Alcatel-Lucent and Infracapital Greenfield to team up

Polish mobile network provider Alcatel-Lucent and Infracapital Greenfield Partners LP have applied to the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) to establish a joint venture, UOKiK said in a press release on Thursday. Alcatel-Lucent is a Polish company controlled by Nokia Corporation. This group is a global provider of equipment for fixed and mobile networks, as well as for network service platforms. It provides specialized services for telecommunications network operators, as well as for telecommunications service providers. Infracapital is an investment fund created for the purpose of greenfield infrastructure projects across Europe, and is a subsidiary of the London-headquartered financial services group Prudential PLC. UOKiK said that approval of the merger was still pending.