EarthLink: Strategic Corporate Assessment

Introduction

EarthLink, with a new strategy, intends to stabilize its core businesses and focus on growing business of voice over internet protocol and municipal networks. However, HELIO, EarthLink's diversification initiative, still incurred losses.

Scope

• Contains corporate strategy, value chain presence and SWOT Analysis
• Provides detailed business description, segment analysis, 5-year financial trends, key products and key competitors
• Includes information on suppliers/ partners, shareholding structure and key employees with biographies

Highlights

• EarthLink is a provider of total communications services in the US. Its service offerings include narrowband and broadband access services to customers and business organizations, web hosting and advertising and related value added services.
• EarthLink manages its revenue though a single operating segment of IP-based access and communication services. Communication services account for 98% of the company's total revenues and the rest of the revenues are generated from the sale of equipment. EarthLink operates entirely in the US.
• EarthLink's broadband revenues have grown by 27% over the previous year. Increasing competition and diversification of large media and telecommunication companies into internet services are increasing the subscriber acquisition cost, affecting the margins and market share of the company.

Reasons to Purchase

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• Understand company's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats along with business strategy and value chain
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