Ascend Communications, Inc.

As of June 24, 1999, Ascend Communications, Inc. was acquired by Alcatel-Lucent USA, Inc. Ascend Communications, Inc. engages in the development, manufacture, and sale of wide area networking solutions for telecommunications carriers, Internet service providers, and corporate customers worldwide. Its products include MAX family of integrated access switches, Relay switches, the SA family of broadband access products, the Multiservice CBX 500 ATM Switch and GX 550 core ATM switch, the family of Intelligent Networking solutions, and the Pipeline family of routers. Ascend Communications, Inc. was founded in 1994 and is based in Alameda, California.