less customers. In the fall of 2004, Lucent saw its revenue increase 19 percent, capping off its remarkable turnaround with its fifth straight quarter in the black. Lucent also partnered with Verizon Wireless to set up nationwide broadband services, and with Cingular Wireless LLC to test high-speed networks. In November 2004, Cingular Wireless awarded Lucent a contract for its nationwide 3G universal mobile telecommunications system deployment. Then, the following month, Lucent and Sprint signed a 3G network agreement that's expected to exceed $1.5 billion over three years. VAULT CAREER LIBRARY 2005 Vault Inc. Vault Guide to the Top Telecom Employers Lucent Technologies Inc. Going global Lucent, along with business partner Verysell Telecom, entered the Russian market in July 2003 after successfully completing an expansion of SKYLINK, a network for Delta Telecom, Russia's first mobile operator in a third-generation mobile network. The development significantly increased Delta's voice and high-speed data service coverage area to include the Karelian Isthmus and a number of additional cities in the St. Petersburg area. Mexico City-based mobile phone company Iusacell SA made an agreement with Lucent during the fall of 2004 that allowed Lucent to expand Iusacell's third- generation wireless services network. Lucent will provide, install and maintain software and equipment to expand the coverage and capacity in the areas where Iusacell operates. Lucent has also shown it's serious about growing in China in 2004. The company committed to investing $70 million to build and upgrade third- generation wireless networks in China. A fine and a refund When Lucent failed to cooperate with a 2004 investigation of its accounting regulations, the SEC slapped the company with a $25 million lawsuit that claimed Lucent not only violated security laws, but also helped the company book bogus sales and inflate its pretax income by nearly half a million dollars in 2000. Lucent agreed to pay the fine, but did not admit to wrongdoing. Later