{"id":1165,"date":"2006-12-03T09:49:00","date_gmt":"2006-12-03T09:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=1165"},"modified":"2017-01-25T20:04:05","modified_gmt":"2017-01-26T01:04:05","slug":"alcacent-lucatel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=1165","title":{"rendered":"Alcacent \/ Lucatel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhgoldberg.com\/blog\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/uploaded_images\/Alcatel-Lucent.GIF\" alt=\"Alcatel - Lucent\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>The deal has closed and the world&#8217;s largest telecommunications equipment vendor has a new name and logo: introducing Alcatel-Lucent (<a href=\"http:\/\/ca.finance.yahoo.com\/q?s=ALU\">NYSE<\/a>: ALU). I wrote a little piece this past summer about <a href=\"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=1381\">rebranding<\/a> and the caution that needs to be taken in changing a corporate identity. Alcatel-Lucent has (so far) decided to keep both names. I guess Alcacent sounded too much like a remedy for after my Super Bowl party.<\/p>\n<p>Like the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redherring.com\/Article.aspx?a=19984&amp;hed=AlcatelLucent%20Arrives\">smudged effect<\/a> of the former Lucent red coffee-cup stain, the company\u2019s new logo is a stylized version of an infinity symbol that looks as if it is drawn by hand. Embedded within the symbol are likenesses of an A and an L. The signature color of the new logo is purple (which goes so nicely with the my own <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhgoldberg.com\/\">homepage<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Patricia Russo, Chief Executive Officer of the combined Alcatel-Lucent is quoted <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alcatel-lucent.com\/wps\/portal\/%21ut\/p\/kcxml\/04_Sj9SPykssy0xPLMnMz0vM0Y_QjzKLd4w3cQ7SL8h2VAQAu32oaA%21%21?LMSG_CABINET=Docs_and_Resource_Ctr&amp;LMSG_CONTENT_FILE=News_Releases_2006\/News_Article_000013.xml\">saying<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"text-align: justify; color: #666666;\"><p><span style=\"font-size: 85%;\">Our new logo represents the endless possibilities for the future and our commitment to being a strong and enduring ally for our customers around the world.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Will the double corporate name be as strong and enduring?<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The deal has closed and the world&#8217;s largest telecommunications equipment vendor has a new name and logo: introducing Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU). I wrote a little piece this past summer about rebranding and the caution that needs to be taken in changing a corporate identity. Alcatel-Lucent has (so far) decided to keep both names. I guess &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=1165\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Alcacent \/ Lucatel<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","two_page_speed":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Alcacent \/ Lucatel &#8226; Telecom Trends<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The deal has closed and the world&#039;s largest telecommunications equipment vendor has a new name and logo: introducing Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU). 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