Alcatel-Lucent posted another loss in the third quarter as new leadership vowed to return the world's largest telecommunications equipment maker to profitability.The French-U.S. company reported a net loss of $51 million, a 43% decrease from the $445 million the company reported for the third...
BY DAN MEYERHOLLYWOOD, Fla. - Despite thunderstorms on Wall Street, as well as outside the convention itself, participants at the PCIA's 2008 Wireless Infrastructure Show last week in Hollywood, Fla., were forecasting sunny skies for the market segment. While exuberance from the tower company...
The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi, and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available.Cellular--South Africa: Vodacom SA has chosen Alcatel-Lucent to design, build...
How the current economic climate impacts the wireless industry remains to be seen, but the world's infrastructure leader posted a strong third quarter despite the economic downturn.L.M. Ericsson released its results from the latest quarter today and reported operating income of $763 million. The...
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The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carrier--Credit Suisse First Boston lowered its estimates and price target on AT&T on mixed news coming from the company. The new price target is $34,...
The companies listed below represent the six largest global infrastructure vendors for CDMA as of the first quarter of 2008.
Rankings were provided by research firm Dell'Oro Group and include only CDMA vendors.
Alcatel-Lucent continued to dominate the CDMA market, although the company's market share slid...
The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Handset and infrastructure vendors--R.W. Baird upgraded Tellabs to outperform on deeply discounted valuation and the possibility for improved financial prospects next year. --Credit Suisse First...
In three to five years, a Chinese company could become the world leader in the mobile infrastructure market without a major presence in North America, according to a recent study by ABI Research.However, Huawei Technologies Inc. is gearing up to tackle the U.S. market...
The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi, and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available.Cellular--United Kingdom: Ericsson said it has been chosen by...
The big take-away for wireless and other telecom-tech sectors in the wake of the latest Wall Street meltdown might mistakenly be this: By hook or crook, get as big as you can and implicate as many consumers (and their financial assets) to the greatest...
A Chinese company is becoming a major player in the mobile infrastructure market, according to a study from ABI Research.Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. is emerging in the market that has been dominated by L.M. Ericsson, Nokia Siemens Networks and Alcatel-Lucent.As of the first quarter...
The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carrier--Credit Suisse First Boston lowered its rating on Vodafone Group to neutral from outperform, saying it believes the company is likely to slightly miss its...
Alcatel-Lucent named Ben Verwaayen to replace outgoing CEO Patricia Russo as head of the multinational infrastructure provider. Alcatel-Lucent announced Russo's departure from the company about a month ago, during its second quarter results conference call. During those results, Alcatel-Lucent made public that former chairman...
The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Handset and infrastructure vendors --R.W. Baird lowered its estimates on Alcatel-Lucent after the company reported in-line results and maintained guidance. The lowered EPS estimates reflect expected...
Nortel Networks Corp.'s stock plunged nearly 15% after the infrastructure provider released relatively flat second quarter results, but warned of future instability in the U.S. market. The Toronto-based company posted Q2 revenue of $2.62 billion, a 2% increase year-over-year. Of the total revenue, just...
The companies listed below represent the seven largest global infrastructure vendors as of the first quarter of 2008.
Rankings were provided by research firm Dell'Oro Group and include CDMA, W-CDMA and GSM vendors. Revenue and income information comes from first-quarter financial updates provided on the...
Alcatel-Lucent's troubles are likely to continue in the third quarter, as the network vendor struggles with structural problems, according to one research company. As part of its second-quarter results, Alcatel-Lucent announced CEO Patricia Russo has decided to leave the company. At the board's request,...
The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi, and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available.Cellular--Bulgaria: Bulgarian Telecommunications Co. chose Alcatel-Lucent to provide GSM/EDGE solutions...
Editor's Note: RCR Wireless News has teamed up with the Yankee Group to conduct a series of market surveys of RCR Wireless News' subscribers to gauge their thoughts on technology issues impacting the wireless ecosystem.Those of you who respond to the survey will get...
The blueprints for the much-hyped IP Multimedia Subsystems architecture have been drawn, plans have been made, dreams have hatched; nearly everything needed to be done has been done; everything but the implementation. This seems odd, especially when a few years ago, carriers spent a...
The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi, and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available.Cellular--China: China Mobile and Alcatel-Lucent signed a $1 billion framework...
Alcatel-Lucent said it will spend $67.8 million to pick up Motive Inc., an Austin, Texas-based developer of service management software for telecoms.The French behemoth offered $2.23 per share for Motive, marking a 53% premium over Monday's closing price of the stock, which trades on...
The pace of action on the world's infrastructure stage has increased over the past several months, with a number of major carriers announcing multibillion-dollar buildout plans, intellectual property owners realigning their stances, and infrastructure vendors desperately trying to keep up with it all.The...
