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Ascend Communications  (Stock symbol: ASND ) Acquired by Lucent Technologies (1999 $ 2,500,000,000)
17010 Harbour Bay Parkway
 Alameda, CA 94502
 USA
 (510)-769-6001
Website Company Summary Management Team
Management
General Management: Maurice Abécassis (1997)
Business Development: David Misuans; Bob Gay
General Counsel/Legal: Bob Sturm
Board
Outside board: (May no longer be on the board) Dennis Wu (WuHoover & Co.) ;  Betsy S. Atkins (Amplitude Software) ;  Roger Evans (Greylock Partners);  Paul J. Ferri (Matrix Partners);  David Helfrich (ComVentures) ;  C. Richard Kramlich (NEA) ;  James Lally (Kleiner Perkins);  Betsy Miller (Nellson Candies)
Former outside board: John W. Jarve (Menlo Ventures Managing Director)
Company
Business description: Ascend Communications manufactures WAN data communication and customer premises equipment providing ISDN and leased access to the public switched digital network for LAN, video, images, NET.
Customers include: ATandT;  GTE;  HP;  IBM;  MCI;  Sprint;  UUNET
Partners include: ATandT;  Combinet;  IBM;  Lucent Technologies;  MCI;  Microsoft;  NEC;  Sprint;  Paridigm;  PictureTel;  Trusted Information
Capital
Capital raised: 28.8M
Ownership: Acquired by Lucent Technologies (1999 $ 2,500,000,000)
Stock Symbol: ASND

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Sector: Communications
Year Founded: 1988
Headcount: 1601-2000 as of Apr 1999
Capital Raised: 28.8M
Ownership: Acquired by Lucent Technologies (1999 $ 2,500,000,000)
Stock Symbol: ASND
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