TekPlus -Alcatel – Lucent Merger: Much talked about as “Merger of Equals”?

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Alcatel – Lucent Merger: Much talked about as “Merger of Equals”?

2nd April 2006, Mumbai

The reality is that Alcatel is buying Lucent in a USD 13.45 billion stock swap deal says TekPlus, which today released an article on the much talked about "Merger of Equals". It further goes on to examine the implications of this move for the two companies and other key players in the industry.

Full access to this article is available to subscribers of TekPlus' Strategic Intelligence Programme in the telecommunications industry.

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