Alcatel Quotes

In uncertain markets, Alcatel's success will hinge on operating flexibility... considerable streamlining is underway at Alcatel to improve flexibility and realign its internal cost structure to the current business slowdown. - Serge Tchuruk

In the handset market, until we see capacity falling by the removal of players such as Alcatel, Siemens and Philips in Europe and some Asian companies, margins will remain depressed. - Paul Cooper

I'm surprised that Alcatel would want to take that on in a difficult environment for telecommunications equipment. It seems to me they would want to focus on their own profitability instead of taking on Lucent. - David Heger

I think for the shareholders overall it would be great if they could be moved into Alcatel... At least they would come up with a premium price that Alcatel would pay. It would be good for the shareholders, but the question is, will it actually happen? - Michael Carty

Alcatel's ability to look at and innovate on the entire lifecycle of voice-over-IP -- from enterprise to service provider to the manufacture of boards and chips -- really sets them apart from many vendors. Alcatel is already a leader in the enterprise IP-PBX market, and we expect that they will expand on that position in 2006. - Bryan Richard

Alcatel is making a major move to become a worldwide leader in new-generation networks, which will handle the explosive growth of data with the appropriate quality of service. - Serge Tchuruk