Juniper Networks Inc reported first-quarter profit of $91.4 million.  Net income came in at 23 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for stock option expense and non-recurring costs, came to 37 cents per share.  That was 2 cents less than the average Wall Street estimate. Revenues came in at $1.1 billion in the period, slightly short […]

Do you have old telecom circuits boards sitting in your warehouse?  Old Cisco, Juniper, Nortel, Ciena, Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, Nokia circuit boards – stuff that you know you will never be able to sell.  It’s just cluttering up your warehouse, and taking room from stuff that you should be stocking.  Now is the time that you […]

The Communication Workers of America have announced a strike deadline of tomorrow at telecommunications provider Verizon Communications Inc.  Nearly 40,000 workers could be walking off at 6am. “We’re standing up for working families and standing up to Verizon’s corporate greed,” said CWA District 1 Vice President Dennis Trainor. “If a hugely profitable corporation like Verizon […]

In January, Juniper Networks announced the acquisition of Ottawa-based optical equipment vendor BTI Systems.  This week, Juniper announced the completion of the acquisition. Jonathan Davidson, executive vice president and general manager, Juniper Development and Innovation, outlined his vision for the acquisition in one of his blog entries.  If we can believe the strategic direction that […]

Dell’Oro Group, the Communication Infrastructure market research firm, forecasts that worldwide telco capex to decline 6% in constant currency terms in 2016. The sharpest declines are forecast for China and Europe. Telecommunication equipment vendors may have a tough time meeting their sales quota for this year.  They are in a quandary. But what about the […]