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Alcatel-Lucent: IP, optical divisions drove rise in Q1 2011 results

Published on May 9, 2011 By Don

Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) gave investors something to smile about as the Franco-American company reported Q1 2011 of $5.23 billion and adjusted operating profit of $13 million.
For Q1 2011, Alcatel-Lucent’s revenue increased 13.9 percent year-over-yea…

Windstream (Nasdaq: WIN) takes hit on Q4 profit, but acquisitions drive up revenue 30%

Published on February 18, 2011 By Don

Windstream (Nasdaq: WIN) may have suffered a minor profit setback because of acquisition charges, but that did not stop the service provider’s revenue from rising 30 percent.
During the quarter, Windstream’s profit declined 4 percent to $72.4 million, …

Telus (Toronto: T.TO) Q4: Broadband, TV services drove 46% increase in profit

Published on February 15, 2011 By Don

Telus’ (Toronto: T.TO) bets on increasing its wireless coverage and continuing to expand its Fiber to the Node (FTTN)-based IPTV service, Optik continued to pay off in Q4 2010.
For the fourth quarter, Telus reported $227 million (USD 229.5 million) in …

Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) recovery continues with rise in Q4 revenue and a solid outlook

Published on February 11, 2011 By Don

Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) CEO Ben Verwaayen’s three-year turnaround continues to take hold as the vendor showed positive fourth-quarter profit and a forecast that indicates growth and profitability.  For the fourth quarter, Alcatel-Lucent posted …

Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) Q3 profit buoyed by IP and wireless growth

Published on November 7, 2010 By Don

Alcatel-Lucent’s (NYSE: ALU) CEO and President Ben Verwaayen’s plan to turn the company towards a path of profitability certainly were on display in Q3 2010.
During the third quarter, Alcatel-Lucent reported its first profitable quarter in 2010. Aided …

MTS Allstream (Toronto: MBT.TO): IP, broadband services drive Q3 53 percent profit rise

Published on November 5, 2010 By Don

Manitoba Telecom Services (MTS Allstream) (Toronto: MBT.TO) saw a series of ups and downs during the third quarter as net profit rose 53 percent to $42.8 million, while consolidated revenues declined from CAD452.3 million in Q3 09 to CAD446.3 million.

Wireline voice losses eat into Telmex’s Q3 net profit

Published on October 26, 2010 By Don

Telmex (NYSE: TII) may be Mexico’s dominant service provider, but a 21.5 percent year-on-year decline in net profit illustrates the larger competitive threat with cable operators and competitive wireless operators eating away at its once-sacred wireline voice base. Net income fell from $387 million  in Q3 09 million to $305 million in Q3 2010, while revenue [...]

Windstream Q2: Profit down, but revenue up 22 percent

Published on August 6, 2010 By Don

Windstream’s (Nasdaq: WIN) Q2 earnings were a mixed bag of lower landline loss and slow seasonal broadband growth. While Q2 profit may have declined 13 percent to $79 million, the completion of its acquisition of Iowa Telecom Services in June helped lift quarterly revenue by 22 percent over Q2 2009 to $917 million. Here are [...]

BT holds down operating costs in first quarter to realize 33% net profit

Published on July 29, 2010 By Don

Things are tough all over for telecoms as the economic slump continues, but BT (NYSE: BT) saw some bright glimmers of hope in the first quarter of fiscal 2010 that ended June 30. While the company’s revenues decreased 4 percent year over year, a focus on tightening the operating budget and knocking down its net [...]

Telmex Internacional’s Q2 profits down, but sales were up

Published on July 26, 2010 By Don

Carlos Slim’s Telmex Internacional’s (NYSE: TII) Q2 results was the tale of two different perspectives as profit slid 20 percent while sales and operating profits rose. During Q2, Telmex posted $270 million in profit, a decline from the $340 million it reported in Q2 2009. The Q2 profit decline follows Slim’s merger of his Latin [...]