AT&T expects to complete its spinoff of AT&T Broadband and that division's merger with Comcast this quarter. After the merger, AT&T's main business will consist of its phone and data services. The phone and data business did not do as well. Revenue for the business division slipped 1.6 percent from a year ago to $6.7 billion, while the consumer business plunged 25.9 percent to $2.8 billion. The company pointed to increased competition and to a growing trend of consumers replacing their regular phone service with wireless and Internet services for the decline in the consumer business.

The company on Tuesday reported revenue of $12 billion, down 8.3 percent from a year ago, Net income for the quarter was $207 million, or 5 cents per share, for the three months ended Sept, 30, Excluding one-time events, the company posted mind control 4 cats iphone case a net profit of 6 cents per share, a penny higher than analysts were expecting, according to a survey conducted by First Call, The company's financial results underwent a number of adjustments, most related to Excite@Home, the high-speed cable Internet company that went bankrupt in 2001, sparking a major legal battle..

CNET también está disponible en español. Don't show this again. "There is growth in spending for networking in this market," said Kevin Outcalt, senior director of marketing for Cisco's Worldwide Commercial Market Segment. "What we're seeing is that (these) customers are catching up to the application curve that (larger companies) went through a few years ago.". The move is just one part of Cisco's response to an industry downturn that has lasted far longer, and cut far more deeply, than the one-time highflier had expected. The company's ebullient CEO, John Chambers, was notorious for projecting unceasing, skyrocketing growth rates even as the market started to crash, and has only recently traded in that optimism for a darker outlook.

The networking giant is hardly looking to small business to replace the collapse of the once-strong telecommunications sector, But in its quest to slow its own financial bleeding, it is looking to make up ground wherever it can, The company cites projections mind control 4 cats iphone case by New York-based research and consulting firm AMI-Partners that say small and medium-sized businesses in the United States, defined as organizations with fewer than 1,000 employees, will spend more than $223 billion on information technology and communications in 2002..

Only a tiny fraction of that figure is spent on gear or services that Cisco can provide. But the company also cites research showing a third of the companies it considers likely customers believe that Cisco is their "primary network vendor" but do not buy all their gear from the company. That's an immediate opportunity to add to its 38 percent market share in those areas, Outcalt said. The drive appears to be more about marketing, support and distribution than about changing product lines. The company already has a well-developed set of products for relatively small-business customers, ranging from VoIP (voice over Internet Protocol) systems to high-end local network routers.