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F.C.C. Chief Says Telecom Isn't Doomed by Cutbacks
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 05:28:00 -0400
------ Forwarded Message From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com> <[Note: This item comes from reader Monty Solomon. DLH]> October 21, 2002 F.C.C. Chief Says Telecom Isn't Doomed by Cutbacks By BARNABY J. FEDER Don't send out an S.O.S. for the telecom equipment industry just yet. Michael K. Powell, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, urged in a speech early this month that telecommunications companies spend more on new equipment to insure the survival of big suppliers like Lucent Technologies, Nortel Networks and Cisco Systems. The carriers' own recovery, he said, depended on the ability of those and smaller equipment makers to remain solvent enough to continue developing new technology. As their industry's brutal recession continues, it does seem increasingly likely that flagship vendors like Lucent and Nortel may be forced into bankruptcy or some other revamping that wipes out most or all of the investment of current shareholders. But the giant carriers like AT&T, SBC Communications and Verizon see no need to write relief checks to the equipment industry. Industry analysts say, and equipment makers privately agree, that the key suppliers will probably live on - although as smaller enterprises - by focusing on products and services pegged to equipment they have been selling the carriers for decades. ... <http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/21/technology/21TELE.html> ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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