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=== International locations === * '''Bangalore''' - in 1997, Bell Labs R&D was opened in [[Bangalore, India]] and after four years of operation, Lucent announced the closure of Bell Labs in India. In August 2001, during the announcement, up to 500 employees were at Bangalore and Hyderabad locations. Lucent planned a $2 billion improvement in capital with restructuring on a global plan.<ref name="The Times of India"/> On July 9, 2000, a year earlier, Lucent had hired five Indian teenagers Bangalore jobs as they were considered, the โbest and brightest mindsโ of Chennai and Bangalore.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Qureshi |first1=Imran |title=Five teenagers to get Lucent jobs |url=https://m.tribuneindia.com/2000/20000710/biz.htm |website=m.tribuneindia.com |publisher=The Tribune |access-date=2 November 2023}}</ref> * '''Singapore''' โ in 1998, an $8 million education and training center was planned for the Asia Pacific region. The [[Singapore]] location would have 20,000 square feet of space with allocation of about 5,000 square feet of lab and equipment areas. The ten classrooms were for training customers on telecommunications services and products.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lucent To Set Up Regional Training/Education Center in Singapore |url=https://www.wirelessdesignonline.com/doc/lucent-to-set-up-regional-trainingeducation-c-0001 |website=www.wirelessdesignonline.com |publisher=Wireless Design Online |access-date=28 October 2023 |language=En}}</ref> * '''Madrid''' โ in 2000, the [[microelectronics]] unit of Lucent Technologies located at [[Tres Cantos]], [[Madrid]], [[Spain]] was ending production of integrated circuits under [[Agere]]. The facility was installed by AT&T in 1987 and became Lucent in 1996. During Lucent's creation of Agere as a subsidiary, the facility became Agere and was later acquired by [[BP Solar]] to manufacture photovoltaic panels.<ref>{{cite web |title=When Tres Cantos was at the forefront of semiconductors |url=https://www.indonewyork.com/business/when-tres-cantos-was-at-the-forefront-of-semiconductors-h35794.html |website=www.indonewyork.com |publisher=Indo & NY |access-date=28 October 2023 |language=En}}</ref> Lucent sold the facility in restructuring efforts to reduce staff and reduce the value of manufacturing assets.<ref>{{cite web |title=Spain's Agere Systems to Make Solar Panels for BP |url=https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/solar/spains-agere-systems-to-make-solar-panels-for-bp-5332/#gref |website=www.renewableenergyworld.com |publisher=Renewable Energy World |access-date=28 October 2023}}</ref> The location was called Lucent Technologies Madrid or Tres Cantos. Although the facility had a record of turnover production in November 2000 of 180 million euros and 18 million euros in income, it sold after June 2001 to BP due to not exceeding 25% production demand.<ref>{{cite web|title=Spain already had a semiconductor factory and let it fall |url=https://www.bullfrag.com/spain-already-had-a-semiconductor-factory-and-let-it-fall/ |website=www.bullfrag.com |publisher=Bullfrag |access-date=28 October 2023 |language=En}}</ref> [[File:Voormalige Kantoorpand Lucent.jpg|thumb|right|Lucent Technologies buildings were former Philips Telecommunications buildings in Larenseweg, Hilversum, Netherlands. Two out of the four office buildings were demolished in 2015. The former office parking lot became a school building named Lucent College.]] * '''Hyderabad''' - in 2001, Lucent announced the closure of Bell Labs in India at the Bangalore and [[Hyderabad, India]] R&D locations.<ref name="The Times of India">{{cite news |last1=Joseph |first1=Mini K. |title=Lucent Technologies closing Bell Labs in India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/lucent-technologies-closing-bell-labs-in-india/articleshow/535710984.cms |access-date=2 November 2023 |work=The Times of India |date=11 August 2001}}</ref> * '''Gurgaon''' - in 2001, Lucent announced the Bangalore and Hyderabad Bell Labs locations of India to close. The [[Gurgaon, India]] location was not in the August 2001 announcement and stated there were about 500 employees at the location supporting networking, marketing, and sales and not associated with the Bell Labs or R&D aspects.<ref name="The Times of India"/> * '''Hilversum''' - in 2002, the [[Hilversum, Netherlands]] announced a closure of the facility. The closure would result in 300 employees in the Research and Development manufacturing sector.<ref>{{cite web |title=European Restructuring Monitor (ERM) |url=https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/60115 |website=apps.eurofound.europa.eu |publisher=Eurofound |access-date=28 October 2023}}</ref> The Hilversum telecommunications operations were originally sold to AT&T from Philips in 1989.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pellenbarg |first1=Piet |last2=Wever |first2=Egbert |title=International Business Geography: Case Studies of Corporate Firms |date=4 October 2007 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-203-93920-8 |page=193 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NdZ9AgAAQBAJ |access-date=28 October 2023}}</ref> * '''Bangalore''' - in 2004, Lucent announced a Bell Research Center in [[Bangalore, India]] with development on data and networking management software. The scientists at Bell Labs Research would work on computer algorithms and switch architectures for wireless, optical, or data networking.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lucent Opens Research Center in India |url=https://www.lightreading.com/cable-technology/lucent-opens-research-center-in-india |website=www.lightreading.com |publisher=Light Reading |access-date=2 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231103025218/https://www.lightreading.com/cable-technology/lucent-opens-research-center-in-india |archive-date=November 3, 2023 |language=En |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
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