Alcatel-Lucent SA (ALU.FR, ALU) is in talks with parties including Unify GmbH about a potential sale of its enterprise unit, Bloomberg News reported Monday, citing three people familiar with the matter.

Private equity firm Gores Group owns 51% of communications products and services company Unify, while Siemens AG (SIE.XE, SI) owns 49%.

One of the people told Bloomberg that the Alcatel-Lucent enterprise unit has also received interest from an industrial company outside the U.S. and from a Chinese investor.

Full story at http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-12/alcatel-is-said-to-hold-talks-with-unify-on-enterprise-unit-sale.html

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