At Bell Labs, Lucky invented the adaptive equalizer, used in all high-speed data transmission. Speaking to CNET News.com's Marguerite Reardon at the Marconi Symposium in New York, he says the telecom industry can't afford to fund research the way it did pre-1984, when Bell Labs was a big force.
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November 7, 2005 2:40 PM PST
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