Lucent currently has a total headcount of 1,400 people in these two R&D units. “We will add another 400 people by end of the year. It is part of the regular process of expansion in India. In fact, we have added 300 people over the last one year in these two units,” C S Rao, president & CEO, Lucent Technologies Hindustan, told newspersons on the sidelines of a corporate social responsibility project.
The two Indian development centres of the company are currently engaged in development of software packages for use by telecom companies. Lucent is eyeing India for conducting basic research in the software area as well. “We are hopeful that we will get some breakthroughs and patents out of India,” he said.
