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    Henry and the team have put in place and are implementing a solid, credible plan for turning this business around, ... Lucent and this industry have always been a home to me and I look forward to working with this team to accelerate the execution of our plan.

    He from forth the closet brought a heap Of candied apple, quince, and plum, and gourd With jellies soother thank the creamy curd, And lucent syrops, tinct with cinnamon Mama and dates, in argosy transferrd From Fez and spiced dainties, every one, From silken Samarcand to cedard Lebanon.

    It's in the realm of reason, ... Lucent could be attractive for a company that doesn't have great exposure in North America. In September, we predicted that two of the telecom equipment makers would merge over the next 12 months, although we didn't say which two.



    This prime contract is one of the most significant network integration and optical wins for Lucent in the government space. This award underscores our ability to deliver communications solutions -- combining both products and integration services -- that meet the highly specific needs of our government customers.

    Acquisitions are very important. And in fact one of the distinguishing factors between Cisco, Lucent, and Nortel is the ability to successfully acquire. Most of the new exciting technologies are coming from start-ups. And the ability for these companies to identify those start-ups and properly integrate them is going to be an ongoing differentiating factor.

    They're nicely positioned relative to some of the companies that are struggling much more, such as Lucent, Nortel and Alcatel, ... So they stand to pick up some share gains there as well. As the economy stabilizes and improves and those end markets begin to improve also, Cisco is terrifically well positioned to take advantage of that.

    We are clearly disappointed in our results for fiscal year 2000, ... We are looking at fiscal year 2001 as a transition and rebuilding year for Lucent. Lucent remains a company with world-class products, people and knowledge of networks, and we are fortunate to compete in one of the world's leading growth markets.

    Lucent will continue to review its internal processes throughout fiscal year 2001, which may result in additional cost structure improvements and associated business restructuring charges as it moves from a multi-divisional company to one with a single focus on the service provider market,

    I think once you get Lucent stripped out of it, and once it divests NCR there's a lot of value in the leftover company, which is essentially a long-distance company and a cellular company.

    Lucent knows that in the longer term, it's going to continue to win business and it can offer customers almost any major service, ... This is a way for it to broaden its product line. One of the things Excel does is help traditional phone networks connect to the Internet backbone.


    In effect, it's a case of dividing in order to accelerate growth, ... We are taking what is a great company within Lucent and giving it the chance to achieve its full potential outside Lucent.

    They were pretty clear. Things were blah. On the other hand, Lucent is in a lot better shape than it was two years ago, and if you're thinking about 2007, things look pretty decent.

    These revised covenants and conditions are definitely achievable, given reasonable market conditions, ... Our Phase II business restructuring program will enable us to create a sharper, leaner Lucent, and will enable us to return to profitability and positive cash flow during fiscal year 2002.



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