Rank Company Name 1996 Net Income (000)
1 Motorola Inc. $1,154,000
2 Lucent Technologies Inc. $1,054,000
3 Ericsson (L.M.) Telephone $1,034,152
4 NEC Corp. $718,000
5 Nokia Corp. $654,460
6 Northern Telecom Ltd. $619,000
7 Tellabs Inc. $117,965
8 Andrew Corp. $90,397
9 ADC Telecommunications Inc. $87,463
10 Glenayre Technologies Inc. $70,444
11 DSP Communications Inc. $21,750
12 Qualcomm Inc. $21,027
13 Allen Telecom Inc. $20,556
14 California Microwave Inc. $11,623
15 Brightpoint Inc. $11,037
16 Brite Voice Systems Inc. $8,555
17 Spectrian $5,480
18 IFR Systems Inc. $4,761
19 Tessco Technologies Inc. $4,041
20 Ortel Corp. $2,393
21 Lightbridge Inc. $2,272
22 Photocomm Inc. $1,055
23 Specialty Teleconstructors $804
24 Datamarine International Inc. $751
25 TCSI Corp. $294
26 Gilbert Associates Inc. -$1,884
27 Transcrypt International -$2,011
28 Conductus -$5,004
29 Cellstar Corp. -$6,413
30 Racotek Inc. -$10,244
31 InterDigital Communications -$11,644
32 Audiovox Corp. -$26,469
33 Telular Corp. -$26,593
34 WinStar Communications Inc. -$83,723
35 Matsushita Electric Inds. Co. Ltd. -$529,000
Footnote: Lucent income excludes restructuring and other charges.
Motorola Inc. topped the important indicator rankings for net income, moving up one notch from 1995, even though its net income declined. NEC Corp., the 1995 leader, dropped to fourth place.
