Alcatel-Lucent appoints Wireless Division president

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Alcatel-Lucent appoints Wireless Division president
Alcatel-Lucent has appointed David Geary as the president of its Wireless Division. Geary was previously president of the Wireline division, working before that at Lucent. Before joining Lucent, Geary served in a variety of planning, engineering, operations and staff assignments with the Network Systems division of AT&T.

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