The global recession has taken a toll on Microsoft, causing it to post a decline in revenues for the first time in its 23-year history as a public company. The vendor will likely struggle for another couple of quarters, but economic recovery (albeit slow) combined with new product releases mean that revenues aren't likely to fall any further. More broadly, Microsoft's financial strength, worldwide presence and ongoing R&D investments give it a very sound foundation. Its cloud initiatives, its 'software plus services' strategy and its promising partnership with Yahoo should also help drive growth over the next few years.
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Report Table of Contents:
Executive summary
In a nutshell
Ovum view
SWOT analysis
Strengths
Weaknesses
Opportunities
Threats
External conditions
Competitive environment
Strategy
Strategic objectives
Loss of monopoly in Qatar
Indosat
Broadband services and Wi-Tribe
Managed services
Qtel International
Operational analysis
Future outlook
Company information
Organisation:
Financial highlights
Segmental financial analysis
List of Tables
Table 1: Qtel Subscribers by country
Table 2: Qtel financial highlights
Table 3: Qtel 3Q segmental revenue comparison
Table 4: Qtel 3Q segmental EBITDA and EBITDA margin comparison
List of Figures
Figure 1: Qtel structure
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