Alcatel (mobile device brand)
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| Trademark owned by Nokia (earlier Alcatel-Lucent) | |
| Founded | April 2004 (as Alcatel ONETOUCH) |
| Products | Telecommunications devices |
| Owner |
TCL (Manufacturer and Company) Alcatel-Lucent (Licensee) |
| Parent |
TCL (Manufacturer and Company) Nokia (Licensee) |
| Website | www |
Alcatel (previously Alcatel OneTouch) is a brand of mobile handsets used under license by Chinese electronics company TCL Corporation. The Alcatel brand was licensed by French electronics and telecommunications company Alcatel-Lucent to TCL Corporation for mobile phones and devices. This license expires at the end of 2024. When Nokia acquired the assets of Alcatel-Lucent in 2016, it also inherited the licensing agreements for the Alcatel brand.
Alcatel was established in 2004 as a joint venture between Alcatel-Lucent (45%) and TCL Corporation (55%).
In 2005, the joint venture was dissolved and TCL acquired Alcatel-Lucent's 45 percent share. Since then, Alcatel became a wholly owned subsidiary group of TCL. Alcatel-Lucent later sold its shares in TCL and is no longer related to the Alcatel mobile phone brand.
TCL Mobile Limited (former name: T&A Mobile Phones Limited) is a member of TCL Communication listed on Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKSE: 2618) which was established in August 2004 by TCL Communication and Alcatel.
TCL Mobile Limited manages three business units: Alcatel, TCL Mobile Phones and Brand Design Lab.
In 2012, Alcatel won an International Forum Design iF design award for its One Touch 818 and the Onetouch 355 Play models.
The first Alcatel phone was the OT Easy HF. It was released in 1998, and had a battery standby life of up to 140 hours.
During the 2017 Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Alcatel launched the Alcatel A5 LED, purportedly the first Android smartphone with an "interactive LED-covered phone."
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