Lucent to Merge with Ascend Communications
Telecommunications giant
Lucent Technologies Inc. in Murray Hill, N.J., has signed a definitive agreement to acquire
Ascend Communications Inc. in a stock swap valued at close to $20 billion. The move could signal Lucent's intentions of competing with San Francisco-based
Cisco Systems in the data networking market.
Ascend, in Alameda, Calif., is the fourth-largest maker of computer networking equipment and is expected to provide Lucent with expertise in Internet-style communications technology. The company has a line of equipment designed to help telecommuters make connections to their headquarters and to assist businesses in establishing computer and telephone networks.
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