Industry Firsts, Enhanced Products, Portfolio Expansions, and Joint Ventures - Research Report on Alcatel Lucent, Harris, JDSU, EchoStar, and ADTRAN

NEW YORK, October 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

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Today, Analysts' Corner announced new research reports highlighting Alcatel Lucent SA (NYSE: ALU), Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS), JDS Uniphase Corporation (NASDAQ: JDSU), EchoStar Corporation (NASDAQ: SATS), and ADTRAN, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADTN). Today's readers may access these reports free of charge - including full price targets, industry analysis and analyst ratings - via the links below.

Alcatel Lucent SA Research Report

On October 1, 2013, Alcatel Lucent SA (Alcatel-Lucent) announced the creation of the CloudBand^[TM] Ecosystem Program, the first open community of service providers, developers, and vendors adopting Network Functions Virtualization (NFV). The Company noted that it expects the CloudBand Ecosystem Program to enable new carrier cloud business models, through accelerating service provider transition to NFV. The Company reported that the transition of service providers to NFV technology creates a flexible network infrastructure, enabling them to benefit from the agility, efficiency and economics of the cloud, while also allows them to offer cloud services at an expected level of performance and reliability. "Alcatel-Lucent is dedicated to helping service providers to advance quickly in the area of NFV. The CloudBand Ecosystem Program aims to do just that, providing a workspace where companies can access CloudBand and collaborate and learn from each other. This will help service providers adopt a completely new NFV operational model using services and solutions that have been developed with them and their customers' needs in mind," said Roy Amir, Vice President of Strategy & Ecosystem of CloudBand at Alcatel-Lucent. The Full Research Report on Alcatel Lucent SA - including full detailed breakdown, analyst ratings and price targets - is available to download free of charge at: [http://www.analystscorner.com/r/full_research_report/b021_ALU]

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Harris Corporation Research Report

On September 30, 2013, Harris Corporation (Harris) announced that it will host a conference call on October 29, 2013 at 8:30 a.m. ET, to discuss Q1 FY 2014 financial results. The Company announced that it will issue a press release detailing Q1 FY 2014 earnings at approximately 6:30 a.m. ET, on the same day. The Full Research Report on Harris Corporation - including full detailed breakdown, analyst ratings and price targets - is available to download free of charge at: [http://www.analystscorner.com/r/full_research_report/38f3_HRS]

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JDS Uniphase Corporation Research Report

On September 24, 2013, JDS Uniphase Corporation (JDSU) announced that its CellAdvisor JD740 series has started supporting LTE-Advanced, aggregating up to five component carriers and MIMO 4X. Aside from the implementation of LTE-Advanced, the Company noted that the key benefits of the enhanced JDSU CellAdvisor JD740 include advanced functionality via software upgrade and safer testing with remote troubleshooting. According to JDSU, it expects field activation to allow operators, equipment manufacturers, and contractors keep pace as LTE evolves, while their staff safely tests remote radio units mounted high above the ground. The Full Research Report on JDS Uniphase Corporation - including full detailed breakdown, analyst ratings and price targets - is available to download free of charge at: [http://www.analystscorner.com/r/full_research_report/f96e_JDSU]

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EchoStar Corporation Research Report

On October 1, 2013, EchoStar Corporation (EchoStar) and Vivendi announced that EchoStar Technologies LLC (EchoStar Technologies) and GVT, Vivendi's subsidiary, have entered into negotiations to form a joint venture for pay TV services in Brazil. The Companies further noted that the aim behind this joint venture is to be a leader in the fast growing Brazilian pay TV market, which would also benefit from the expected higher demand driven by the FIFA World Cup in 2014 and the Olympic Games in 2016. The Full Research Report on EchoStar Corporation - including full detailed breakdown, analyst ratings and price targets - is available to download free of charge at: [http://www.analystscorner.com/r/full_research_report/d089_SATS]

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ADTRAN, Inc. Research Report

On October 1, 2013, ADTRAN, Inc. (ADTRAN) announced an addition to its ultra-broadband portfolio, the Total Access® 5004. The Company reported that Total Access 5004 has been designed to address the limitations of small form-factor products, and it will provide separate data and control planes, carrier-class redundancy, complete non-blocking architecture, and the ability to scale to meet future needs. "The Total Access 5004 has the ability to address two key growing market segments over a common converged infrastructure: providing for success-based migration from FTTN to FTTH in underserved, remote markets while also delivering high-performance broadband, cloud and backhaul services in expanding metro markets," said Teresa Mastrangelo, Principal Analyst at Broadband Trends. "As our customers look to accelerate premium service delivery to Gigabit service levels over fiber or copper, ADTRAN is offering unmatched flexibility and scalability to help them achieve and exceed their deployment goals with a fresh approach. The Total Access 5004 with our Advanced Services Architecture really reinvents the game," added Darrell Brown, Director of Broadband Product Line Management at ADTRAN. The Full Research Report on ADTRAN, Inc. - including full detailed breakdown, analyst ratings and price targets - is available to download free of charge at: [http://www.analystscorner.com/r/full_research_report/a704_ADTN]

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