though I have got older there are still a lot of things that I haven’t done yet and this includes going to a LAN Party. So the invitation from...

As probably everyone knows, it is not just the TEDTalks on telecommunication related topics or green that make this event special, it is the...

As I have discussed in a number of blogs, the fight against cyber crime and cyber terrorism is an existential struggle for those of us in the...

Alcatel-Lucent is an active and longstanding supporter of the United Nations Global Compact. The Company is committed to integrating the Global...

This is the last post of a series of 3 from Karl Bream, VP Strategic marketing, Alcatel-Lucent, about the latest TEDGlobal 2010 conference in...

There were several talks in the first days at TED about "green". Here's Karl Bream's recap of everything green at TEDTalks. More......

As the first full day of TED came to a close in England, I realized there is a problem. There is too much great information being shared to actually...

One of the most interesting things about the World Wide Web is the entirely new language it has spawned. Words get created over night, become viral...

During the next three to seven years, Oklahoma Gas & Electric (OG&E) — a subsidiary of Oklahoma city-based OGE Energy Corp — is looking to deploy...

Many of us have jumped on the bandwagon and have joined one or more social networking sites. Whether it’s Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, or Bepo, we...

By Dave Bishop, LGS CTO - Welcome to the first post of a series from LGS. In the coming months I will be using this space to discuss all things...

Which business models should be pursued to reach out and best take advantage of the new markets? How can we get a better perspective into user...

This demo, filmed during the Bell Labs Open Days which were held late May 2010 in Alcatel-Lucent's Villarceaux location in the South of Paris,...

Alcatel-Lucent is committed to promoting sustainability amongst its suppliers and to developing fair and ethical practices in business. We have a...

In May, Bell Labs in France opened the doors to their Villarceaux location, in the South of Paris: they held their Open Days (this was the 3rd...

Alcatel-Lucent and the Cercle Passeport (which offers a business style mentoring to those students who come from a modest background) launched in...

Alcatel-Lucent CEO Ben Verwaayen was among the first business leaders to sign the Women’s Empowerment Principles established by the United Nations...

By Jean-François Pigeon, Portfolio marketing for Alcatel-Lucent’s Networks activities. Last Tuesday, I was partaking on a panel debating whether...

Late May 2010, Bell Labs in France organized its Open Days on its location of Villarceaux, in the South of Paris. The Bell Labs Open Days are the...

On May 20-21, 2010, Alcatel-Lucent kicked off its inaugural Connected Hospital User Group conference in Washington DC where selected leaders from...

Alcatel-Lucent and Telefónica have successfully performed the first LTE call in Latin America using the 700 MHz frequency band - which is...

Over the last 2 days, I have had the honor of participating at the WEF’s East Asia Summit here at Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. There is a real sense...

On May 30-31, Gee Rittenhouse Vice President of Bell Labs Research, and Chairman of GreenTouch™ attended the World Economic Forum “Global Redesign...

Late last week, Ross Turk, head of Alcatel-Lucent developer evangelism, took the stage at Gluecon and shocked the audience by delivering a frank,...

Our goal of making communications networks dramatically more energy efficient than they are today has the attention of the Federal Communications...

Here's the video from the Delivering Innovation panel at Google's Zeitgeist Europe 2010, with Alcatel-Lucent's CEO Ben Verwaayen; Tony Hsieh, author...

This Market Advantage study of consumers and enterprises to understand their interest and willingness to pay for converged services. The consumer...

Mobile World Congress is over for a few months now, but we have a video so spectacular to share that we thought it was time to bring the topic back!...

Two weeks ago, Alcatel-Lucent launched Optism, a mobile advertising solution which is an hosted platform sitting between the media buyer and the...

In these days of real-time, social interaction over powerful connected devices, did everyone forget about SMS? Not at all! On April 16th,...

During Earth Week 2010, Alcatel-Lucent participated in the 2010 Congressional Clean Energy & Technology Demo Day, an event that showcased the latest...

Yesterday the world celebrated Earth Day. Find out what Alcatel-Lucent did for the occasion to help protect the environment and invite employees to...

Some months ago I wrote about being put on the spot by a smart 11-year-old named Kripi Badonia (read my post here). She asked me earnestly what...

Tomorrow is Earth Day, so I thought I’d give a quick update on GreenTouch™, our industry’s new and exciting initiative that has set the ambitious...

Environmental challenges impact everyone – governments, businesses and individuals – and advanced, effective communications can effectively help...

By Philippe Richard, VP Research and Development, Bell LabsI recently participated in an interesting panel discussion at Princeton University on...

We had a full house of press/analysts yesterday — over 30. VP Mobile Advertising Thomas Labarthe’s presentation and demo went very smoothly. Lots of...

And here is the latest episode from the Innovation at Work video series. This time, host Hugh Schofield went to Austin, Texas, home to the annual...

In which markets is mobile advertising working and increasing revenue for Telcos and their partners? Which other business models should operators...

Ensuring a smooth and efficient migration from the legacy telephone network to a next-generation infrastructure is a key strategic concern for our...