Tellabs reported Q4 2005 revenue of $521 million, up 37% from $379 million in the fourth quarter of 2004. For the year 2005, Tellabs revenue totaled $1.9 billion, up 53% from $1.2 billion in 2004. Compared with the full revenues of Tellabs, AFC and Vinci Systems, revenue increased 16% for the fourth quarter of 2005 and 13% for the full year.
Tellabs earned $92 million or 20 cents per share in the fourth quarter of 2005 on a GAAP basis, compared with a year-ago net loss of $139 million or 32 cents per share.
- Transport — Revenue from transport systems totaled $170 million, up 8% from $157 million in the fourth quarter of 2004. For the full year, transport revenue was $638 million, up 7% from $598 million in 2004.
- Access — Revenue from access solutions totaled $180 million, up from $53 million in the fourth quarter of 2004. Compared with the full fourth-quarter 2004 access revenues of Tellabs, AFC and Vinci Systems, access revenue increased 46%. Access revenue for 2005 was $617 million, up from $53 million in 2004. Full-year 2005 access revenue was 29% higher than the full 2004 access revenues of Tellabs, AFC and Vinci Systems.
- Managed Access — Revenue from managed access systems was $91 million, down 19% from $112 million in the fourth quarter of 2004. Managed access revenue for 2005 was $365 million, up 10% from $331 million in 2004.
- Broadband Data — Revenue of broadband data products was $31 million, compared with $3 million in the fourth quarter of 2004. Full-year 2005 revenue in broadband data was $60 million, more than triple the 2004 year-end revenue of $17 million.
- Voice-Quality Enhancement — Revenue from voice-quality enhancement amounted to $6 million, versus $13 million in the fourth quarter of 2004. VQE revenue for the full year was $36 million, down from $75 million in 2004. Since Tellabs has incorporated voice-quality enhancement features into its transport products, in 2006 the company will include this revenue in the transport category.
- Services and Solutions-Services and solutions revenue was $44 million, up 8% from $40 million in the fourth quarter of 2004. Services revenue for 2005 totaled $167 million in 2005, up 6% over the 2004 total of $158 million.
“Customer demand for broadband wireless and fiber access continues to propel Tellabs’ growth,” said Krish A. Prabhu, Tellabs president and chief executive officer. “Tellabs is well-positioned to grow as our customers invest in upgrading their network infrastructure to handle the proliferation of broadband devices and multimedia Internet content.”http://www.tellabs.com
