Nokia acquired the assets of Alcatel-Lucent in 2016 and thus also inherited the licensing agreements for the Alcatel brand.

[2] Alcatel Mobile Phones was established on 24 April 2004[3] as a joint venture between Alcatel-Lucent (45%) and TCL Corporation (55%).

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".

[19] 2020: TCL Communication Showcases Alcatel Mobile Product Portfolio With Fresh Design and Imaging Performance Milestones at CES 2020[20] 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 Android Go 11 models 1L Pro and Alcatel 1 (2021) released at the end of year.