Acquisition of Bell Labs may raise issues

The recently announced merger of Alcatel and Lucent makes good business sense, but what about Bell Labs? The old R&D division of the original Bell Telephone is today a small but important part of Lucent, and the U.S. government isn't entirely fond of letting a French company control it. So now the companies are pondering either a Bell Labs spin-out or a promise to keep the division running in secret.

For more on the deal:
- read this AP article

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