Big is beautiful in this industry. The widest geographic and product spread in the industry means that the combined entity will be present in almost every operator and will have the most comprehensive offering. |
Business is going from strength to strength... The outlook for this division remains strong. |
For the next two quarters or so, the company to pay particular attention to is Nokia, ... The main reason for that is with the continuing decline in the infrastructure market, Nokia will continue to post profits simply because it has a fairly large operating margin it can rely on. |
I would say the outlook for the fourth quarter remains pretty strong, but the fact that they haven't actually confirmed that with a hard number is making the stock a bit jumpy. |
If Nokia has problems, it has always been in the first quarter, and then it recovers toward the end of the year. If the first quarter is good, it's a good omen for the rest of the year. |
In this business, bigger is always better. |
It is interesting that the level of interest in these devices will be very low, but their actual importance is really high. |
It's definitely not out of the woods yet in terms of mobile infrastructure, ... However, we are relatively optimistic overall for 2002. We are expecting an overall 7 percent growth in the infrastructure market, which means that perhaps sometime in quarter 1 or 2 that Ericsson will be in a position to outperform forecasts simply because it has the greatest exposure and is the world leader in its field. |
Management has been very slow to recognize there's a problem and do anything about it. |
Nokia is clearly very confident, leading us to believe that the risk of poor first-quarter results has diminished significantly. |
Once again, the stellar performance of mobile phones has been marred by difficulties at Nokia networks. |
The [telecom] companies simply are just not spending on networks right now because they're short of cash, |
The cash flow was 1 billion better that my forecast that proves the company is not going bankrupt, |
The market is entering a cyclical downturn as net additions slow. Net adds are a key indicator of growth in the mobile infrastructure market. 2006 outlook looks challenging. |
The turnaround, in terms of stopping the rot, has worked, |