Struggling infrastructure giant Alcatel-Lucent will next week “hash out” details of a restructuring plan, as it looks to tackle its current loss-making, Reuters reports.

The move follows an “intense” review of the business, led by Ben Verwaayen, its CEO, which has included consultations with bankers about its options – including possible asset sales.

However, it was suggested that no significant disposals are likely, as weakness in the sector has depressed the prices it could achieve.

Earlier this year, the company said it would cut around 5,000 jobs in order to reduce its costs, and Reuters said that the planned meeting will discuss where these will come from.

In addition, it will address how to best make money from Alcatel-Lucent’s patent portfolio, after a deal with partner RPX Corporation to this end – announced last year – “fell short of expectations”.

Alcatel-Lucent is not the only company to suffer from slowed spending in the network infrastructure market, with Ericsson and Huawei reporting profit falls in recent months.

Rival Nokia Siemens Networks late last year announced a wide-ranging restructure that is seeing the company shedding a number of its units in order to focus on the mobile broadband market.

Late last week it was reported that NSN is in advanced talks to sell its BSS division, with Amdocs and Ericsson in the frame. It has already disposed of units including its fixed line business, its fixed wireless operation, and its WiMAX line.