1.   Analysts ascribed the dips in large part to collateral damage from other telecom equipment makers missing their earnings estimates.

2.   He came to BellSouth less than a year ago after being laid off from telecom equipment maker Lucent, which had an operation in Norcross, Ga.

3.   Ninety percent declines in share prices from the boom-day peaks are common for telecom gear makers and service providers.

4.   Newbridge, as well as fellow telecom maker Northern Telecom Ltd., should now reap the benefits from new products like ATM, analysts said.

5.   Seagate Technology Inc., a maker of computer data storage devices, and telecom equipment maker Cabletron Systems Inc. warned of weaker-than-expected earnings.

6.   So telecom equipment makers that can weather the storm today will be the beneficiaries tomorrow.

7.   Telecom shares dropped on Friday after Cascade Communications Corp., another telecom equipment maker, reported slower revenue growth along with surprisingly strong earnings.

8.   Telecoms equipment makers were hoping to do well out of orders from private operators.

9.   The stock dropped Friday after Cascade Communications Corp., another telecom equipment maker, reported slower revenue growth along with surprisingly strong earnings.

10.   A warning from British telecom equipment maker Marconi also pulled stocks lower as Wall Street worried about a slumping demand from abroad.