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Avaya
(NYSE: AV)
USA
The 3.1 million soccer fans attending the FIFA 2006 World Cup games in Germany might not have heard of U.S. telecom equipment maker Avaya, but they won't help but take notice of the up-and-comer. A Lucent spinoff, Avaya built the combined Internet and phone network for the games and spent $100 million as a long-term sponsor. Just six years on its own, Avaya, which pulled $963 million in profits on just over $5 billion in sales last year, is in prime position snap up competitors as the industry consolidates. The company is the leading player in the emerging market that combines voice and data networks, providing the hardware, software, and maintaining IT telephony systems across the globe. German soccer fans, in fact, may be hearing a lot more of Avaya after the games. The company is rumored to be in talks to buy its significantly bigger and more diverse rival in Germany, Siemens.
Company Info |
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| 2005 Rank | Not Ranked |
| Sales* ($ Millions) | 5,019.0 |
| Sales Growth (over prev. year) |
12 % |
| Profits* ($ Millions) | 963.0 |
| Return on Equity | 50.4 % |
| Total Return on Sales (12-mo.) | 29.1 |
| Share Price As of 5/31/06 | 11.81 |
| CURRENT MARKET INFO | NYSE: AV |
| No. of Employees | 18,107 |
| Industry | Communications Equipment |
| COMPANY WEB SITE > | |
*Trailing 12 months
Stock price data as of 5/31/06
DATA: Standard & Poor's Compustat
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Company Snapshot
Avaya provides communication systems, applications, and services. The company operates in two segments, Global Communications Solutions and Avaya Global Services. The Global Communications Solutions segment provides Internet protocol (IP) telephony offerings, such as Communication Manager, a voice application software; media servers; media gateways; a suite of management tools to support voice and data network infrastructures; Avaya Extension to Cellular solution; Session Initiation Protocol enablement services solution; and an Application Enablement platform that allows enterprises and call centers to combine various applications to the telephony and call center infrastructure. It also offers enterprise communications applications; hardware systems and software applications for customer contact centers; unified communications; a line of digital and IP devices and in-building wireless handsets, and software that extend the reach of enterprise communications by residing on alternative devices. In addition, the segment provides Communication Server Integral, traditional voice systems, and Avaya IP Office to deliver converged voice and data communications solutions. The Avaya Global Services segment provides business communications strategy development and planning, applications design and integration, migrating to IP, securing communications networks and ensuring continuity, day-to-day communications support and network monitoring, and managing business communications solutions. The company serves enterprises operating in financial, manufacturing, media and communications, professional services, health care, education, and governmental industries through distributors, dealers, value-added resellers, telecommunications service providers and system integrators worldwide. Avaya was incorporated under the name Lucent EN in February, 2000, and changed its name to Avaya in June, 2000. The company is headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J.
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