BRIEFLY / TECHNOLOGY

* Lucent Technologies Inc. said it plans to seek buyers for two of its four U.S. factories in the next six months to cut costs by contracting out manufacturing. The plants in Oklahoma City and Columbus, Ohio, together have 8,400 employees making traditional phone switches and wireless equipment. Lucent, which said last year it planned to cut its manufacturing work force by 30,000, said it can’t predict how many positions may be lost until sale negotiations are completed in about six months.