Telecom equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent's Chief Executive Officer <a gi-track='captionPersonalityLinkClicked' href=/galleries/search?phrase=Michel+Combes&family=editorial&specificpeople=6531244 ng-click='$event.stopPropagation()'>Michel Combes</a> (L) and Nokia's Chief Executive <a gi-track='captionPersonalityLinkClicked' href=/galleries/search?phrase=Rajeev+Suri&family=editorial&specificpeople=7403666 ng-click='$event.stopPropagation()'>Rajeev Suri</a> shake hands during a press conference, on April 15, 2015 in Paris, to formalise the merger of the two companies. Nokia has struck a 15.6-billion-euro deal to buy its rival Alcatel-Lucent to create the world's biggest supplier of mobile phone network equipment. The merger of two companies will produce a European champion able to take on Nokia's Swedish rival Ericsson or fierce Chinese competition. AFP PHOTO / THOMAS
{"Image ImageDescription": "Telecom equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent's Chief Executive Officer Michel Combes (L) and Nokia's Chief Executive Rajeev Suri shake hands during a press conference, on April 15, 2015 in Paris, to formalise the merger of the two companies. Nokia has struck a 15.6-billion-euro deal to buy its rival Alcatel-Lucent to create the world's biggest supplier of mobile phone network equipment. The merger of two companies will produce a European champion able to take on Nokia's Swedish rival Ericsson or fierce Chinese competition. AFP PHOTO / THOMAS        (Photo credit should read THOMAS SAMSON/AFP via Getty Images)"}