Alcatel (formerly Alcatel Mobile Phones and Alcatel OneTouch) (previously ALCATEL) is a French brand of mobile handsets owned by

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company

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and used under license by Chinese electronics company

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. The Alcatel brand was licensed in 2005 by former French electronics and telecommunications company

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to TCL for mobile phones and devices, and the current license expires at the end of 2024. Nokia acquired the assets of Alcatel-Lucent in 2016 and thus also inherited the licensing agreements for the Alcatel brand.

History

Alcatel Mobile Phones was established on 24 April 2004 as a joint venture between

(45%) and TCL Corporation (55%). Alcatel originally started making mobile phones in late 1996. In 2005, the joint venture was dissolved and TCL acquired Alcatel-Lucent's 45 percent share, and Alcatel Mobile Phones became a wholly owned subsidiary group of TCL. The brand name was licensed to TCL. In 2010, Alcatel One Touch became the corporate brand. In February 2016, it was changed back to simply Alcatel and a new logo was introduced.

Company structure

TCL Mobile Limited (former name: T&A Mobile Phones Limited) is a member of TCL Communication listed on Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKSE: 2618) which was established in August 2004 by TCL Communication and Alcatel. TCL Mobile Limited manages three business units: Alcatel, TCL Mobile Phones and Brand Design Lab. TCL Communication was also the developer of

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devices from 2016 to 2020 when its contract with BlackBerry expired.

Awards

In 2012, Alcatel won an

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iF design award for its One Touch 818 and the Onetouch 355 Play models.

Models

The first Alcatel phone was Alcatel OT Easy HF, released in 1998. Its battery standby time was up to 140 hours. 2014: Alcatel OneTouch Pop 7 was released. 2015: Alcatel OneTouch Pop Fit was released. The Pop Fit could be strapped to a wrist. 2016: Saw several releases:

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s, Pop 4, Pop 4+, Pop 4s, and ''Pop 7 LTE''. 2017: During that year's Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, TCL launched Alcatel A5 LED, purportedly the first Android smartphone with an "interactive LED-covered phone". On 10 November, the company launched the Alcatel A5 LED and Alcatel A7 in India. 2018: As demand grows for tablets that are compatible with keyboards and family use, TCL Communication is providing a tablet that can pull double duty with Alcatel 3T 8". 2019: TCL Communication is introducing its latest Alcatel mobile devices, including the Alcatel 3, Alcatel 3L and Alcatel 1S smartphones, as well as the Alcatel 3T 10 at Mobile World Congress 2019. 2020: TCL Communication Showcases Alcatel Mobile Product Portfolio With Fresh Design and Imaging Performance Milestones at CES 2020 2021: At MWC 2021 TCL is teasing an affordable 5G phone with its own brand, but the Alcatel brand is still around. The company introduced two entry-level

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11 models 1L Pro and Alcatel 1 (2021) released at the end of year.

Gallery

Early devices

File:Alcatel04.jpg, Alcatel One Touch Easy HD1 (1997) File:Alcatel one touch easy.jpg, Alcatel One Touch Easy DB (1999) File:Alcatel OT 300 front.jpg, Alcatel OT 302 (2000) File:Alcatel One Touch 535, front side (filtered cropped).jpg, Alcatel One Touch 535 (2003) File:Ot735.JPG, Alcatel OT 735 (2003)

2005–present

Alcatel OT 980.jpg, Alcatel OT 980 (2010) Alcatel OneTouch Idol 3 (16513739904).jpg, Alcatel OneTouch Idol 3 (2015) Alcatel PIxi.jpg, Alcatel OneTouch Pixi 3 (2015) Alcatel Smartwatch.jpg, Alcatel Watch (2015) File:Alcatel Pixi 3 (7) Tablet with LTE 9007X.jpg, Alcatel One Touch Pixi 3 (7) tablet (back; ''ca'' 2015) Acatel Idol 3 smartphones.jpg, Alcatel Idol 3 (2015) Front view Alcatel OT 1050A.jpg, Alcatel OneTouch 1050 (2016) Alcatel Pixi 4 (5) 4G.JPG, Alcatel One Touch Pixi 4 (2016) Alca3T10 1367.jpg, Tablet 3T 10" (2019)

References

External links

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Press release about TCL-Alcatel Joint Venture

TCL-Communication-Corporate-Fact-Sheet

TCL Communication Technology Holdings Limited (TCL) site
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