France’s efforts to digitize its culture, from Marcel Proust’s manuscripts to the first films of the legendary Lumiere brothers, long have been bogged down by the country’s reluctance to rely on help from American Internet giant Google. A new startup launched this month says it may be the answer.

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France’s efforts to digitize its culture, from Marcel Proust’s manuscripts to the first films of the legendary Lumiere brothers, long have been bogged down by the country’s reluctance to rely on help from American Internet giant Google. A new startup launched this month says it may be the answer.

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Alcatel-Lucent surprised its investors Thursday by posting its first profit since the company’s creation in a transatlantic merger in 2006, as gains on asset sales helped the telecommunications equipment maker’s bottom line. The Paris-based company reported a net profit of about $19.6 million for the April through June period, compared to a net loss of roughly $1.6 billion a year earlier.

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Alcatel-Lucent reported Wednesday a massive $5 billion loss in the fourth quarter after the world’s largest provider of network technology for fixed and mobile telecommunications operators took its latest — and largest — charge to write down the value of its assets.

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Alcatel-Lucent said Friday it will eliminate another 1,000 white-collar jobs as part of its newly installed chief executive’s plan to return the company to profitability. The Paris-based maker of networking equipment for fixed and mobile telecommunications operators also intends to cut 5,000 contractor jobs in measures aimed at saving $991 million by the fourth quarter of 2009, the company said in a statement.

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