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Lucent funds research in China
Lucent Technologies said on Thursday that it plans to spend $50 million on a China research center to develop third-generation mobile technology, hoping to snare some of the billions of dollars in contracts likely to be awarded as China expands its mobile networks. The center would open in September 2003 with some 300 engineers, said James Brewington, president of the telecommunications equipment giant's mobility solutions group.
Lucent Technologies said on Thursday that it plans to spend $50 million on a China research center to develop third-generation mobile technology, hoping to snare some of the billions of dollars in contracts likely to be awarded as China expands its mobile networks.
The center would open in September 2003 with some 300 engineers, said James Brewington, president of the telecommunications equipment giant's mobility solutions group. The center's location had not yet been finalized, but would be near one of Lucent's other research labs, Brewington said. Lucent, with about 3,000 employees in China, has centers in Beijing, Shanghai and Qingdao.
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