Question: Donald K. Peterson was the former CFO of a multinational telecommunications equipment company headquartered in what state?

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Huawei: Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. ( ; ) is a Chinese multinational networking and telecommunications equipment and services company headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong.  It is the largest telecommunications equipment manufacturer in the world, having overtaken Ericsson in 2012.

Qualcomm: Qualcomm is an American multinational semiconductor and telecommunications equipment company that designs and markets wireless telecommunications products and services.  It derives most of its revenue from chipmaking and the bulk of its profit from patent licensing businesses.  The company headquarters is located in San Diego, California, United States, and has 224 worldwide locations.  The parent company is Qualcomm Incorporated (Qualcomm), which includes the Qualcomm Technology Licensing Division (QTL).  Qualcomm's wholly owned subsidiary, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. (QTI), operates substantially all of Qualcomm's R&D activities, as well as its product and services businesses, including its semiconductor business, Qualcomm CDMA Technologies.

Nokia Networks: Nokia Networks (formerly Nokia Solutions and Networks (NSN) and Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN)) is a multinational data networking and telecommunications equipment company headquartered in Espoo, Finland, and wholly owned subsidiary of Nokia Corporation.  It started as a joint venture between Nokia of Finland and Siemens of Germany known as Nokia Siemens Networks.  Nokia Networks has operations in around 120 countries.  In 2013, Nokia acquired 100% of Nokia Networks, buying all of Siemens' shares.  In April 2014, NSN name was phased out as part of rebranding process.

Coolpad Group: Coolpad Group Limited formerly known as China Wireless Technologies Limited is a Caymans-incorporated holding company.  Its major subsidiary Yulong Computer Telecommunication Scientific (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., is a Chinese telecommunications equipment company headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong.  It was a large smartphone company in China (as of 2012) and the largest Chinese domestic brand by sales outside of China (as of 2014).  From January to June 2012, the company had a market share of shipments of 10.4%.

Huaptec: Shenzhen Huaptec Co., Ltd. – is a Chinese multinational telecommunications equipment company headquartered in Shenzhen.  The company specializes in research, design and manufacture of mobile signal enhancement solutions for home&office and industrial use.  Huaptec has three international representations in the USA, India and Europe.  Currently its productive capacity is over 8000 units per month and it employs over 300 workers, 33% of whom are engaged in research and development.

Sasatel (Dovetel): Sasatel (Dovetel) was a telecommunications company with a unified national licence in Tanzania.  Their licence was later revoked.  The company rolled out a 3G wireless (based on Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA)) national network benefiting from the demand for data and broadband services to both high-end residential and corporate customers.  ZTE (a Chinese multinational telecommunications equipment and systems company) is the supplier of the network infrastructure.  Dovetel bundles its broadband offering with fixed voice services and offers limited mobility voice services to the low-end of the residential market in order to increase penetration beyond the traditional GSM target market for mobile voice.  In addition to CDMA modems and routers, Sasatel offers WiMAX solutions providing greater bandwidth.

ZTE: ZTE Corporation, commonly shortened to ZTE, is a Chinese multinational telecommunications equipment and systems company headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong.

Lucent: Lucent Technologies, Inc., was an American multinational telecommunications equipment company headquartered in Murray Hill, New Jersey, in the United States.  It was established on September 30, 1996, through the divestiture of the former AT&T Technologies business unit of AT&T Corporation, which included Western Electric and Bell Labs.

Don Peterson: Donald K. Peterson is an American executive.  Creator and former CEO of Avaya, he was formerly the CFO of Lucent.

Ericsson: Ericsson ("Telefonaktiebolaget L. M. Ericsson") is a multinational networking and telecommunications equipment and services company headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.  The company offers services, software and infrastructure in information and communications technology (ICT) for telecommunications operators, traditional telecommunications and Internet Protocol (IP) networking equipment, mobile and fixed broadband, operations and business support services, cable television, IPTV, video systems, and an extensive services operation.  Ericsson had 35% market share in the 2G/3G/4G mobile network infrastructure market in 2012.

Supporting paragraphs: Don Peterson Lucent
Answer: New Jersey