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- Pierre FerraguÊ
- Chris Hoare
- Jonathan Chaplin
Four killer insights from day one
We just wrapped up day one the Future-of-Connectivity conference that we host every year with BCG. We gleaned new insights into the risk of the broadband market getting more competitive, wireless market growth, what is driving the convergence imperative, and Lumen’s appetite for asset sales.
- Blair Levin
Supreme Court Hears Arguments on USF
Today, the Supreme Court heard arguments related to a challenge to the Universal Service Fund (USF) framework, potentially gutting the current system for how the FCC collects funds. In this note we provide background on the case, analyze the arguments, provide a map for how the Congress and FCC might respond, and how those responses might impact different parts of the sector.
- James Ratzer
- Russell Waller
M&A policy update – thoughts from Brussels and London with Pablo Asbo
It’s pretty clear that in-market M&A is a hot topic which we addressed in more detail in our recent sector M&A note. One of the reasons why speculation is rising about further deals is twofold we think: 1. Recent remedies in UK and Spain were non-intrusive in a historical context, making the deals attractive on a net basis; and 2. Politicians seem to be becoming more amenable to M&A, most notably Mario Draghi, and some are hoping that regulatory/legislative support will follow.
- Chris Hoare
Sarana Menara Nusantara (Buy, IDR 1,500, +156%) Q4 24 Quick Take: Supp...
Numbers were decent off its higher growth adjacent businesses where non-Tower contribution now stands at 33% of sales. While near-term tower headwind is anticipated now that the merger between XL and Smartfren is approved, TOWR’s exposure to FTTT and FTTH should act as support as telcos expand into the home broadband and into rural Indonesia.
- Jin Yoon
Kuaishou 4Q24 Results: AI Monetization to Further Inch up in 2025
What’s new: Kuaishou’s reported 4Q24 revs that were slightly below consensus and our expectations. OMS could further decelerate in 1Q partly due to tougher comps in gaming and continued traffic support to merchants. AI monetization could continue to inch up partly driven by a higher subscriber base for Kling AI. We up our PT from HKD60 to HKD70 on multiples rerating related to AI. Our updated PT of HKD70 implies 14.0x FY25E P/E. We maintain our BUY rating. Analysts: Jin Yoon
- Ben Rickett
- James Ratzer
United Internet (Neutral, €22, +17%) / 1&1 (Neutral, €14, -3%) 2025 gu...
1&1 and United Internet have issued disappointing 2025 guidance, ahead of their full year results on Thursday. In a competitive German market, 1&1 expects to see flat service revenue growth in 2025 and a further decline in EBITDA. In this brief note we run through the numbers.
- Jonathan Chaplin
- Jonathan Chaplin
AT&T in talks to buy Lumen fiber assets
Bloomberg reports that AT&T is in exclusive discussions to buy the fiber business for “more than $5.5BN”. We are not at all surprised that the deal is happening or that AT&T is the buyer. We are surprised by the price – it looks too low. Our quick thoughts in this brief note.
- Antoine Chkaiban
- Pierre FerraguÊ
ARC-AGI-2: Pushing the measure of intelligence beyond test-time comput...
The ARC team has announced ARC-AGI-2 and published initial benchmarking results, after ARC-AGI-1 got saturated by o3. The race to AGI is reset. Fascinating. For what all investors need to understand about the most important benchmark of the industry, summarized on a single slide, see the attached article.
- Pierre FerraguÊ
- Pierre FerraguÊ
AI infrastructure growth, 2024-2027: Who wins inside the chip?
Nvidia’s updated GPU roadmap provided some good visibility on how the macro-architecture of GPUs will evolve until 2027. To see the implications for key players supplying the chips’ bill of material, summarized on a single slide, see the article attached.
- Russell Waller
- Russell Waller
- Pierre FerraguÊ
- Blair Levin
What Does Carr’s DEI Merger Ban Mean for TMUS, Media and Other Deals
Immediately after the election, investors were excited about the prospect of easier government approvals of transactions. However, as we have previously discussed, that is not the way the review process is working out. A further indication of the transaction barriers came up over the weekend, as multiple articles appeared stating that FCC Chair Carr would block any deal that requires FCC approval where a party has a DEI program. We have previously written about how Carr’s view on DEI would app...
- Pierre FerraguÊ
Do you believe in magic? The #1 question to ask CoreWeave before consi...
CoreWeave adopted an unusual accounting approach in the S-1 they recently filed: accounting for infrastructure depreciation in OPEX, as “IT infrastructure costs”. This presents the benefit of boasting a Software-like gross margin (obviously, cloud without paying for hardware is like software…), but also the inconvenient of potentially misleading investors about the company’s ability to reach profitability
- Pierre FerraguÊ
The Tech Infrastructure Quarterly Bible 4Q24
We publish today our comprehensive quarterly bible: 240 pages of detailed analyses on what happened in the last 3 months, and how we interpret it, in light of our current convictions. The first section acts as a PM summary, outlining our key findings, and latest thoughts on the semi cycle, in 6 slides.
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NVDA NVIDIA CORPORATION
LRCX LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION
NOKIA NOKIA OYJ
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SOI SOITEC SA
CSCO CISCO SYSTEMS INC.
ASML ASML HOLDING NV
MBLY MOBILEYE NV
AMD ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC.
AAPL APPLE INC.
MSFT MICROSOFT CORPORATION
AVGO BROADCOM INC.
IFX INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
TXG 10X GENOMICS INC CLASS A
ERIC.B ERICSSON
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ARM ARM HOLDINGS PLC
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