All Posts Tagged With: "ALU"

(S) Sprint-Nextel Advances on Network Vision

The third-largest U.S. wireless carrier Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) deployed its first multi-mode base station in Branchburg, New Jersey. This marks a milestone move in the company’s Network Vision strategy, which serves as a major catalyst in its growth plan. Under the Network... 

8Dec2011 | | 0 comments | Continued

(CIEN) Ciena 2011 Fourth Quarter Earnings Preview

Ciena Corp. (CIEN) is scheduled to release its fourth quarter 2011 results before the opening bell on December 8, 2011. In the run-up to the earnings release, no major variation in analysts’ estimates was noticed. Prior-Quarter Recap In third quarter of 2011, Ciena narrowed... 

8Dec2011 | | 0 comments | Continued

(ARW) Arrow Electronics Offers Alcatel-Lucent Solutions

Arrow Electronics (ARW) recently announced that its business segment Arrow Enterprise Computing Solutions (ECS) now offers the full line of enterprise voice, data and security solutions from Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) in North America. Arrow provides enterprise computing solutions... 

30Nov2011 | | 0 comments | Continued

(NOK) Nokia-Seimens Gets Hit With Loss of LightSquared Deal

Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN), a 50-50 joint venture between Nokia Corp. (NOK) and Siemens AG (SI), recently suffered a massive blow. On July 29, the upcoming wholesale 4G LTE (Long Term Evolution) wireless network operator LightSquared announced that it has decided to outsource... 

3Aug2011 | | 0 comments | Continued

(AA) Company News for July 12, 2011 – Corporate Summary

•    Alcoa (NYSE:AA) posted Q2 EPS of $0.32, lower than the Zacks Consensus Estimates of $0.34 per share. Revenues for the quarter rose 27% year-over-year to $6.59 billion •    Swiss chemicals company Lonza Group (CH:LONN) will buy biocide firm Arch Chemicals, Inc.... 

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(TLAB) Tellabs Downgraded to Underperform

We downgrade our recommendation on Tellabs Inc. (TLAB) to Underperform backed by our assessment that the poor performance of the company will continue in the near future. First-quarter 2011 financial results were well below the Zacks Consensus Estimates and the second-quarter... 

7Jul2011 | | 0 comments | Continued

(MU) Micron Technology to Offer Chips to Alcatel

Memory chip manufacturer Micron Technology Inc. (MU) will offer its advanced Reduced Latency DRAM (RLDRAM) 3 memory chips to networking solutions provider Alcatel-Lucent (ALU). Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. Alcatel-Lucent is a leading provider of mobile, fixed,... 

1Jul2011 | | 0 comments | Continued

(TLAB) Tellabs Wins Nano Optical Transport System Contract

Tellabs Inc. (TLAB) was recently awarded a big contract to supply its 7100 Nano Optical Transport System (OTS) for the nationwide deployment of fiber optic network of the French broadband internet service provider (ISP) CELESTE. The ISP is at present in the process of installing... 

30Jun2011 | | 0 comments | Continued

(NOK) Nokia and Siemens AG Venture Nokia Siemens Network Fails to Find Investor

Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN), a 50-50 joint venture between Nokia Corp. (NOK) and Siemens AG (SI) to provide telecom infrastructure solutions, has suffered a setback. For the last 6 months, NSN was looking for a third party investor in order to inject funds, thereby reducing... 

27Jun2011 | | 0 comments | Continued

(S) Sprint-Nextel and LightSquared in 4G Deal

Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) has finally struck the much talked about deal with LightSquared Inc., as reported by Bloomberg. The 15-year deal, worth $20 billion, will be a big help in Sprint’s deployment of high-speed 4G Long-Term Evolution (LTE) wireless networks. Currently,... 

20Jun2011 | | 0 comments | Continued

(PCE) Stock Market News for March 29, 2011 – Market News

Domestic economic data could not support the indices’ upward momentum on Monday as markets snapped back to red in the final minutes, hurt by cautious corporate guidance and geopolitical tensions. Consumer spending edged ahead while inflation soared to hit new highs post June... 

29Mar2011 | | 0 comments | Continued

(ALU) Alcatel’s Fourth Quarter Earnings Better Than Estimated

Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) reported its fourth quarter and full-year 2010 earnings result. Fourth-quarter earnings per share were €0.13 (17 cents) compared with prior-year earnings per share of €0.02 (3 cents). The company outperformed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 14 cents. For... 

14Feb2011 | | 0 comments | Continued

(ALU) Alcatel-Lucent Earnings Show Return to Profit

Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) reported net earnings from continuing operations of €0.01 per share or 2 cents per share in the third quarter of 2010, ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of break-even. The company had reported net loss per share of €0.08 or 12 cents in the third quarter... 

7Nov2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

(AMCC) Applied Micro Circuits Beat Estimates – Reports Weak Outlook

Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (AMCC) reported results for the second quarter of fiscal 2011 which beat estimates, but the outlook for the third quarter was weak. Applied Micro recorded revenues of $66.0 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2011, up 8.5% sequentially... 

3Nov2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

(MTE) India to be Focus of Next Big Telecom Push

India, the second largest emerging market in the world, is likely to turnout as a “Treasure Island” for the global telecom equipment manufacturing giants. According to recent news in The Economic Times, the first phase of 3G networks deployment in India may provide a business... 

8Sep2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

(ALU) 4G Technology Showdown – Long Term Evolution vs. WiMax

by Tony Daltorio, Investment U Research Monday, August 23, 2010 About 30 years ago, VHS and Betamax dueled to rule the video recording technology world. Today, those two technologies never existed for all that many consumers now. Instead, the big technology debate is all... 

23Aug2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

(QCOM) Qualcomm Launching Broadband in India

Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM), the largest digital mobile chipset developer based-on CDMA technology, has decided to launch broadband services in India in 2011. Last June, the company won BWA (broadband wireless access) spectrum in the 2.3 GHz band, for four telecom circles of Delhi,... 

20Aug2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

(JNPR) Juniper Networks Wins AT&T Deal

Leading networking infrastructure products and services provider Juniper Networks Inc. (JNPR) recently announced that it has been selected as a key networking supplier by the leading telecom company AT&T Inc. (T). Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. As per... 

3Aug2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

(NOK) Nokia Siemens Networks Wins $7 Billion Contract

Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN), a 50-50 joint venture between Nokia Corp. (NOK) and Siemens AG (SI), won an eight year contract from LightSquared. The deal is worth more than $7 billion. This is closely followed by NSN’s announcement just a day before to buy Motorola Inc.’s... 

26Jul2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

(QCOM) Qualcomm Wins Wireless Spectrum Auction in India

Qualcomm Incorporated (QCOM) has won the BWA (broadband wireless access) spectrum in the 2.3 GHz band, in four telecom circles of Delhi , Mumbai, Haryana and Kerala in India for a total cost of about $1.045 billion. After receiving the government’s formal approval, Qualcomm... 

14Jun2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

(OPXT) Opnext Fourth Quarter 2010 Posts Wider Loss

Opnext Inc. (OPXT) reported revenues of $76.8 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2010, down 8% year-over-year but up 1% sequentially. Revenue for the quarter included $14.2 million from StrataLight Communications Inc., which was acquired on Jan 9, 2009. Opnext designs, manufactures... 

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(PPL) PPL Corporation Gets Department of Energy Grant

PPL Electric Utilities, a subsidiary of PPL Corp. (PPL), signed a contract with the U.S. Department of Energy, receiving 50% funding for its $38 million Smart Grid project. The grant will help the company improve electric service reliability for more than 60,000 Harrisburg area... 

21May2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

(VZ) Verizon Wireless to Launch Long-Term Evolution Technology in Fourth Quarter

Verizon (VZ) is reportedly planning to roll out commercial 4G services based on the Long-Term Evolution (LTE) wireless broadband technology during the fourth quarter this year. This brings forward the launch timeline, which was originally expected in late 2010. Based on the information... 

18Apr2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

(CHL) China Mobile Tests 4G Time Division Duplex Long Term Evolution

China Mobile (CHL), the world’s largest wireless carrier by subscriber, has reportedly entered into an agreement with Taiwanese wireless carrier Far EasTone Telecommunications, to jointly build and test a 4G network based on the TD-LTE (Time Division Duplex Long Term Evolution)... 

12Apr2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

(COGO) Cogo Group Announces PTN Design Win

Cogo Group Inc. (COGO) has bagged embedded solution design wins within the deployment of China Mobile’s new Packet Transmission Network (“PTN”). Cogo already has PTN solution design wins with several leading domestic telecom equipment manufacturers. PTN is China... 

25Mar2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

(CMCSA) Comcast Firms SMB Footprint

Comcast Corp. (CMCSA), the largest cable MSO of the world, recently completed its proposed acquisition of Cimco Communications Inc, after receiving FCC approval. Cimco is a privately held competitive local exchange carrier in the Chicago area with more than 23,000 customers in... 

19Mar2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

(CSCO) Federal Communications Commission Announces US Broadband Plan

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has outlined its goals for the “National Broadband Plan” (NBP), which the agency will deliver to the Congress on March 16, 2010. The regulator has drafted ambitious proposals that will revolutionize the US broadband industry... 

16Mar2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

($CSCO) Cisco Systems’ CRS-3 Redefines Network Speed

Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO) has announced a super-fast carrier routing system called the CRS 3. Management stated that use of multiple CRS-3s in the network would enable data transfer speeds of up to 322 terabits per second (tbps), significantly higher than the 92 tbps of the CRS-1,... 

10Mar2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

(VZ) Verizon Wireless Speeds up 4G Long-Term Evolution Broadband

US wireless kingpin Verizon (VZ) has reported that the field testing of its 4G Long-Term Evolution (LTE) wireless broadband network in Boston and Seattle have demonstrated encouraging throughput levels. These two cities are expected to be the initial markets where 4G LTE services... 

9Mar2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

(ALU) Alcatel-Lucent Earnings Report Comes Up Short

Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) reported earnings from continuing operations of 5 cents per share for the fourth quarter of 2009, below the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 9 cents. Fourth quarter revenue decreased 19.9% year-over-year, but increased 7.6% sequentially to €3.967 billion. At... 

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