Alcatel preliminary results in line with forecast
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Alcatel  on Monday  released preliminary second-quarter results that were in line  with company expectations.
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Alcatel-Lucent warned Thursday that after talks with North American mobile operator clients about their spending plans, third quarter sales growth was expected to be weak and would &quot;negatively impact&quot; profitability.
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Nokia posted better-than-expected results for the third quarter yesterday, possibly marking a turnaround in the cellphone giant&#39;s fortunes after it failed to pick up on the popularity of clamshell phones earlier.
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By Srisamorn Phoosuphanusorn, Bangkok Post, Thailand  Feb. 9--Motorola is upbeat about the local mobile handset market this  year, forecasting sales growth of 20 percent in line with its global forecast.
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Early results and projections better than opinion polls in recent days have suggested
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Analysts take guesses on how the Google phone will operate.
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There was pain for Alcatel (NYSE:ALA)-Lucent shareholders as the Franco-American company issued its third outlook warning this year on Thursday.
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Qualcomm Inc. on Friday raised its  quarterly profit forecast due to strong demand for its mobile  phone technology.
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Newly merged telecommunications equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent has reported a slump in underlying profits last year and ramped up planned job cuts to 12,500 or 15.6 percent of its global workforce.
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Earnings expectations were trounced, but projections don't measure up.
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French telecommunications equipment provider Alcatel has received an order worth 270 million euros (460 million Australian dollars, 347 million US dollars) from Australian telecom giant Telstra, the two companies have revealed.
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SAN DIEGO -- Qualcomm Inc. boosted its earnings guidance for the first quarter and sees revenue at the high end of its prior estimate based on higher shipments of MSM phone chips.
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By Victoria Shannon  A cloud of uncertainty among the world's phone companies left Alcatel-Lucent with a heavy net loss Friday in its first quarterly report as the world's largest telecommunications equipment maker, and the company moved to eliminate thousands more jobs.
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Sales will be $3.35 billion to $3.5 billion, compared with an October forecast of $3.46 billion to $3.75 billion, because of lower revenue from handsets.
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The mobile phone giant says its next results will now be better than expected, thanks to a boost in handset sales.
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Alcatel-Lucent reported higher sales but a net loss for the fourth quarter due to a big writedown in its CDMA (code division multiple access) and IP (Internet protocol) multimedia services businesses.The company said revenue rose 18 percent to &#8364;5.2 billion on the back of strong performance at several of its major business units. But despite the stronger sales the company saw its net profit plunge into the red to the tune of &#8364;2.6 billion. This was largely due to the &#8364;2.5 billion writedown.Its wireline and wireless carrier business was strong and revenues were &#8364;3.7 billion in the quarter against &#8364;3.2 billion during the same period a year earlier. The company benefited from strong growth in carrier-type optical networking, and the GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) and WCDMA (Wideband CDMA) sectors. Broadband access revenue fell on the back of a decline in the number of DSL lines delivered.Revenues were up 27 percent in the services business to &#8364;1 billion after the company won large network operations contracts and worked on IPTV and IP network integration projects. Its enterprise business segment saw revenues of &#8364;435 million, up about 4 percent, thanks to strong momentum in Europe and Asia.The report came with bad news for investors. The company suspended its dividend payment for 2007 &quot;in the light of these results and or a more uncertain market outlook,&quot; it said.&quot;We just thought very plainly that it was good financial discipline looking at both our net income in &#39;07 and the very tough macroeconomic environment,&quot; said Hubert de Pesquidoux, chief financial officer, on a conference call.CEO Patricia Russo warned that the company doesn&#39;t have a positive short-term outlook, particularly with a looming recession in the U.S. given Alcatel-Lucent&#39;s dependance on business there.&quot;There is a level of uncertainty ... that leaves a lot unknown,&quot; Russo said.Despite interest in IP networking and 3G broadband services, growth over the next year is likely to be flat or just slightly up, Russo said. Taking into account currency differences, the market will likely be down, she said.Some customers are also pursuing network-sharing arrangements, which could affect how much those companies spend on their own infrastructure, she said.Russo defended the&#160;2006 merger of Alcatel and Lucent&#160;and said the company is still trying to reduce costs. So far, about 6,700 employees have been let go in&#160;a restructuring plan&#160;that will shed a total of 12,500 employees, she said.
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Vodafone Group Plc won 5.4 million more customers over the key Christmas trading quarter, topping forecasts, and the mobile phone giant reiterated its full-year forecasts on Wednesday.