PARIS---Alcatel today announced the reorganization of its space activities to keep pace with the fast-changing telecommunications market, in particular the emerging demand for Internet and high-speed services.
This is also the reasoning behind the creation of a new business unit, Telecoms and Services, comprising civil and military telecommunications programs, terrestrial networks, operations and services (Spacecom) and SkyBridge. Pascale Sourisse will head this new business unit and has been named Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Alcatel's space activities, while retaining her position as Chairman and CEO of Skybridge.
A graduate of the prestigious Ecole Polytechnique and the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications, Pascale Sourisse joined the Alcatel Group in 1995 as Vice President, Planning and Strategy of Alcatel Space. She previously held management positions with France Telecom, Jeumont-Schneider and Compagnie Générale des Eaux (now Vivendi), as well as with the French Ministry of Industry. In 1997 she was named Chairman and CEO of SkyBridge, a company founded by Alcatel to develop high-speed Internet and other multimedia services via satellite.
Alcatel builds next generation networks, delivering integrated end-to-end voice and data networking solutions to established and new carriers, as well as enterprises and consumers worldwide. With 130,000 employees and sales of EURO 31 billion in 2000, Alcatel operates in more than 130 countries.
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Alcatel Reorganizes Its Space Activities And Appoints Pascale Sourisse Chief Operating Officer.
