諾基亞156億歐元收購阿爾卡特朗訊

LONDON — The Finnish telecommunications company Nokia said on Wednesday that it had agreed to an all-share takeover of Alcatel-Lucent that valued its French rival at 15.6 billion euros, or about $16.6 billion.

倫敦——芬蘭電信公司諾基亞(Nokia)週三表示，已同意以全股票方式收購法國競爭對手阿爾卡特朗訊(Alcatel-Lucent)，對後者估值爲156億歐元（約合1027億元人民幣）。

The combined company is expected to become the world’s second-largest telecom equipment manufacturer behind Ericsson of Sweden, with global revenues totaling $27 billion and operations spread across Asia, Europe and North America.

合併後的公司將成爲世界第二大電信設備製造商，僅次於瑞典的愛立信(Ericsson)，公司全球總營收將達到270億美元（約合1670億元人民幣），業務遍佈亞洲、歐洲和北美。

The companies are betting that, by joining forces, they can better compete against Chinese and European rivals bidding to provide telecom hardware and software to the world’s largest carriers, including AT&T and Verizon in the United States, Vodafone and Orange in Europe, and SoftBank in Japan.

兩家公司確信，合併後它們可以更好地與中國和歐洲的對手競爭，競相爲世界上最大的一些電信運營商提供硬件和軟件。這些運營商包括美國的AT&T和威瑞森(Verizon)，歐洲的沃達豐(Vodafone)和Orange，以及日本的軟銀(SoftBank)。

The announcement came after the companies had said they were in advanced talks over a deal, which would represent the latest in a string of mergers in the fast-consolidating telecom sector.

聲明發出前，兩家公司曾表示正在爲一項交易進行最後階段的談判。這項交易將會是電信行業急劇整合的大潮中最新的一次合併。

Nokia said that it had offered 0.55 of a new share for each Alcatel-Lucent share, roughly a one-third premium to the company’s stock price before the news of a potential deal was first announced.

諾基亞表示，其已提出以新發行股的每0.55股兌換一股阿爾卡特朗訊股，約高出關於潛在合併的消息公佈之前朗訊股價達三分之一。

Nokia’s chief executive, Rajeev Suri, would take over the combined company, which expects the restructuring to save about $1 billion a year starting in 2019.

諾基亞首席執行官拉吉夫·蘇瑞(Rajeev Suri)將執掌合併後的公司。預計從2019年開始，重組將爲公司每年節省約10億美元。

“Together, Alcatel-Lucent and Nokia intend to lead in next-generation network technology and services,” Mr. Suri said. “We will have a strong presence in every part of the world, including leading positions in the United States and China.”

“阿爾卡特朗訊和諾基亞一起，意在引領下一代網絡科技與服務，”蘇瑞說。“我們將在世界上每一個地方都擁有可觀的市場佔有率，包括在美國和中國也擁有領先地位。”

In early trading in Europe, shares of Nokia rose 3.1 percent while shares of Alcatel-Lucent fell 10.9 percent.

歐洲早盤，諾基亞股價上漲了3.1%，阿爾卡特朗訊下跌了10.9%。

The deal is expected to be completed in the first half of next year, with Nokia shareholders owning 66.5 percent of the telecom giant and Alcatel-Lucent investors holding the rest.

合併預計將於明年上半年完成，諾基亞的股東將擁有新電信巨頭66.5%的股份，其餘股份歸阿爾卡特朗訊的投資人所有。