Analysis: Return of the Bell epoque?

As Lucent Technologies considers merging with French telecom equipment manufacturer Alcatel on the one hand, and AT&T continues to display its seemingly insatiable appetite to gobble up the competition on the other, it seems as if the former Bell companies are out to dominate the telecommunications industry once again.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news12175.html">Analysis: Return of the Bell epoque?</a></p> <p>As Lucent Technologies considers merging with French telecom equipment manufacturer Alcatel on the one hand, and AT&T continues to display its seemingly insatiable appetite to gobble up the competition on the other, it seems as if the former Bell companies are out to dominate the telecommunications industry once again.</p>