These deals leave standalone entities in a precarious position given likely competition from larger companies, ... BellSouth and Qwest have to decide how important a national presence is. |
These deals leave standalone entities in a precarious position given likely competition from larger companies. BellSouth and Qwest have to decide how important a national presence is. |
We have a negative outlook on the telecom-services sector, preferring smaller, rural providers and one in Canada that, in our view, have stable margins and are paying out dividends and buying back stock. |
We were expecting there would have been an improvement on the cost synergy side. We still don't expect there will be benefits to the top line from the merger in 2006. |