GLG News by Wimax Experts (North America)

Despite the economic recession, the Internet continues to benefit from the “sea change” in the telecom space.

Pat Russo and Serge Tchuruk have gone.  I wish them well.  Now we have Ben Verwaayen and Philippe Camus to run Alcatel-Lucent.   Healing is a bad word to describe what Verwaayen and Camus need to do,

1.      The ability to do firmware changes in the field and to do software adaptations of port speeds or protocols has been around for a while – and Ciena has been a leader with this type of capability. 2.      There is no question that as feature sets...

Qwest has been floundering as a phone company for years, having to deal with PSC fines and general business issues, which appeared to be keeping them from setting goals on newer technology and moving ahead with data sales in particular.  Their FTTNode strategy appears to be solving some of their...

1.      Several years ago, the proposed merger between Tellabs and Ciena made a lot of sense. 2.      Now from Tellabs’ perspective, a potential marriage would appear even more favorable. 3.      Private equity firms taking over...

QCOM and its cheerleaders (Mr Seybold among them) will be touting 3G incremental enhancements as the only real option for operators at the moment, do not expect big pushes for LTE, since inviting operators to do that open the door to also consider WiMax (none of those are incremental steps from existing...

1.      It is hard to ignore the irony of a recent statement in USA Today made by Ciena’s CEO, Gary Smith. 2.      He said, “Experience is not about having more answers.  It's about asking the right questions." 3.      AT&T...

All stock holders need to calm down.  Of course things are going to get worse before they get better. It is the nature of restructuring – pain first, followed by healing, followed by growth. Sprint needs ot rid itself of non-core assets now to pay down debt.

The stakes will be high in suppliers vying for the business of AT&T. 2.  The technologies span the network – from last mile access to high-capacity long haul at the largest RBOC.   3. Although Verizon has completed its major RFPs for now, there appears to be at least a couple out there...

1.      Ciena’s international position is definitely looking up. 2.      Throughout Europe, the supplier is working really hard to get additional market penetration. 3.      While Asia has never really been a hot spot for Ciena,...