tHAWT Episode 26: A week of results, merger, splits and the U-verse

In this episode, Dave Train reviews this week’s activities in telecom. Cingular has announced their Q3 results, which look good. What will we see from Verizon Wireless, Sprint-Nextel and T-Mobile? While Cingular did well, the news was not as good for the equipment manufacturers. Level 3 announce their acquisition of Broadwing, is this the end, or are there more to acquisitions to come? Verizon looks to spin off their directories business in November. How much will they get and what will they do with it? Time Warner gets ready to sell shares in Time Warner Cable. Does this suggest a spin off in the future? How might this impact the business going forward? Finally, are you ready for the U-verse? AT&T has aggressive plans to bring consumers into their entertainment offering, U-verse. What are customers saying today? What are the plans for expansion? All this and more…..

Cingular results

Motorola results

Ericsson results

Nokia results

Google continues their aggressive growth

Level 3 acquires Broadwing

Time Warner files for an IPO

The AT&T U-verse

Published Saturday, October 21, 2006 10:06 AM by davet
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# re: A week of results, merger, splits and the U-verse @ Sunday, October 22, 2006 11:30 AM

BizWeek has more on the greatness of Google (http://tinyurl.com/txrcs):

"Google: Can't Stop This Train - The company is improving on its ability to match ads with search results, fueling optimism the tech giant will finish the year strong."

ntodd

# re: A week of results, merger, splits and the U-verse @ Monday, October 23, 2006 8:34 AM

They also have an interesting article on MySpace and YouTube post Google purchase.

http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/oct2006/tc20061016_509248.htm?chan=technology_technology+index+page_internet

davet