Alcatel-Lucent: Time To Buy Or Flee?

By Brian Nichols:Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) is a communications equipment company that operates in three segments in approximately 130 countries. Its segments include: networks, applications, and services that each assist its partners in mobile, Internet Protocol, optics, and research among others.

By Emerging Growth:France-based company Alcatel Lucent SA (NYSE: ALU), proposes solutions that are used by businesses, providers and governments across the world and offers data, video and voice services to customers of its own. Apart from this, Alcatel is also involved in fixed line, mobile and Internet Protocol services and applications. The company also operates in the optics technology field.

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By George Kesarios:As reported today by the Wall Street Journal: Alcatel-Lucent SA has secured a €1.6 billion ($2.1 billion) debt financing deal with banks that the money-losing telecom-equipment company hopes will buy enough time to return the company to profitability, according to people familiar with the matter.

Jim Van Meerten submits: Virgin Media (VMED) is a broadband communications and media group. The company through its subsidiaries, provides entertainment and communications services in the United Kingdom. They have 3 segments: Consumer, Business, and Content.

By Bargain Bin:Alcatel-Lucent (ALU), the troubled telecom equipment manufacturer, has been the subject of bankruptcy rumors as of late.

By Dividend Kings:Austerity trends have arrived for companies in the Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) business. Weak demand for network equipment and rising competition plagues the sector. The effects of declining demand in North America for network gear that runs on CDMA have been terrible. The entire sector is weak, but some companies are more vulnerable than others.

By Bret Jensen:The fourth quarter is traditionally the strongest for the tech sector. One sector that should benefit is the chip makers, which have been beaten up this year. I agree with Cramer that Broadcom (BRCM) is a buy in this space.