lucent technologies spun off from at&t on march 20, 2011.
when did lucent technologies spin off from at&t?
march 20, 2011
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lucent technologies, inc., was an american multinational telecommunications equipment company headquartered in murray hill, new jersey, in the united states. it was established on september 30, 1996, through the divestiture of the former at&t technologies business unit of at&t corporation, which included western electric and bell labs.





















































lucent was merged with alcatel sa of france in a merger of equals on december 1, 2006, forming alcatel-lucent. alcatel-lucent was absorbed by nokia in january 2016.





















































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lucent means "they shine" in latin. the name was applied in 1996 at the time of the split from at&t.
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in 1996 the reading works' work force stood at 2,450 including at&t microelectronics and bell labs as it made the transition from at&t into lucent technologies. the spin off of at&t manufacturing units as lucent technologies became necessary as these units increasingly found that their prospective customers were at&t competitors. the divestiture of the manufacturing units made them suppliers rather than competitors, opening up new markets to lucent and to the reading works. at the same time it caused the anxiety that comes with change. on october 1, 1996, lucent technologies became independent of at&t. the reading works became lucent technologies reading facility. it employed 2,177 people, down considerably from 4,900 in 1985. by the end of 1997, the reading facility workforce had declined and remained stable at 2,000. by the end of 1998, the reading facility workforce had rebounded to 2,177. in 1999 a pickup in lightwave business caused expansion of both the reading facility and the breinigsville plant.
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