Lucent Technologies Inc. said it will buy Octel Communications Corp. for $31 a share, or $1.8 billion in cash, moving quickly into the fast-growing voice-mail market. Lucent, the former equipment ...

Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) is seeking a buyer for part of its Octel messaging unit, The Wall Street Journal said Wednesday. The $2 billion voice-messaging business is dominated by U.S.-Israeli ...

return to profits next year. Since its spinoff from AT&T Corp. in 1996, Lucent has acquired 38 companies, including Octel, which it bought for $1.8 billion in September 1997 in its first major deal.

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Once a little-used business solution, voice messaging is now considered an indispensable communications tool. That's clearly been the experience of Northern Arizona University (NAU) in Flagstaff, Ariz ...

Lucent Technologies Inc. is seeking a buyer for part of its Octel messaging unit, people familiar with the situation say. The Murray Hill, N.J., telecommunications-equipment maker acquired Octel, ...