Comments on: Alcatel-Lucent CEO and Chairman Out http://gigaom.com/2008/07/29/alcatel-lucent-ceo-and-chairman-out/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:57:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Former BT CEO To Head Alcatel-Lucent - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2008/07/29/alcatel-lucent-ceo-and-chairman-out/#comment-208370 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 01:49:26 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=15749#comment-208370 [...] (0) Ben Verwaayen, former CEO of BT Group is coming home – so to speak. He is going to replace Alcatel-Lucent CEO Patricia Russo and Chairman Serge Tchuruk. The Franco-American company has proved to be a corporate mismatch that makes the unlikely pairing [...]

]]> By: Alcatel-Lucent Is Sign of an Industry-wide Malaise - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2008/07/29/alcatel-lucent-ceo-and-chairman-out/#comment-208369 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 05:15:30 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=15749#comment-208369 [...] giant, Alcatel-Lucent gave CEO Pat Russo and Chairman Serge Tchuruk the proverbial boot, after the company reported a disastrous quarter, missing its earnings and revenue targets. The company says they resigned – [...]

]]> By: Stacey Higginbotham http://gigaom.com/2008/07/29/alcatel-lucent-ceo-and-chairman-out/#comment-208368 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:20:03 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=15749#comment-208368 Harish, the top vendors (by market share) still have pretty low operating margins and their customers are still consolidating, especially in developing markets. It’s pretty competitive out there for gear makers, and there are vendors such as Motorola, Nortel and Huawei who have such tiny market shares, consolidation just seems in order.

]]> By: Harish Agrawal http://gigaom.com/2008/07/29/alcatel-lucent-ceo-and-chairman-out/#comment-208367 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:25:35 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=15749#comment-208367 Hi Stacey,

Why do you think more consolidation is needed in this sector?

-Harish

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