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52-751: TCL Electronics was the consumer electronic arm of TCL Corporation . It had a joint venture in Argentina , which TCL Multimedia changed to a subscription agreement in 2017. A proposed name change of the company was also announced in the same year. The name was changed from TCL Multimedia to TCL Electronics. TCL has set up production and marketing systems in dozens of countries and regions worldwide. It manages seven global R&D centers, 17 manufacturing bases, and 40,000 sales outlets. The company has four supply chains: product design and manufacturing, logistics and supply, quality assurance, and product creation and support. This Chinese corporation or company article

104-561: A private equity group, for $ 1.5 billion—the same amount that Lucent had paid for the business in 2000. Alcatel-Lucent needed funding for the Franco-American business, which made annual losses from 2007 to 2011. For 2011, revenues were €15 billion, with a net loss of €1.1 billion. For 2012, revenues were €14.4 billion and the net loss €1.4 billion. After seven consecutive years of negative cash flows, in October 2013

156-405: A "Dragon and Tiger Plan" to establish two competitive TCL businesses in global markets ("Dragons") and three leading businesses inside China ("Tigers"). In November 2003, TCL and Vantiva (then-named Thomson SA) of France announced the creation of a joint venture to produce televisions and DVD players worldwide. TCL took a 67 percent stake in the joint venture, with Thomson SA holding the rest of

208-691: A Chinese military-owned company which produces communication devices and navigation systems for the Chinese army. In August 2014, TCL partnered with Roku for use as TCL's primary smart TV platform. TCL Corporation and Tonly Electronics was implicated in bribing a government official in Guangdong province in exchange for government subsidies. In October 2014, TCL acquired the Palm brand from HP for use on smartphones. In 2016, TCL reached an agreement with BlackBerry Limited to produce smartphones under

260-477: A Nokia office) was in Boulogne-Billancourt , France. It had previous head offices in the 7th arrondissement and 8th arrondissement of Paris , France. Its previous head office, in the 8th arrondissement, was built between 1912 and 1929 and was renovated in 1998. During the renovation, the building was decorated with materials on the theme of the cosmos and time. There were regional groups for

312-514: A Texas-based provider of service management software for broadband and mobile data services, was acquired in 2008. Ben Verwaayen was appointed as chief executive officer in September 2008 after Alcatel-Lucent's first CEO, Patricia Russo , and first chairman, Serge Tchuruk , resigned. In May 2009, Alcatel-Lucent's stake in Thales was acquired by Dassault Aviation . Alcatel-Lucent announced

364-675: A manufacturing firm based in Cleveland, Ohio , US. By 1880, the company had relocated to Chicago, Illinois, and become the largest electrical manufacturing company in the United States. In 1881, the American Bell Telephone Company, founded by Alexander Graham Bell and forerunner of American Telephone & Telegraph ( AT&T ), purchased a controlling interest in Western Electric and made it

416-613: A small company in Mulhouse absorbed by CGE in 1966) merged with Lucent Technologies on 1 December 2006. However, the predecessors of the company have been a part of telecommunications industry since the late 19th century. The company has roots in two early telecommunications companies: La Compagnie Générale d'Électricité (CGE) and the Western Electric Manufacturing Company . Western Electric began in 1869 when Elisha Gray and Enos N. Barton started

468-504: A smaller 120,000 square foot two-tower building of office space for the workforce. Also, a $ 10 million tax incentive was provided from the State of Ohio, to assist in the relocation costs and keep the telecommunications workforce in the region. The work done at Dublin was in new-generation cell sites, 3G, 4G applications, and 4G LTE technologies. In October 2011, Alcatel-Lucent sold its Genesys call-centre services business unit to Permira ,

520-417: A stronger competitor to the rival firms Ericsson and Huawei , whom Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent had surpassed in terms of total combined revenue in 2014. The acquisition was expected to be completed in early 2016, and was subject to regulatory and shareholder approval. Combes left in September and was replaced by Philippe Camus (who had been chairman of the board since 2008) as interim CEO. Regulatory approval

572-403: A subsidiary, Alcatel Submarine Networks Marine A/S, with cable ships, Heimdal and Lodbrog . Another subsidiary, Alcatel Contracting Norway AS, operated CS Stanelco . The cable-laying fleet at that time consisted of: Since Alcatel was a manufacturer of telecommunication components for undersea cables, they also used company repeaters in their operations. Repeaters are used for amplification of

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624-545: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . TCL Corporation TCL Technology Group Corp. (originally an abbreviation for Telephone Communication Limited ) is a Chinese partially state-owned electronics company headquartered in Huizhou , Guangdong province. TCL develops, manufactures, and sells consumer electronics like television sets , mobile phones , air conditioners , washing machines , refrigerators , and small electrical appliances. In 2010, it

676-582: Is located in Shenzhen, with the objective to research cutting-edge technology innovations for other subsidiaries. In 2020, TCL introduced an innovative display technology known as TCL NXTPAPER , characterized by its reduction of blue light and anti-glare capabilities, aimed at enhancing visual comfort. TCL's primary products are TVs, DVD players, air conditioners, mobile phones, home appliances, electric lighting, and digital media . They also sell robot vacuum cleaners . It primarily sells its products under

728-408: Is organized into five business divisions: In addition, it has four affiliated business areas covering real estate and investment, logistics services, online education services, and finance. In 2021, TCL had 28 research and development (R&D) organizations, 10 joint laboratories, and 22 manufacturing bases. TCL Corporation also has its own research facility called TCL Corporate Research, which

780-535: The 5ESS system to the European market. The joint venture company AT&T & Philips Telecommunications BV doubled annual turnover between 1984 and 1987, winning major switching and transmission contracts, mainly in the effectively captive Netherlands market. In 1987, AT&T increased its holding to 60% and in 1990 it purchased the remainder of the Philips' holding. In 1998, Alcatel Alsthom shifted its focus to

832-538: The BlackBerry brand, under BlackBerry Mobile . This deal ceased on 31 August 2020. In 2019, due to restructuring, TCL completed the handover of major assets and was split into TCL Technology Group Corporation (TCL Technology) and TCL Industrial Holdings (TCL Industrials). In 2020, TCL Technology acquired Samsung Display 's assets in Suzhou, China, including a Gen 8.5 fab and a co-located LCD module plant. TCL

884-559: The Hong Kong Stock Exchange . TCL Technology's business structure is focused on three major sectors: semiconductor display, semiconductor and semiconductor photovoltaic, and industrial finance and capital. The company was founded in 1981 by 2 close friends, Tomson Li Dongsheng and Luca Situ under the brand name TTK as an audio cassette manufacturer. It was founded as a state-owned enterprise . In 1985, after being sued by TDK for intellectual property violation,

936-853: The TGV (train à grande vitesse) high-speed trains in France. Bell Telephone Laboratories was created in 1925 from the consolidation of the R&;D organizations of Western Electric and AT&T. Bell Labs would make significant scientific advances including the transistor , the laser , the solar cell , the digital signal processor chip, the Unix operating system and the cellular concept of mobile telephone service . Bell Labs researchers have won 7 Nobel Prizes . Also in 1925, Western Electric sold its International Western Electric Company subsidiary to ITT Corporation . CGE purchased ITT's telecommunications division in

988-495: The solar cell . Telstar , the first active communications satellite also developed by Bell Labs and launched in 1962, used these solar cell batteries as an external renewable source of power once launched. It was the first to carry live television over water, between England and the US. In the late 1950s, Charles Townes and Arthur Shawlow of Bell Labs invented the laser , which has numerous applications, including measuring/cutting in

1040-517: The transistor . In 1956, they received a Nobel Prize for their invention. The transistor led to an electronics revolution during the post-war boom. The transition from vacuum tubes to transistors enabled all technologies to be built on a smaller scale and use less electricity. Items that before required large dedicated spaces, could now fit into a home or even on a kitchen counter. In 1954, Gerald Pearson , Darryl Chapin and Calvin Fuller invented

1092-600: The 1990s included the Enderby's Wharf site on the Thames in London, where cables were made from the 1850s; and Les Câbles de Lyon at Calais, established in 1891. Starting in 2000, Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) and Louis Dreyfus Armatuers (LDA) had a partnership called ALDA Marine. This joint venture was to build, own and operate a fleet of cable ships to provide subsea telecommunication cable systems and marine operations in

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1144-449: The 2014 Thomson Reuters Top 100 Global Innovators for the 4th consecutive year. Alcatel-Lucent also owned Bell Laboratories , one of the largest research and development facilities in the communications industry, whose employees have been awarded nine Nobel Prizes and which holds in excess of 29,000 patents. On 3 November 2016, Nokia completed the acquisition of the company, and it was merged into their Nokia Networks division. Bell Labs

1196-739: The Alcatel CS Ile de Sein assisted in recovering the Air France Flight 447 data recorder in the Atlantic. A remotely operated vehicle from Phoenix International Inc. assisted the ship. Alcatel-Lucent purchased a cable ship named CS Gulmar Badaro , in 2011 renaming it CS Ile d'Aix for further expansion of operations. This vessel was built in 1992 and had facilities for cable laying and repair. A manufacturing location for analogue systems and seismic sensor in Trondheim, Norway,

1248-630: The Alcatel brand and switch entirely to the TCL brand within five years. In April 2008, Samsung Electronics announced that it would be outsourcing the production of some LCD TV modules to TCL. In July 2008, TCL announced that it planned to raise 1.7 billion yuan ($ 249 million) via a share placement on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange to fund the construction of two production lines for LCD televisions; one for screens of up to 42 inches, and

1300-851: The Americas, Asia Pacific & China, and Europe, Middle East & Africa. Middle East and Africa Headquarters were at Smart Village, Giza , Egypt. Alcatel was present in Italy with various research centers: Vimercate (in Lombardy ), Rieti , Battipaglia , Trieste , Genova , Bari , Naples , Rome and Sesto Fiorentino ; by 2014, their presence was only in Vimercate, Trieste and Rome. The Core Networking segment included three business divisions: IP Routing, IP Transport and IP Platforms. The Access segment included 4 business divisions: Wireless, Fixed Access, Licensing and Managed Services. Bell Labs

1352-602: The Italian labs for the management system for terrestrial networks (1350 OMS) and two families of equipment for fiber optic telecommunications—OMSN (Optical Multi-Service Node) and TSS (Transport Service Switch)—were transferred to a new dedicated company, SM Optics, a subsidiary of the Siae Microelettronica group. Alcatel had a long history of domestic and global work in laying the infrastructure of undersea routes for telecommunications. Purchases by Alcatel in

1404-519: The acquisition of OpenPlug on 1 September 2010. For 2010, the company had revenues of €16 billion and a reported net loss of €334 million. In 2011, Alcatel-Lucent moved the remaining workforce and equipment from Columbus, Ohio , 6200 East Broad Street, to Dublin, Ohio , 5475 Rings Road (near Mall at Tuttle Crossing.) The former location was the Columbus Works manufacturing facility, which began in 1957 by Western Electric. During

1456-482: The aim of helping to establish industry standards for smart televisions. In January 2013, TCL bought the naming rights for Grauman's Chinese Theatre for $ 5 million. In 2014, TCL changed the meaning of its identifying initials from "Telephone Communication Limited" to a branding slogan, "The Creative Life", for commercial purposes. In February 2014, TCL spent 280 million RMB to purchase 11 percent shareholdings of Tianjin 712 Communication & Broadcasting Co., Ltd,

1508-614: The city at a cost of $ 3.9 billion. In March 2010, TCL Electronics raised HK$ 525 million through the sale of shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, in order to fund the development of its LCD and LED businesses and to generate working capital. In May 2011, TCL launched the China Smart Multimedia Terminal Technology Association in partnership with Hisense Electric Co. and Sichuan Changhong Electric Co., with

1560-444: The company announced plans to cut 10,000 employees, 14% of the 72,000 workforce, as part of a €1 billion cost reduction effort. In April 2013, Michel Combes succeeded Verwaayen as CEO. On 19 June 2013, Combes announced "The Shift Plan", a three-year plan including refocusing the portfolio on IP networking, ultra-broadband access and cloud; €1 billion in cost savings; selective asset sales intended to generate at least €1 billion over

1612-528: The company changed its brand name to TCL by taking the initials from T elephone C ommunication L imited. In 1999, TCL entered the Vietnamese market. On 19 September 2002, TCL announced the acquisition of all consumer electronics related assets of the former German company Schneider Rundfunkwerke , including the right to use its trademarks as Schneider , Dual , Albona , Joyce and Logix . In July 2003, TCL chairman Li Dongsheng formally announced

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1664-618: The copper cable voice transmission over long distance undersea cables. The manufacturing location, operating since 1858, was in Greenwich, UK for the production of amplifiers, repeaters, and other submerged equipment. Between May 2008 and September 2010, Alcatel-Lucent completed 10,000 kilometers of two-fiber-pair cabling on the EASSy link. Alcatel-Lucent used DWDM technology to transmit SDH frames over nine stations connecting South Africa to Sudan using this undersea fiber cabling type. In 2011,

1716-413: The early 2000s, the location had reduced workforce and less manufacturing needs under Lucent Technologies. Upon the merger, Alcatel-Lucent in October 2007, decided to cease productions and release additional 230 positions from the location. The decision for the move from Columbus to Dublin was from a large manufacturing facility with only 500 office employees at the office and 100 others working off-site, to

1768-550: The end of 2006. During 2007 the company acquired Canadian metro WDM networking supplier Tropic Networks, Inc.; enterprise services gateway products developer NetDevices; IPTV software company Tamblin; and the telecommunications consulting practice Thompson Advisory Group, Inc. Alcatel-Lucent had a joint venture with Dutch company Draka Holding N.V. for manufacturing optical fibre , but Draka bought out Alcatel-Lucent's 49.9% stake for €209 million in December 2007. Motive, Inc. ,

1820-506: The exclusive developer and manufacturer of equipment for the Bell telephone companies . CGE was formed in 1898 by French engineer Pierre Azaria in the Alsace region of what was then Germany and was a conglomerate involved in industries such as electricity, transportation, electronics and telecommunications. CGE would become a leader in digital communications and would also be known for building

1872-646: The fleet, CS Ile d'Ouessant . This vessel was purchased in 2019 and was built in 2011 as the CS Toisa Warrior . In 2021, Nokia and ASN added two more cable ships for the fleet, the CS Ile d'Yeu and CS Ile de Molène . Around 2020, Alcatel Submarine Networks had a 33% share of the global market and had laid 600,000 kilometers of cables. On 15 April 2015, Finnish telecommunications firm Nokia announced its intent to purchase Alcatel-Lucent for €15.6 billion in an all-stock deal. The acquisition aimed to create

1924-634: The following brand names: The company, as of April 2012, is in venture with Swedish furniture giant IKEA to provide the consumer electronics behind the Uppleva integrated HDTV and entertainment system product. In 2016, it contract manufactured the Blackberry DTEK for BlackBerry Limited , under their flagship BlackBerry brand. In December 2016, it became a licensee of the BlackBerry brand, to manufacture, distribute, and design devices for

1976-461: The global market. In 2003, Alcatel was part of the consortium to build the Sudan to South Africa undersea cable link called Eastern Africa Submarine System (EASSy). By 2004, Alcatel had several cable ships in undersea operations. According to service logs, there were four ships operated by Louis Dreyfus Armatuers: Ile de Batz , Ile de Brehat , Ile de Re , Ile de Sein . At the same time, Alcatel had

2028-694: The global market. Until August 2020, it distributed BlackBerry devices under the name of BlackBerry Mobile . TCL is also the owner of the Palm brand. The company launched the Palm "ultra-mobile companion" smartphone in 2018. In late 2019, TCL released their first own-branded Android phone, called the TCL Plex. TCL announced the 10 series for 2020, consisting of the TCL 10 SE, TCL 10L, TCL 10 Pro , TCL 10 Plus and TCL 10 5G. 16 MP 2 MP 5 MP 2 MP 128 GB 8 MP 2x 2 MP 8 GB 128 GB 256 GB 16 MP Alcatel-Lucent Alcatel–Lucent S.A. ( French pronunciation: [alkatɛl lysɛnt] )

2080-657: The joint venture but licensed the Alcatel brand name to TCL, which continues to this day under Nokia . In April 2006, Alcatel announced that it would swap its shares of Alcatel Alenia Space and Telespazio for €673 million and a 12.1% stake in Thales, a key player in the French defence industry. This increased Alcatel's stake in Thales to 20.8%. Facing intense competition in the telecommunications industry, Alcatel and Lucent Technologies merged on 30 November 2006. Alcatel-Lucent acquired Nortel 's UMTS radio access business at

2132-588: The mid-1980s. AT&T re-entered the European telecommunications market in 1984 following the Bell System divestiture . Philips promoted the venture in part because its PRX public switching technology was aging, and it sought a partner to help fund the development costs of digital switching. The joint company used the existing manufacturing and development facilities in The Hague , Hilversum , Brussels and Malmesbury as well as its U.S. resources to adapt

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2184-512: The other for screens of up to 56 inches. TCL sold a total of 4.18 million LCD TV sets in 2008, more than triple the number during 2007. In January 2009, TCL announced plans to double its LCD TV production capacity to 10 million units by the end of 2009. In November 2009, TCL announced that it had formed a joint-venture with the Shenzhen government to construct an 8.5-generation thin film transistor-liquid crystal display production facility in

2236-704: The period of the plan; and the restructuring of the group's debt. In 2014, a Bell Labs location was opened in Kfar Sava, a suburb of Tel Aviv , Israel. It was expected to research cloud services , complementing another Tel Aviv location set up by Alcatel in 1985 which was the global research center for the Cloudband product. On 1 October 2014, the company announced that it had closed the sale of its subsidiary Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise (ALE) to China Huaxin Post & Telecommunication Economy Development Center. In 2014,

2288-1036: The shares, and it was agreed that televisions made by TCL-Thomson would be marketed under the TCL brand in Asia, and the Thomson and RCA brands in Europe and North America. In April 2004, TCL and Alcatel announced the creation of a mobile phone manufacturing joint venture: Alcatel Mobile . TCL injected 55 million euros in the venture in return for a 55 per cent shareholding. In April 2005, TCL closed its manufacturing plant in Türkheim , Bavaria , laying off 120 former Schneider employees. In May 2005, TCL announced that its Hong Kong -listed unit would acquire Alcatel's 45 per cent stake in their mobile-phone joint venture for consideration of HK$ 63.34 million ($ 8.1 million) worth of TCL Communication shares. In June 2007, TCL announced that its mobile phone division planned to cease using

2340-509: The telecommunications industry, spinning off its Alsthom activities and changing the company's name to Alcatel. AT&T spun off Lucent Technologies in April 1996 with an initial public offering (IPO). In February 2000, Alcatel acquired Canada's Newbridge Networks . In April 2004, TCL Corporation and Alcatel announced the creation of a mobile phone manufacturing joint venture: Alcatel Mobile Phones . A year later Alcatel sold its share in

2392-631: Was Alcatel-Lucent's research and development (R & D) organization. In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell was awarded the first patent for the telephone , and subsequently started AT&T . Bell Labs is named in his honor. In 1937, Clinton Davisson shared the Nobel Prize in Physics for demonstrating the wave nature of matter. His fundamental work is part of the foundation for much of today's solid-state electronics. In 1947, John Bardeen, Walter Brattain, William Shockley of Bell Labs invented

2444-591: Was a multinational telecommunications equipment company, headquartered in Boulogne-Billancourt , Paris France. It was formed in 2006 by the merger of France-based Alcatel SA and U.S.-based Lucent Technologies , the latter being a successor of AT&T 's Western Electric and a holding company of Bell Labs . In 2014, the Alcatel-Lucent group split into two: Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise , providing enterprise communication services, and Alcatel-Lucent, selling to communications operators. The enterprise business

2496-746: Was acquired by Alcatel-Lucent in November 2014. In 2015, Alcatel-Lucent renewed their partnership with Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA). Alcatel-Lucent took ownership of all seven ships in the fleet, which would be operated by LDA. In 2016, Bell Labs achieved a 6,600 kilometer single mode transoceanic fiber for Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks deployment, after the Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent merger occurred. By this time, 580,000 kilometers of optical submarine cables/systems had been deployed globally by Alcatel-Lucent. Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks became part of Nokia in 2016. Nokia and ASN added another cable ship to

2548-474: Was maintained as an independent subsidiary of Nokia. The Alcatel-Lucent brand has been retired by Nokia, but it survives in the form of Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise, the enterprise division of Alcatel-Lucent that was sold to China Huaxin in 2014. Alcatel-Lucent was formed when Alcatel (originally short for the Société Alsacienne de Constructions Atomiques, de Télécommunications et d'Électronique,

2600-470: Was obtained in October 2015 and shareholder approval was announced on 4 January 2016. The Bell Labs division would be maintained, but the Alcatel-Lucent brand would be replaced by Nokia. On 14 January 2016, Alcatel-Lucent started operating as part of the Nokia Group. The sale to Nokia was finalized in November and the company was merged into Nokia Networks . The company's global headquarters (now

2652-551: Was sold to China Huaxin Post and Telecom Technologies in the same year, and in 2016 Nokia acquired the remainder of Alcatel-Lucent. The company focused on fixed , mobile and converged networking hardware , IP technologies, software and services, with operations in more than 130 countries. In 2014, it had been named Industry Group Leader for Technology Hardware & Equipment sector in Dow Jones Sustainability Indices review, and listed in

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2704-708: Was the world's 25th-largest consumer electronics producer. On 7 February 2020, TCL Corporation changed its name to TCL Technology. It was the second-largest television manufacturer by market share in 2022 and 2023. TCL comprises five listed companies: TCL Technology, listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange ( SZSE : 000100 ), TCL Electronics Holdings, Ltd. ( SEHK :  1070 ), TCL Communication Technology Holdings, Ltd. (former code SEHK :  2618 ; delisted in 2016), China Display Optoelectronics Technology Holdings Ltd. ( SEHK :  334 ), and Tonly Electronics Holdings Ltd. ( SEHK :  1249 ), listed on

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