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      <title>Vendor Contract Database August 2010</title>
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      <description>The Vendor Contract Database shows carrier-vendor contracts around the world. The database is searchable by region, quarter, operator, vendor, and equipment segment. It contains over 8,000 contracts.</description>
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      <description>This presentation analyzes M&amp;A, vendor financing, private placements, and public offerings in telecom during 2Q10, along with the trend for the last eight quarters, detailed by sector, geography, and deal size.</description>
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      <description>This is a summary of 1Q10 financial results for telco vendors in five regions. Revenues for infrastructure vendors turned slightly positive in 1Q10, up 2%, versus 1Q09. Much of the market is still mired in the aftereffects of the downturn, however.</description>
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      <title>Is telecom innovation at risk?</title>
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      <description>Telecom systems vendors' R&amp;D spending remains in the 13-14% of revenues range (on average), but venture capital funding of telecom start-ups has fallen steadily in recent quarters. We believe current VC and vendor R&amp;D trends threaten innovation.</description>
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      <description>This presentation analyzes M&amp;A, vendor financing, private placements, and public offerings in telecom during 1Q10, along with the trend for the last eight quarters, detailed by sector, geography, and deal size.</description>
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      <description>This is a summary of 4Q09 financial results for 126 telco service providers in four regions. Both revenues and opex recorded growth in 4Q09 for the first time in several quarters, but opex grew faster.</description>
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      <description>Global wireline equipment sales declined by 7.7% in 4Q09 versus the year-ago quarter, a marked improvement over the double-digit declines of 3Q09 and 2Q09. The results confirm our expectation that wireline sales growth will turn positive in 1H10.</description>
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      <title>Telecom industry health check (4Q09) -  Part 1: Financial deals tracker</title>
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      <description>This presentation analyzes M&amp;A, vendor financing, private placements, and public offerings in telecom during 4Q09, along with the trend for the last eight quarters, detailed by sector, geography, and deal size.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Summary of top equipment vendor revenues and capex through 3Q09.</description>
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      <description>Global wireline equipment sales declined by 16.0% in 3Q09 versus the year-ago quarter, a slight improvement over the 18.5% decline in 2Q09. In absolute terms, wireline equipment quarterly revenues of $7.77 billion were the lowest seen since 1Q07.</description>
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      <description>This presentation analyzes M&amp;A, vendor financing, private placements, and public offerings in telecom during 3Q09, along with the trend for the last seven quarters, detailed by sector, geography, and deal size.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Capex and equipment market update: 2Q09</title>
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      <description>Global fixed equipment sales declined by 18.5% in 2Q09 year-over-year basis, after a 12.9% decline in 1Q09. Sales fell in nearly all segments, and China was the only region showing positive growth in capex.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>This presentation analyzes M&amp;A, vendor financing, private placements, and public offerings in telecom during 2Q09, along with the trend for the last six quarters, detailed by sector, geography, and deal size.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Capex and equipment market update: 1Q09</title>
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      <description>Wireline equipment sales fell 13% in 1Q09, with all segments down. There was strong capex growth in India, China, and South America, weak growth in Europe, and declines in North America and Asia-Pacific. Emerging markets will be key to growth in 2009.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Financial Deals Industry Insight - Telecommunications (1Q09)</title>
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      <description>This presentation analyzes M&amp;A, vendor financing, private placements, and public offerings in telecom during 1Q09, along with the trend for the last five quarters - detailed by sector, geography, and deal size - with a focus on key emerging markets.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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