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Alcatel-Lucent may get a break in Mississippi.
Alcatel-Lucent has inked a 4G LTE deal with regional U.S. wireless provider C Spire Wireless, which will tap ALU to build and deploy the $60 million initial phase of the high-speed mobile broadband network.
The network will cover 20 Mississippi markets beginning in September, accounting for 2,700 square miles, a population of 1.2 million and more than 360 cell sites. The new service will provide four out of every ten consumers and businesses in Mississippi with wireless data speeds up to 10 times faster than today, allowing C Spire to become the first provider to make 4G widely available in the state.
C Spire is using ALU's end-to-end 4G LTE infrastructure, including base stations, IP mobile backhaul for 4G LTE and existing 3G CDMA traffic, Wireless Packet Core (WPC) and a complete IMS network core, which will allow C Spire to develop and offer an increasingly rich portfolio of advanced IP-based services, such as Voice-over-LTE (VoLTE),
"In addition to the IMS core, we'll be using state-of-the-art design and solutions, such as fiber and Ethernet backhaul, at every site and the latest Remote Radio Head (RRH) and four-branch diversity receiver technology for the base stations," said Eric Hollingsworth, vice president of network operations for C Spire. "These innovative approaches will help us maximize speed and coverage and provide our customers with a network experience that they expect from our company."
Alcatel-Lucent is home to Bell Labs, one of the world's foremost research centers and responsible for technology breakthroughs that have transformed the networking and communications industries, including wireless innovations with its groundbreaking product family, lightRadio. As part of the relationship and collaboration with C Spire, Alcatel-Lucent also is providing a complete portfolio of professional and network integration services.
http://www.vision2mobile.com/news/2012/07/alu-nabs-60m-4g-lte-contract-in-mississippi.aspx
This is good for the company cause it gets to show off what it can do. That is exactly what we need. If Alcatel can prove to everyone that they can deliver high quality products compared to their competitors more customers will want to do business with them.
Their may be hope for us yet.
Sprint and Clearwire were and still are in much worse shape than Alcatel Lucent. Yet they seem to be doing pretty good with investors now. The problem with Alcatel is that there are a lot of people shorting it.
A lot of people don't like it because its situated in France. So I guess they prefer Huawei because its Communist instead of Socialist lol.
That is exactly what we needed a white knight to come in and keep this stock from being smashed into the rocks. I now feel a lot more comfortable with this stock and since it survived today's bear market without becoming a penny stock. I feel even more confident now. I am going to start buying again here at this price. It looks like things are getting better here and if earnings are good in the next quarter the bears are going to run for the hills and we have ourselves a ten bagger here. This company really is good and the market is really over reacting in my opinion.
I think we have finally seen the bottom here in this stock. Things should get a lot better from here on.
Thank you Jesus finally my gut instinct wasn't smashed into the rocks.
I was confident right up until I saw this stock sink so much today. At that moment I panicked and went out to buy puts to offset my losses just in case. After all if so many people are selling they must know something I don't know. Especially after the shellacking I got with alcatel lucent another stock I had a really good gut instinct about.
Beleive it or not I don't like to gamble. I always do my due diligence and I do it very carefully. As a matter of fact I still believe in alcatel lucent but I believe I got the timing wrong. Anyway I got smashed so I was afraid that the same was going to happen to me today with this stock.
Anyway I couldn't buy options without filling out a form and I was out of time. Thank God that this stock came out winning today. I would have been devastated had I been wrong. I learned my lesson I better get that options form in before I really get smashed in this bear market.
I wouldn't count on it. Insiders only buy for one reason only. Especially before an earnings release.
http://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/aig/insideractions
If earnings are really good then we may even see another cup and handle around that 50 dollar range.
http://finviz.com/quote.ashx?t=AIG&ty=c&ta=0&p=w
I also plan to buy more if it hits one dollar or less. I do believe in this company and I am almost positive that they are making money. My only concern is that the company may try to pull a stunt by declaring bankruptcy so they can destroy all those pensions that they currently owe their employees. I don't think they will do it but you never know. The way a lot of these companies have been acting in the last few years anything is possible.
You can easily see in the charts that this stock has been clearly oversold. The problem is that it has way too many bears out there who want to destroy this company. This company has money which I wouldn't be surprised if they were hiding it in the Cayman Islands. I mean you don't have contracts with AT&T, Verizon, Sprint etc. and not make money.
If this company does declare bankruptcy I am filing a complaint with the SEC. I hope we get a bounce cause we really need one.
I'm buying it in small increments. The only time I use charts is when there is a clear indication of a move. Like for AIG it had a cup and handle and it may just form another one. Other than that I try to buy companies that I believe are in good standing like this one in small increments. Its not easy cause you are tempted to buy a lot sometimes. But like everything else it takes patience and practice.
I have not bought anything since it dipped after the earnings conference. I am waiting for a down day. Stocks that have been beaten down badly like this one get hit really hard when there is sell off in the market. That is when I will buy a lot more. It looks like some people are trying to push it down to a dollar. So they may just pull it off on a really down day. That is when I will jump in and buy. With Europe on the radar and an SEC sleeping at the helm its bound to happen from time to time.
This company is in a transition.
Telecom Companies are dumping the old technology that used to make money for Alcatel Lucent for its new technology (lightradio). There will probably be more pain for us but look on the bright side we can't really lose a lot more since the price is so cheap. This company has raised up cash cause they need it for the transition to lightradio and other new technologies.
I believe this company is going to make money for those of us who are willing to deal with a little pain right now. You can always dump the stock and buy it later. The problem is that you never know when someone with a lot of money is going to realize the potential of this company. By that time. Its too late and you have to buy it at a much higher price.
I don't wanna take a chance and buy this stock at a much higher price. So I am just going to keep buying it on the dip. I am buying a little at a time until I think its hit bottom. You know the old saying no pain no gain.
Here is exactly what is going on with this company. I believe its only temporary and that the good things are on the way.
Alcatel-Lucent revenue analysis for Q1 2012
Fishy smell stinking up this stock.
I find it very odd that this company did not make a lot of money in the first quarter.
First the ceo was bragging about all the money he was making then the stock went down big time and nothing. No news no nothing it just smelled very fishy and funny to me. There was no news and except for a few blow hearts that were spewing garbage. There was nothing that would indicate that this quarter was going to be a bad one.
I keep hearing how wireless is really not making a lot of money but every single tablet and cell phone I see out there is selling out. Oh and this thing about (ALU) losing out to its competitors is a little hard for me to believe.
[Verizon Wireless Press Release] Alcatel-Lucent and Verizon Wireless showcase connected retail experience using mobile commerce at CES 2012
Alcatel-Lucent selected by AT&T as IP/MPLS/Ethernet/Evolved Packet Core Domain equipment supplier
Because of this I am neither buying nor selling until I know what is really going on.
I am not selling or buying for now. I have a bad feeling this is going to become a penny stock. There are a lot of people out there who want to destroy this company and now they have the chance to do it.
The good news is that they are paying off their debt. I heard it on the conference call. Unfortunately it came at the price of giving us lower margins. I hope this doesn't turn into a penny stock but if it does I am buying another 10 thousand.
Believe it or not I still have hope for this company. Who knows someone may just buy it up.
I already have 10 thousand and I was going to buy more but I think it will probably double dip. So I am going to set up a limit order for a couple of a thousand more stocks tomorrow, hoping to get a really good deal before the earnings come out on Thursday.
That is exactly what the bears want you to do. I have 10 thousand shares and if this price goes any lower I am buying more. This company is sound but its competitors sure wanna see it go away for a reason.
This company competes with many other companies out there so I can see why some hedge fund managers like Jim Cramer would love to see this company go into bankruptcy. This company is good for 5 years and they are getting a whole bunch of new contracts. So don't be surprised to see the stock go down even if the earnings are good on Thursday.
Until a white knight fund manager comes in and swoops away the bears this stock is going to have trouble. This usually happens with value stocks. Their fundamentals are good but some evil fund managers want to see it collapse and with their hidden offshore accounts they can cause a lot of damage.
Sooner or later this company will become too good to ignore and that is when you make the money on a stock.
I know what article you are talking about. That is simply not true and he is only responding to the fact that I told him off on the other article he posted. In other words he is a bear pig who is out of line and he wants to destroy this company. I wouldn't listen to that guy.
http://seekingalpha.com/article/491281-why-alcatel-lucent-does-not-look-like-it-will-grow-this-year#comment-4349511
I can post hundreds of articles here that will prove him wrong but why bother. If anyone wants to see this companies potential they can and should do their own due diligence.
BTW
I just bought another 2000 stocks after picking a fight with those bear pigs. You know the old saying. Bulls make money, bears make money and those Bear Pigs are going to get slaughtered.
Thank you finally someone I can totally agree with. I am sure this company is going to reach 10 dollars and more. With all of those shorts out there and the company doing a fantastic job. This stock is headed for an outbreak.
Alcatel-Lucent has been hiring, they have been getting a bunch of new contracts and best of all they plan to report their earnings before the bell opens. All of that indicates a really good chance that they are going to beat analysts expectations.
There have been a lot of rumors out there that Lucent plans to liquidate its shares. That is simply not true. From what I read it sounds like they plan on buying back shares from the market. Which I think they should cause its just so cheap.
Anyway once this stock starts to go up the shorts are going to panic and this thing is going to gap up big time.
That's because of those short sellers. Jim Cramer is one shorting this stock because he is afraid that lightradio is going to ruin sba communication's earnings. I wouldn't worry about this short selling, as a matter of fact I am buying on the dip. I am also taunting the bears to get them to lower the stock some more so I can buy even more. Sooner or later some fund manager is going to take notice of this stock and all of those bears will be forced to buy for cover. There are over 20 million people shorting this stock so when the bears finally take over all of those bears will have to buy to cover or risk losing a hell of a lot of money. That can even push this stock up to 10 dollars.
http://247wallst.com/2012/04/12/short-interest-changes-in-cult-stocks-controversial-stocks-alu-bac-dndn-dmnd-fslr-gmcr-hgsi-lnkd-nflx-rsh-rimm-siri/
A lot of people with a lot of money are shorting this stock. I believe they have a vendetta and are doing their best to bankrupt this company. Lightradio scares the hell out of them since most of them are heavily invested in those old cell towers that cannot compete with Lucent's new technology. So they most likely have people out there shorting (ALU) hoping to bankrupt the company before Lightradio is implemented. Personally I think they are too late and its just not going to work. I have been taunting those bears on twitter and stocktwits lol.
I have proof of this right here.
Alcatel Lucent S.A. (NYSE: ALU) short selling rose almost 4% to 21.33 million shares.
http://247wallst.com/2012/04/12/short-interest-changes-in-cult-stocks-controversial-stocks-alu-bac-dndn-dmnd-fslr-gmcr-hgsi-lnkd-nflx-rsh-rimm-siri/
I am not worried about this as a matter of fact I plan on buying more when the price goes down. That is one reason why I keep taunting the bears. The bears did the same thing with Melcro Crown the Casino stock but that stock pulled ahead and forced the bears to buy to cover or risk losing everything.
I believe this stock is going up to 7 dollars. Especially if (ALU) shows some strong earnings on April 26.
This guy Tim is most likely shorting the stock so he has a vested interest in bringing it down. Either that or he is heavily invested in Alcatel-Lucent's competitors. This company is huge and it has so much going for it. Yes the debt looks really high now because so many people dumped the stock. So of course the company is heavily indebted. But they are working hard to get rid of that debt and yes they are restructuring.
This company is way ahead of its competitors when it comes to technological breakthroughs. Any country that wants to move ahead into the future would rather buy their products over its competitors. So in my opinion this company is a jewel at this price.
Just about every stock on Wall Street would be in debt up to its eyeballs if everyone was to cash in their stocks all at once like they did with ALU. Once this company starts operating with a positive cash flow and starts paying off its debt everyone will flock in. So I wanna get in at the bottom before main stream investors jump in. Look at AIG who would have thought that they could make a come back.
You're welcome. I think everyone has the right to know what is going on. Yes I put my money where my mouth is in Lucent and I was wondering what was going on with this stock. When I saw Cramer trashing it and promoting its competitor I knew right away that he was shorting it. Cramer has stated many times on his show that you should not trust anyone yes this includes him. So I am taking his advice I don't trust him with Alcatel Lucent.
I have been following this stock for a while now. I have seen the conference calls and I have done extensive research even including the competition. Which is why I put so much money into this stock. If you Google "Alcatel Lucent" and press the news section you will see what I mean.
Buy this stock while Jim Cramer shorts it.
Did you see tonight's show. He had someone call him in and ask about Alcatel-Lucent. He then got real angry and trashed it real hard like someone who really hates it. Then after the commercial he promotes that SBAC stock. Which by the way happens to be its competior.
I only have one thing to say about this. Big SBAC tower, big fluffy tower. Where's the spectrum lol? Lightradio fits in the palm of your hand and does a better job than that behemoth tower Jim Cramer wants you to buy. I know where he has been putting his money now!
I highly recommend buying this stock now while Jim Cramer shorts it. Its a steal at this price.
Operators ‘ready to try’ Bell Labs’ cubes in small-cell LTE, says Alcatel-Lucent's Marcus Weldon
20 March 2012
http://www.globaltelecomsbusiness.com/Article/2998474/Regions/25190/Operators-ready-to-try-Bell-Labs-cubes-in-small-cell-LTE-says-Alcatel-Lucents-Marcus-Weldon.html
Small cells are essential for mobile broadband networks to make the best use of available spectrum, says Alcatel-Lucent corporate CTO Marcus Weldon — and that’s why seven operators are trying the company’s lightRadio cubes
Seven operators are trying out Alcatel-Lucent’s small-cell lightRadio technology and the units are about to go into production to deliver 3G and LTE services.
Small cell technology, says the company’s corporate CTO Marcus Weldon, is about to create renovation — “no, a revolution more than a renovation” — in the industry. Small cells, each with a range of just 100 metres or so, are the answer to the mobile broadband industry’s spectrum crisis, he adds.
It’s an understanding that has spread across the industry in the past year or so, as operators are faced with rapid take-up of mobile data that makes service virtually inaccessible at times in certain areas: the centre of Manhattan, for example, or in sports stadiums when 80,000 people all want to check results of other matches at the same time.
Alcatel-Lucent launched its lightRadio idea at Mobile World Congress in 2011, when visitors looked askance at the company’s tiny cube, a few centimetres across on each side. “Last year people thought it was a nice concept but there was scepticism. But this year at Mobile World Congress we demonstrated it working with Telefónica,” says Weldon. “The reaction you get when people see the potential in this small box is just completely different.”
Telefónica is one of the seven companies that are working with the vendor on its small-cell system. Others include China Mobile and Verizon Wireless, plus Etisalat and Brazilian operator Oi. And two more “that won’t let us mention their names”, he says.
Small cells “provide capacity, not coverage”, he adds. “When you get small cells you solve a capacity problem. That’s when the magic is possible.”
Conventional cells cover an area a kilometre or more across in city centres — much more in rural areas. Advocates of small cells talk of operating ranges of maybe only 50 metres outdoors, and even less inside buildings.
Running out of spectrum
Why are they needed? Because we’re running out of spectrum, says Weldon, who is also a member of Alcatel-Lucent’s Bell Laboratories. He trained as a chemist — with computer science — but joined Bell Labs in 1995, just before it was spun off from AT&T, which had created the R&D powerhouse, into Lucent Technologies. For most of his career at Bell Labs, he’s championed fixed broadband, over copper or fibre. Today, he’s singing the praises of new radio technology.
But radio has its limits. LTE gives about a 30% capacity increase over 3G in the amount of data it can handle, he estimated. Enhance LTE by reducing interference and other clever techniques and you get another 30% increase.
Eventually “you might get a factor of two or three”, but demand is rising so fast “that we’re talking about a factor of 30”, he says. Spectrum left vacant by the end of analogue TV “gives you a year” of growth in demand. “The only way to buy the future is with small cells — spatial reuse.”
In a way, that’s just what cellular systems did when Martin Cooper invented the technology at Motorola in the 1970s: frequencies can be used over and over again by different base stations. But base stations then covered whole city centres. (By the way, Cooper’s first cellular call, in April 1973, was to the then research director of Bell Labs, Joel Engel.)
Almost four decades later, the industry has widely accepted it needs to use small cells so that spectrum can be used every few metres instead of every few kilometres. And lightRadio is Alcatel-Lucent’s offering to the small cell market.
The company needs it. Worldwide it is fourth in the cellular infrastructure market, behind Ericsson, Huawei and Nokia Siemens Networks, and many question why the company stays in the business rather than sell up to one of the others. Ben Verwaayen, the CEO of the company, is believed to be resolute that the company should stay in the business.
That seems to make lightRadio’s cubes vital to Alcatel-Lucent’s future in the business. They are more that picocells and femtocells, technology that has been promoted for years but have never really taken off.
Alcatel Lucent needs at least one year of profitability before the fund managers and the Institutions will notice it. I think by the end of this year this stock will probably take off. In the mean time I'll just keep buying it. When I have the money that is.
ALU Value
Alcatel Lucent is a value stock with a lot of potential to grow big time. Most of the fund managers and Institutional investors are looking for both value and consistent growth. This is the first time that Alcatel Lucent actually turned a profit since the merger. So this stock is not going to show up on Wall Streets radar until its fundamentals improve. Which it will.
Here is what I think happened. Lucent spent a lot of money on Research and Development which caused it to borrow a lot. Those who saw the debt go up, panicked and ran away. Now Lucent is actually starting to implement those products which they spent so much money on. Let me tell you its pretty good. IMO they are the answer to this "Spectrum Crunch" which everyone is talking about. Their lightradio is the answer to what ails the whole telecom industry.
I bought 8 thousand stocks already and I plan to buy even more so if the price goes down its better for me lol. If you watch the conference call you will see what I mean. Also check out what the White House has to say about this spectrum crunch then look at what Alcatel is selling. You can easily see what is going to happen. If you own this stock don't give up this company has been around for years. Its not really going anywhere but up in my opinion.
I believe it. It sure sounds like someone with a lot of money decided to short the stock. Stevia is like an artificial sweeteners worse enemy.
I used to own ECU Silver until I noticed that Golden minerals was taking them over. I dumped the stocks and bought the Golden Mineral ones instead. Is this company going anywhere or should I sell the stock?
I got out when I heard about Italy. I am not coming back except for a Nasdaq etf and Chesapeake Energy. If the market goes south its a lot easier to control 2 stocks rather then 100.
If the market stabilizes I will buy this stock again only if the price is worth it. For now I have no intention of owning more than 2 stocks.
High risk but worth it in my opinion.
There is not a lot of info out there on penny and OTC stocks. But this company has filed with the SEC which shows commitment. I have bought a thousand shares and plan on buying more if the company does well.
I am aware of the risk but the company does seem sound to me. I believe that if it does well in the summer then the stock price should go up by a lot.
I agree with you. I plan on buying more metals and mining stocks. They are really cheap at these prices. So they only have one way to go. That is up.
This is coming back up. Cargill and Truvia buy stevia from them. Now they have a patent and the Government of China is helping them out. This company may not have had a positive eps but that was because it was investing a lot of it rather than paying off its debt. That is OK cause it has only made this a bigger company.
They should start making money now. Another problem is that its a Chinese stock so as with all Chinese stocks. There is a lot of shorting going on but I think it will stop soon. I use Stevia every day and I have to admit its a product that is well worth its weight. I plan on buying even more at these low prices. I bought another 200 shares and if the price goes down further I am buying even more.
I agree that its going to be great for both companies. But not necessarily so for us investors. The problem is according to this article. We the investors are going to get screwed.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/golden-minerals-company-and-ecu-silver-mining-inc-announce-merger-of-equals-creating-a-new-growing-silver-mining-company-2011-06-24?reflink=MW_news_stmp " rel="nofollow" target="_blank" >http://www.marketwatch.com/story/golden-minerals-company-and-ecu-silver-mining-inc-announce-merger-of-equals-creating-a-new-growing-silver-mining-company-2011-06-24?reflink=MW_news_stmp