黑暗即将过去

[胡说之]

Nortel宣布03年第一季度盈余US$51 million.

 

[colonel]

big hand

 

[oread]

未必。仔细看看这盈利是如何来的：

Net earnings in the quarter included
US$190 million of net earnings from discontinued operations ? net of tax, US$134 million of special charges for restructuring and an aggregate US$36 million (net of tax) for the amortization of acquired technology and deferred stock option compensation associated with acquisitions. The company’s reported results also included approximately US$80 million of favorable impacts associated with reductions in accruals principally related to: the wind-down of integration activities of previously acquired companies, operations originally structured as joint ventures, and miscellaneous tax matters; which were more than offset by costs related to the return to profitability bonus plan for employees and stock-based compensation expense.

source: http://www.nortelnetworks.com/corporate/news/newsreleases/2003b/04_24_03_q1_earnings.html

 

[imported_test]

Ericsson Posts Wider 1Q Loss, Set to Cut 7,000 More Jobs
http://biz.yahoo.com/djus/030429/0401000770_1.html

a lony way to go, buddy!

 

[胡说之]

开源无术的话,节流有方也行.

Nortel几个重大失误里就有"胡乱收购公司"一条.2000年,Nortel斥资四亿美元收购了作网络管理的archietel(拼写可能有误),为了弥补其大而全的产品线的一个薄弱环节.当时在其管理层内部就有不同意见.利用其内部的分歧,当时我所在的公司从Nortel拿了一个两千万美元的合同,我们group七个桶子,用四个月的时间做出了archietel想为nortel做的东西.(如果nortel把四个亿花在我们身上,我老人家现在就能退休在家享清福了.)

所以我坚决拥护nortel公司领导的英明决定,象archietel这样的盲肠,没有必要做integration,一刀剁掉算了,给公司省点银子.

 

[oread]

关键是能节流的地方有限。前景还是不乐观。

 

[Caohaoying]

But Ericsson going to cut more than 55,000 jobs.
Maybe this is just the beginning of the downturn of telecom.
Now EE master(new graduate) is paid less than 40,000 a year.