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Alcatel-Lucent workers demonstrate in front of the company headquarters, during the 2011 annual results announcement, in Paris, Friday, Feb. 10, 2012. The telecommunications equipment maker said that years of cost-cutting helped it make an annual profit in 2011, its first since its...

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Alcatel-Lucent Chief Financial Officer, Paul Tufano attends the 2011 company annual results announcement, in Paris, Friday, Feb. 10, 2012. Telecommunications equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent said that years of cost-cutting helped it make an annual profit in 2011, its first since its...

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Alcatel-Lucent CEO Ben Verwaayen delivers his speech during the 2011 annual results, in Paris, Friday, Feb. 10, 2012. Telecommunications equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent said that years of cost-cutting helped it make an annual profit in 2011, its first since its trans-Atlantic merger in...

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Ben J. Verwaayen, Chief Executive Officer of Alcatel-Lucent speaks during a panel session on the first day of the 42nd annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012. The overarching theme of the Meeting, which will take place from Jan....

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(L-R) CEO of Alcatel-Lucent Ben Werwayeen, Chairman and Managing Director of Suzlon Energy Tulsi R. Tanti, Chair of Transparency International Huguette Labelle, Co-chair of the Indian Economic Summit Arun Maira, CEO of ManpowerGroup Jeffrey Joerres, CEO of Tata Consultancy Services Natarajan...

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Alcatel-Lucent Chief Executive Officer Ben Verwaayen speaks during a news conference to present the company's 2011 third quarter sales results in Paris November 4, 2011.

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Alcatel Lucent chief executive officer Ben Verwaayen attends a debate on January 25, 2012 at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in the Swiss resort of Davos. The world's political and business elite will shelter from the chill winds buffeting the global economy and plot a new path for...

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Alcatel-Lucent Chief Executive Officer Ben Verwaayen speaks during a news conference to present the company's 2011 second quarter sales results in Paris July 28, 2011. Telecom gear maker Alcatel-Lucent posted higher revenues and profits in the second quarter helped by operators spending...

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Alcatel-Lucent Chief Executive Officer Ben Verwaayen (L) and Thomson Reuters Chief Executive Officer Tom Glocer arrive at the Elysee Palace for lunch with France's President Nicolas Sarkozy as part of the eG8 Forum in Paris May 24, 2011. The eG8 forum gathers "leaders of the Internet"...

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Thomson Reuters CEO Tom Glocer (R) and Alcatel-Lucent CEO Ben Verwaayen arrive at the Elysee Palace for a lunch with France's President Nicolas Sarkozy during the eG8 forum in Paris May 24, 2011. The eG8 forum will gather "leaders of the Internet" to consider and discuss the future of...

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Alcatel-Lucent CEO Ben Verwaayen attends the eG8 forum in Paris, May 24, 2011. The eG8 forum gathers "leaders of the internet" to consider and discuss the future of the Internet and society.

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From left to right, Alcatel Lucent CEO Ben Verwayeen, France's Finance and Economy Minister Christine Lagarde, Ebay CEO John Donahoe, Rakuten founder and CEO Hiroshi Mikitani of Japan, Bharti Airted Ltd Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal, Google Inc. Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt, and...

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Alcatel-Lucent Chief Executive Officer Ben Verwaayen attends a Reuters Global Technology Summit in Paris May 19, 2011.

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Alcatel-Lucent Chief Executive Officer Ben Verwaayen (R) and Chief Financial Officer Paul Tufano attend the presentation of the company's 2011 first quarter sales results in Paris May 6, 2011. Fast buildout of mobile networks in the United States lifted Alcatel-Lucent's first quarter...

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Alcatel-Lucent Chief Executive Officer Ben Verwaayen speaks during the presentation of the company's 2011 first quarter sales results in Paris May 6, 2011. Fast buildout of mobile networks in the United States lifted Alcatel-Lucent's first quarter sales as the CEO pledged to deliver on...

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Ben J. Verwaayen, Chief Executive Officer,Alcatel-Lucent, attends the meeting 'Global Risk Update' during the World Economic Forum annual meeting on January 26, 2011 in Davos. Switzerland has mobilised up to 5,000 soldiers to secure the areas surrounding the alpine village of Davos,...

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French-US telecommunications equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent's Chief executive officer, Patricia Russo gives a speech during a meeting, 01 June 2007 in Paris. Over 150 Employees demonstrated at the beginning of the meeting to denounce outsourcing and the closing of differents sites in...

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French-US telecommunications equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent's President of governing board, Serge Tchuruk, gives a speech during a meeting, 01 June 2007 in Paris. Over 150 Employees demonstrated at the beginning of the meeting to denounce outsourcing and the closing of differents sites...

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French-US telecommunications equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent's Chief executive officer, Patricia Russo, listens to a speech during a meeting, 01 June 2007 in Paris. Over 150 Employees demonstrated at the beginning of the meeting to denounce outsourcing and the closing of differents sites...

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French-US telecommunications equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent's President of governing board, Serge Tchuruk (2ndL), gives a speech during a meeting, 01 June 2007 in Paris, next to Chief executive officer, Patricia Russo (2ndR), and Financial Director Jean-Pascal Beaufret (R). Over 150...

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Chief executive officer of Alcatel-Lucent Patricia Russo speaks during a press conference at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on February 12, 2008.

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Patricia Russo, chief executive of French-US telecommunications equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent, delivers a speech 14 March 2007 at the Congress center in Hanover, central Germany, during the official opening of the CeBIT, the world's biggest high-tech fair, also attended by German...

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Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Alcatel Lucent Patricia Russo attends a press conference,15 February 2007 on the last day of the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona. Making affordable phones and targeting consumers with smaller budgets have now become priorities for the largest companies...

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HANOVER, GERMANY - MARCH 02: A fair host presents the LightRadio miniature mobile phone and wifi hotspot antenna at the Alcatel-Lucent stand at the CeBIT technology trade fair on March 2, 2011 in Hanover, Germany. The LightRadio devices offer an alternative to the unsightly large masts...

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France's Finance Minister Christine Lagarde (2nd L) and leading Internet players attend the eG8 forum in Paris, May 24, 2011. The eG8 forum gathers "leaders of the internet" to consider and discuss the future of the Internet and society. From L-R: Alcatel-Lucent CEO Ben Verwaayen,...