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The chairman and CEO of French telecommunications giant Alcatel-Lucent will both resign later this year amid stagnant demand from operators.

Preliminary earnings announcement cites "lower volumes" in sales of equipment for wireless and other network upgrades.

Alcatel-Lucent will cut more jobs than the 10% projected, with Lucent taking the biggest hit, predicts a Light Reading poll

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