LUCENT LOOKS FOR A WAY OUT WITH NEW PRODUCT PORTFOLIO

摘要

Lucent Technologies hopes to follow a revamped product road map to profitability in 2002, but the inertia dampening carrier spending presents formidable opposition. Lucent estimates the equipment market will return to a 10% to 12% growth level by 2003, at which time the company expects to return margins to the 35% range from their current level of less than 15%.