Technology >> Sector Roundtables >> April 2, 2001

Roundtable Forum: Wireline Services / Clecs

ROBERT B. WILKES is a Vice President at Arnhold and S. Bleichroeder, Inc. Previously he was associated with Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. Mr. Wilkes received an AB from Yale and an MBA from Harvard. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst and a member of the AIMR and the NYSSA. Mr. Wilkes is married and has two children. In his free time he enjoys playing basketball, monitoring monetary policy and watching 'whodunits.' Profile
JOHN L. BAUER III is a Senior Vice President and Telecom1munications Analyst at Gerard Klauer Mattison & Co. He was previously associated with Duff Phelps, Oppenheimer & Co., Kidder Peabody & Co., Prudential Securities, Lehman Brothers and Fahnestock & Co. He has 18 years of Wall Street experience as an Analyst in the telecommunications and media sectors and his coverage universe consists of 15 Competitive Local Exchange Carriers. Mr. Bauer received a BA in Philosophy and MBA in Finance from Marquette University. Profile
GARY JACOBI is an Analyst covering Telecommunications Services at Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown, Inc. He was previously associated with Bear Stearns and Oppeheimer Funds. Mr. Jacobi came to Wall Street after spending approximately 15 years in the former Bell System. He will be joining the telecom equity research team headed by Jeff Hines, and he will be responsible for covering the large cap telecommunications companies. Mr. Jacobi received a BA in Economics, a BS in Management and an MBA from the State University of NY at Buffalo. Additionally, he has an MS in Finance from Baruch College, and is a member of the faculty at New York University's School of Continuing Education. Profile
CANNON CARR is an Executive Director and Senior Equity Analyst in CIBC World Markets' wireline telecom services group. He was previously associated with BancAmerica, Robert Stephens and Coopers & Lybrand Consulting's Telecom and Media Group. Mr. Carr received a BA from Princeton University and an MBA from Columbia Business School. Profile
TWST: Gary, let's define the sector that we're talking about. What do

you include in the coverage of wireline telecommunications services?

Mr. Jacobi: What I personally include are what we