Bell Laboratories is a world-renowned research and development institution under Lucent, covering 16 countries around the world, and has produced 1 1 Nobel Prize winners since 1937. Since 1925, scientists and researchers at Bell Laboratories have obtained more than 40,000 inventions and more than 30,000 patents, with an average of more than 4 patents per working day, making it one of the richest sources of inventions in the world. What Bell Labs is doing includes redefining the communication potential with the help of the world's first all-optical switch, developing software that can browse online content by telephone, and transmitting data through optical fiber at record speed.
Lucent Technology Company achieved its first quarterly profit since March 2000 in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2003, with a net income of $99 million, or 2 cents per share. Lucent's sales revenue in fiscal year 2003 was $8.5 billion.
At present, Lucent Technology (China) Co., Ltd. has eight regional offices, two Bell Laboratories, five R&D centers and several joint ventures and wholly-owned enterprises in China, with a total of about 3,000 employees. Lucent China and its joint venture company provide a comprehensive telecommunications system for China and the global market.