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To: tajen who wrote (9984)10/13/1999 10:15:00 PM
From: Maverick  Respond to of 21876
 
ML sets target $83 for LU;Concerns over RAC overdone
10/8/99 Report, curr price $65 3/16
Highlights:
ú A supplier of components for Lucent/Ascend?s
remote access concentrator (RAC) products
recently announced an earnings shortfall. We
do not believe that this is a significant issue for
Lucent shareholders because of the following
reasons.
1. The RAC business is still relatively small, and
currently represents about 2% of Lucent?s
total revenues.
2. In our last data networking market share
report, we indicated that Lucent?s RAC
business increased by 37% in the June
quarter. However, our analysis also indicated
that Lucent?s share of this market had
decreased from 33% to 23% in last years June
quarter. We believe that this primarily reflects
an increased focus from competitors,
especially Cisco, in DSL and cable modem
RAC products, an area where Lucent/Ascend
is currently weak. Lucent has announced
several new initiatives in this area.
3. We believe Lucent is increasing its focus on
managing its balance sheet. The inventory
reductions are not a surprise because other
suppliers have experienced similar inventory
reductions by Lucent.

Lucent will report September quarter
earnings on October 26. We expect revenues
to increase by 20% to $10.3 billion with EPS
of $0.28 versus $0.21.
ú Our 12-18 month price of $83 is based on 50x
our Cal. 2000E EPS



To: tajen who wrote (9984)10/13/1999 10:22:00 PM
From: Maverick  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 21876
 
LU ranks 2nd in wireless infrastructure contract revenue in 18 mos ending 8/31/99
Vendor Scorecard by ML
Table 4: Number of Contracts by Vendor
18 months ending
8/31/98
18 months ending
8/31/99
Vendor Number of
Contracts
% of
Total
Number of
Contracts
% of
Total
Ericsson 133 24% 107 22%
Nortel 50 9% 69 14%
Motorola 109 19% 68 14%
Nokia 72 13% 68 14%
Lucent 34 6% 31 6%
Other 163 29% 150 30%
Total 561 100% 493 100%
Source: Company Announcements, Merrill Lynch Estimates

Table 5: Value of Contracts by Vendor
($ in millions)
18 months
ending 8/31/98
18 months
ending 8/31/99
Vendor Value of
Contracts
% of
Total
Value of
Contracts
% of
Total
Ericsson 10,196 25% 11,323 27%
Lucent 4,967 12% 6,433 15%
Nortel 4,855 12% 5,946 14%
Nokia 6,648 16% 5,512 13%
Motorola 7,165 18% 4,998 12%
Other 6,698 17% 7,326 18%
Total 40,529 100% 41,537 100%
Total Share 100 100 100 100 100
Source: Company Announcements, Merrill Lynch Estimates
Because of their strength in GSM technology, Nokia and
Ericsson dominate the European market, and also lead
activity in the Asia/Pacific region. Lucent and Nortel lead
in North America, while Ericsson and Nortel have had the
most success in Latin America.
Table 7: Contracts by Vendor by Region
Percentage of Contracts Announced Over 18 month period
ending 8/31/99
Vendor
Asia/
Pacific Europe
North
America
Latin
America Total
Ericsson 29 34 14 35 27
Lucent 4 1 37 12 16
Nortel 11 4 21 25 14
Nokia 22 30 2 2 13
Motorola 14 13 15 8 12
Other 20 18 10 19 18
Total Share 100 100 100 100 100
Source: Company Announcements, Merrill Lynch Estimates
n Summary
Table 8 shows a compilation of the five leading
infrastructure vendor?s contracts on a quarterly basis and a
running total of the prior 18 month market share. Lucent
has gained the most market share over the last 12 months
and Motorola has gained the most market share over the
past three months.
Table 9 lists some of the significant contracts that have
been announced in the past month.

Table 8: Wireless Scorecards
Value of Announced Wireless Infrastructure Contracts in the Preceding 3 Month Period ($ in millions)
% Share Over Preceding 18 Month Period
May-97 Aug-97 Nov-97 Feb-98 May-98 Aug-98 Nov-98 Feb-99 May-99 Aug-99
Ericsson 1,207 1,723 955 1,262 3,437 1,612 1,116 1,498 1,098 2,420
% share 27% 25% 27% 26% 26% 27%
Lucent 871 550 18 760 1,080 1,689 250 410 2,609 395
% share 10% 12% 12% 11% 17% 16%
Nortel 257 1,198 1,398 428 697 877 712 1,632 678 1,350
% share 13% 12% 14% 15% 13% 14%
Nokia 454 995 1,563 959 1,132 1,544 297 1,293 609 637
% share 16% 16% 17% 18% 15% 13%
Motorola 2,485 505 1,591 860 924 801 68 107 1,243 1,856
% share 20% 18% 13% 12% 10% 12%
Other 1,139 630 348 470 1,719 2,393 609 1,240 879 487
% share 14% 17% 17% 18% 19% 18%
Total 6,413 5,600 5,873 4,738 8,988 8,915 3,052 6,180 7,116 7,145
Source: Company Announcements, Merrill Lynch Estimates
Table 9: Major Wireless Infrastructure Contracts
August 1, 1999 through August 31, 1999
Country Operator Technology Vendor Size (Mln) Date Type
Argentina Telecom TDMA Ericsson $200 8/2/99 cellular/PCS
Argentina Telefonica TDMA Ericsson $200 8/2/99 cellular/PCS
Poland ERA-GSM GSM Siemens $85 8/2/99 cellular/PCS
China Eastcom GSM Motorola $370 8/2/99 cellular/PCS
Brazil Canbra Telefonica CDMA Nortel $250 8/16/99 access
Turkey Turkcell GSM Ericsson $550 8/16/99 cellular/PCS
China Guangdong Mobile GSM Ericsson $80 8/20/99 cellular/PCS
Canada Microcell GSM Ericsson $142 8/25/99 Cellular/PCS
USA AT&T TDMA Lucent $300 8/27/99 cellular/PCS
USA AT&T TDMA Nortel $250 8/27/99 cellular/PCS
China China Unicom GSM Ericsson $15 8/30/99 cellular/PCS
Brazil Mirror S.A CDMA Ericsson $200 8/31/99 access