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Week of 2008-03-16:
Name Date
Cisco - ASA 5500 Series (Product Advisor) Cisco - ASA 5500 Series (Product Advisor) 2008-03-21
#### Series Enterprise Security By A. Braunberg Contents Current Perspective Strengths...Cisco - ASA #### Series Analysts: A. Braunberg Report Date: Mar ##...is very threatening to competitors. A true example of a product that is greater than...functionality of legacy Cisco firewalls, a VPN-#### gateway and SSL
Huawei (Company Advisor) Huawei (Company Advisor) 2008-03-21
Infrastructure Company Description Huawei Technologies, a private company based in Shenzhen...vendor?s offers. Officially known as Shenzhen Huawei Technologies Company (Huawei...order to raise additional capital as it looks to expand its...Huawei?s international expansion with a credit facility of $## billion
Motorola (Company Advisor) Motorola (Company Advisor) 2008-03-21
Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) is a consumer electronics and telecom infrastructure...with specific enterprise offers such as e-mail solutions from Good...phones, however, the vendor maintains a broad wireless infrastructure portfolio. Its...radio and mesh WiFi solutions (as well as specific device offers) support government
COLT Telecom (UK) (Company Advisor) COLT Telecom (UK) (Company Advisor) 2008-03-21
headquartered COLT Telecom Group S.A. offers businesses and government institutions...services, IP telephony, mobility and a comprehensive suite of Ethernet services...#% year-over-year) against a recognised profit of EUR ##...reduce costs, COLT has created a holding company for the group
Covad (Company Advisor) Covad (Company Advisor) 2008-03-21
in San Jose, CA, is a national CLEC selling high-speed...high-speed Internet access on a wholesale and direct basis, as well as direct VoIP and fixed wireless...Covad?s customer base includes a mix of ISPs, CLECs, RBOCs...revenues. Covad also classifies services as business and consumer, with about
Orange Group (Company Advisor) Orange Group (Company Advisor) 2008-03-21
in revenues in #### against a net income of EUR #...million customers, France Telecom offers a full range of retail and...Senegal. The operator is pursuing a strategy dubbed Nouvelle Experience des...Experience des Telecommunications (NExT), pursuing a fully integrated carrier approach, blending
Ericsson (Company Advisor) Ericsson (Company Advisor) 2008-03-21
Description L M Ericsson is a global telecom equipment supplier delivering...Carl-Henric Svanberg. Building on a tradition of producing fixed-line...operators worldwide, Ericsson is now a leading provider of telecommunications equipment...and related services to mobile as well as fixed-line operators around the
Alcatel-Lucent (Company Advisor) Alcatel-Lucent (Company Advisor) 2008-03-21
the merger of Alcatel, S.A., and Lucent Technologies. Alcatel, a French company founded in ####...business lines, the company maintains a broad product portfolio including IPTV...and mobile WiMAX. It claims a leadership position in fixed broadband...access and optical networking, and a top three position in wireless
Tellabs (Company Advisor) Tellabs (Company Advisor) 2008-03-21
routers. An established competitor with a ##-year history in telecommunications...year history in telecommunications and a member of the NASDAQ-###...Directors appointed Robert W. Pullen as the company?s new CEO...the way for Tellabs? becoming a top contender in the North
DISH Network (Company Advisor) DISH Network (Company Advisor) 2008-03-20
largest incumbent local carrier, with a total of over ###,###...DISH Network satellite TV service as a part of AT&T?s...Charlie Ergen, started the business as a distributor of C-band TV...####, the company filed for a Direct Broadcast Satellite license with
Charter (Company Advisor) Charter (Company Advisor) 2008-03-20
net losses for ####, following a $#.### billion net loss...####. The cable company carries a long-term debt load of...of over $##.# billion, a $### million increase from the...acquired from AT&T Broadband as well as through its own VoIP deployment
Lockdown Networks (Company Advisor) Lockdown Networks (Company Advisor) 2008-03-20
Lockdown Networks Enterprise Security By A. Braunberg Contents Company Description Current...com # Lockdown Networks Analysts: A. Braunberg Report Date: Mar ##...company develops, markets, and sells a family of Enforcer appliances as well as: Lockdown Commander, a centralized policy management and reporting...and reporting product; Lockdown Auditor, a vulnerability management system that performs
Tekelec (Company Advisor) Tekelec (Company Advisor) 2008-03-20
Description Tekelec (NASDAQ: TKLC) is a public company with ### workers...public company with ### workers, as of the end of ####...### networks, serving more than a billion telephone customers and handles...IMS strategy ? based on providing a transition from legacy networks to
Metro Core ROADM (Market Advisor) Metro Core ROADM (Market Advisor) 2008-03-20
with remote reconfigurability to provide a flexible and scalable means of...platforms supported single rings, however, as vendors begin to target carrier...need for multi-degree rings. As a result, most vendors that sell...metro edge equipment. Market Review ? <a href=http://www.currentanalysis.com
Telecom Italia (Southern Europe) (Company Advisor) Telecom Italia (Southern Europe) (Company Advisor) 2008-03-20
EUR ##.# billion against a net income of EUR #...EUR ##.# billion. With a history of over ### years...### years, the incumbent was a state-controlled monopoly from ####...consortium, in which Telefonica has a ##.#% holding, will have
Orange Business Services (Company Advisor) Orange Business Services (Company Advisor) 2008-03-20
Orange Business Services, previously known as Equant, provides global companies with...network services. The company is a spin off of the original...emerged in #### from Scitor, a sister company of SITA established...####, Equant acquired Global One, a global venture established by Deutsche
Managed Services (Market Advisor) Managed Services (Market Advisor) 2008-03-20
This includes full network outsourcing as well as hosted and managed application services...CapEx and OpEx) and risk. A variety of managed service offerings...supplier runs the network for a certain period of time on...certain period of time on a contract basis), managed capacity, managed
Italtel (Company Advisor) Italtel (Company Advisor) 2008-03-20
IP Telephony Company Description Italtel, a maker of next-generation telephony...softswitch, Italtel Application Server (i-AS), Italtel Universal Data Base (i...the #GPP/TISPAN IMS standard, as well as creating an open platform approach...Current Perspective We are taking a slightly positive stance on Italtel
KEYMILE (Company Advisor) KEYMILE (Company Advisor) 2008-03-20
media gateway, which is in a plug-in card form factor...based MSAP, which it renamed as the MileGate #### later in...interfaces for IP DSLAM functionality. A partnership with Conklin-Intracom, announced...Deutsche Telekom) and Switzerland (Swisscom). A typical customer installation outside of
France Telecom (Southern Europe) (Company Advisor) France Telecom (Southern Europe) (Company Advisor) 2008-03-19
in revenues in #### against a net income of EUR #...million customers, France Telecom offers a full range of retail and...Senegal. The operator is pursuing a strategy dubbed Nouvelle Experience des...Experience des Telecommunications (NExT), pursuing a fully integrated carrier approach, blending
Content Delivery Networks (CDN) (Market Advisor) Content Delivery Networks (CDN) (Market Advisor) 2008-03-19
Managed Services - U.S. By A. Larsen DeCarlo Contents Market Definition...Content Delivery Networks (CDN) Analysts: A. Larsen DeCarlo Report Date: Mar...performance (delivery) for services such as streaming media, static and dynamic...patented technologies for routing content as a key element of strategic differentiation
3Com - Switch 5500/5500G Family (Product Advisor) 3Com - Switch 5500/5500G Family (Product Advisor) 2008-03-19
port diversity needed to be a true competitor in the market...closer to larger enterprise competitors as opposed to #Com?s traditional...front panel ports to create a pile that can be managed...pile that can be managed as a single unit. This model family
DIRECTV (Company Advisor) DIRECTV (Company Advisor) 2008-03-18
distribution (MVPD). The company is a subsidiary of The DIRECTV Group...Group (NYSE:DTV), formerly known as Hughes Electronics Corporation. In December...December ####, News Corporation purchased a ##% stake of Hughes Electronics...stake of Hughes Electronics, in a transaction that valued Hughes at
Oracle (Company Advisor) Oracle (Company Advisor) 2008-03-18
Advisor Oracle Enterprise Security By A. Braunberg Contents Company Description Current...currentanalysis.com # Oracle Analysts: A. Braunberg Report Date: Mar ##...Company Description Oracle Corporation is a supplier of information management software...Oracle was founded in #### as Software Development Laboratories. It had
Verizon Business (Company Advisor) Verizon Business (Company Advisor) 2008-03-18
Managed Services - U.S. By A. Larsen DeCarlo Contents Company Description...com # Verizon Business Analysts: A. Larsen DeCarlo Report Date: Mar...S. Company Description Verizon Business, a unit of Verizon Communications (NYSE...Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ), is a global telecommunications provider that was
BT (Central Europe) (Company Advisor) BT (Central Europe) (Company Advisor) 2008-03-18
Services) develops customised solutions on a project-specific basis. On the...CPS reselling, IP-by-call, a content management platform for mobile...introduced ?BT Unified Communications Video,? a high-resolution video conferencing solution...Germany-based Media-Saturn Group as its first customer for the
Interactive Intelligence (Company Advisor) Interactive Intelligence (Company Advisor) 2008-03-18
Intelligence Inc. (NASDAQ: ININ) is a global supplier of unified IP...and Amsterdam. Interactive Intelligence opened a Western United States regional headquarters...education centers. The company opened a third regional U.S. office...enterprise contact centers. CIC is a bundled and fully-integrated all
Vodafone Group (Company Advisor) Vodafone Group (Company Advisor) 2008-03-18
mobile operator by revenues, with a significant presence in Europe, Africa...investments in ## countries, including a ##% stake in Verizon Wireless...the purchase of Hutchison Essar. As of ## December ####, Vodafone...upstream speeds. Vodafone has introduced a new roaming data tariff across
Easynet (UK) (Company Advisor) Easynet (UK) (Company Advisor) 2008-03-18
GBP #.# billion and a market capitalisation of GBP ##...capitalisation of GBP ## billion. A #### merger with Ipsaris brought...merger with Ipsaris brought Easynet a fibre optic UK broadband and...Easynet?s goal to become a leading international managed network and
CenturyTel (Company Advisor) CenturyTel (Company Advisor) 2008-03-17
its start in the ####s as the Oak Ridge Telephone Company...and it has grown through a series of acquisitions. The carrier...use (IRU). CenturyTel has built a #,### route-mile fiber...at $### million. CenturyTel saw a major revenue increase in its
Qwest - IP VPN Service (Product Advisor) Qwest - IP VPN Service (Product Advisor) 2008-03-17
competitors because the company has a lengthy tenure in providing IP...in providing IP VPN services, a reputation for competitive pricing, and...reputation for competitive pricing, and a seamless nationwide market presence. Qwest...local footprint also makes it a strong home field competitor in
Apple (Company Advisor) Apple (Company Advisor) 2008-03-17
the iPod, which has become a cultural icon and online music...#### holiday shopping season saw a #% unit growth and ##...growth compared to the quarter a year earlier, fiscal Q# ####...combines three products (i.e., a wireless phone, an iPod with
Tropos Networks (Company Advisor) Tropos Networks (Company Advisor) 2008-03-17
Intel Communications Fund. To meet a broad set of municipal wireless...municipal wireless demands, Tropos provides a wide array of WiFi mesh...each radio and spectrum band as well as fault tolerance should performance drop...vendors in order to deliver a complete mesh solution. Solution components
France Telecom Group Wholesale Solutions (Company Advisor) France Telecom Group Wholesale Solutions (Company Advisor) 2008-03-17
in revenues in #### against a net income of EUR #...million customers, France Telecom offers a full range of retail and...markets. The operator is pursuing a strategy outlined as Nouvelle Experience des Telecommunications (NExT...des Telecommunications (NExT), which promotes a fully integrated carrier approach, blending
QSC AG (Central Europe) (Company Advisor) QSC AG (Central Europe) (Company Advisor) 2008-03-17
and in #### acquired celox, a regional DSL operator. In ####...# million in ####), against a net group loss of EUR...delays in connecting new customers. As a result, QSC is restructuring its...shift its focus to becoming a full service operator in order
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