Michel Combes is set to take over the reins of Alcatel-Lucent on April 1, after spending the previous four years heading up Vodafone’s most important region. Read more »
After four years heading up the Franco-American giant, Verwaayen is resigning, but he will stay on board while Alcatel-Lucent finds his replacement. Read more »
Faced with increasing pressure from its telecom vendor rivals as well as the poor economy, Alcatel-Lucent is cutting its workforce by 7 percent. In order to generate revenue, the vendor is looking toward its vast patent pool, setting up a new intellectual property management division. Read more »
The big noise in European startup events this week is all about LeWeb, the leading French conference set up by Loic Le Meur that’s holding its first spin-off in London. But that’s not the only thing happening across the continent over the next seven days. Read more »
Alcatel-Lucent CEO Ben Verwaayen gave a keynote speech this morning at the EmTech conference, running today and tomorrow at MIT. He spoke of tech innovations and — perhaps most importantly — the need to turn them into sustainable, profitable businesses. During the question-and-answer session, which always […] Read more »
Verwaayen is going to be replace Pat Russo and will be based in Paris. Read more »
In 2006 I had traveled to London to meet British Telecom (BT) CEO Ben Verwaayen and his team, hoping to get a first hand look at how Verwaayen and his team were trying to overhaul the company well known for its iconic phone booths. They had […] Read more »
