lt cap,
lol! And if it was a $20 bln contract, this stock would quickly
go belly up! I have a question, the answer to which may be, "Wait
and see", but I'd like to ask it anyway: Given the
pretty severe beating NOK seems to be geting, weeks after week,
will they have the solid hardware they need to turn this all around
and blossom when the time comes? That is,
is this just the ressult of Suri's inability to manage
expectations in a difficult environment (welcome to the Tom Fallon
clubl), or is their product line up at risk? (I'd think
multi-billion $ contracts would suggest that the hardware side
of it is fine - and the issues therein have been the costs of
upgrading legacy equipment.
Which leads me to a question about INFN, given that it, too, has
been on a long slide. Some months back, an analyst downgraded them,
saying that they didn't have
competitive hardware going into the 5g cycle, which I'd think is
about the worst situation a company could be in. Do you have any
line on their competitive status, hardware-wise?
I know that Suri cited 'pricing challenges', and that I assume
INFN's recent acquisition is to help strengthen/diversify their
offerings. But is product qualities an issue
at either/both companies going into the 5g cycle?