Lucent Technologies (HQ in Murray Hill, N.J., USA) designs and delivers systems, software and services for next-generation communications networks. Backed by the research and development of Bell Labs, Lucent focuses on broadband and mobile Internet infrastructure; communications software; web-based enterprise solutions that link private and public networks; and professional network design and consulting services. Bell Labs, in operation since 1925, has generated more than 40,000 inventions and have received six Nobel Prizes in Physics.