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According to one analyst, George Notter of Jefferies & Co, ATT should decelerate capex spend in 4Q06, after having invested faster than expected on its fiber-based Project Lightspeed project. ATT denied and said it has spent up to now $6.2bn this year...
VCs attracted by Mobile According to Rutberg & Co,almost 40% of venture capital funding in September was directed towards start-ups focused on mobile products and services. $313m was raised in the month, of which $153m were supplied to mobile content...
Alcatel announced a 42% drop in 3Q06 earnings to €155, on revenues slightly up 1.4% to €3.3bn. Despite disappointment with results, Alcatel shares jumped 5%+ to above €10 in Paris trading. Weak results were driven by poor results in mobile business, both...
Lucent reported its final 2006 fiscal quarter with revenues of $2.6bn, up 5%, and net income of $371m, flat. Mobile deployments in NA and IMS have driven the performance. Gross margin in 3Q06 was a good 44%, but down 2 points yoy. Lucent had $3.4bn in...
Fujitsu reports FY1H06 net revenues of $20bn, up 8%, with growth drawn by overseas sales increasing by over 25% in the period. Operating income grew 6.4% to $429m and net income was $126m, almost doubling over the period. The Technology Solutions segment...
Infonetics Research found that Metro Ethernet equipment sales should triple to $15bn in 2009, from $5bn in 2005. Ethernet would account for an increasing portion of metro capex in coming years. Carrier Ethernet switches and routers sales should double...
A few set of market information released this week: According to TNS, 16% of US mobile users have purchased 3G-enabled handsets, and only 1.6% are using the 3G features. It seems the ratio is almost valid elsewhere with worldwide figures of 20% 3G handsets...
Cisco is buying Orative for mobile unified communications for $31m. CapGemini has bought Indian Kanbay for $1.25bn.
Colubris , a WiFi vendor, has received $14m in venture funding, to expand its sales and marketing efforts. Optibase and SeaChange Int extend their product interoperability in support of IPTV services. Telenor Satellite (Norway) will be sold to Apax Partners....
Motorola is looking abroad for expansion, and could be interesred by Sagem.
