YOUR TAKE

When will the telecom equipment space see large mergers of major vendors? Telephony readers overwhelmingly envision the second half of 2006 as a time of megamergers among major equipment vendors. So high are their hopes for that particular six-month spread, in fact, that they deemed consolidation in any other period to be — at best — as likely as no consolidation at all.

When will the telecom equipment space see large mergers of major vendors?

Second half of 2005 — 5%

First half of 2006 — 17%

Second half of 2006 — 48%

2007 or later — 11%

Never — 17%