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Alcatel-Lucent said it’s selling its LGS Innovations subsidiary...

Alcatel-Lucent said it’s selling its LGS Innovations subsidiary to a Madison Dearborn Partners-led investor group that also includes CoVant. LGS Innovations provides secure networking, satellite communications, VoIP, optical routers and other services to U.S. government clients, Alcatel-Lucent said Friday. The…

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deal, which could cost the investment group up to $200 million in cash, is expected to close in Q1. The deal is part of Alcatel-Lucent’s larger divestment plan, in which the company is seeking to reposition itself as a specialist in IP networking and Ultra-Broadband access. Alcatel-Lucent expects the divestment plan will reduce its fixed cost structure by 1 billion euros (http://bit.ly/JK6f74).