ALCATEL AND THOMSON-MULTIMEDIA CREATE NEW WORLD-LEADER.

Alcatel (telecommunications hardware) and Thomson-Multimedia (consumer electronics) announced the creation on July 20 of a joint subsidiary in residential telephony, establishing a new world-leader in the sector. The two groups will exercise equal control over the joint venture which will be managed by Thomson Multimedia (TMM) and is expected to have a turnover of Euro 776.6 million from estimated sales of 25 million units. Residential telephony covers all domestic telephones. The new company will be created through the merger of the two group's activities in residential telephony, Internet terminals, digital modems for cable and ADSL modems (asymetric digital...

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