Back in August 2022, Light Reading published a column called "Thanks guys, great quarter," assessing how many women participated on that season's earnings calls.
We thought it time to revisit some companies on that list, and some others, to see how things have or have not changed in the last two years.
Below is a list of telecom companies whose earnings Light Reading covered this quarter or previously, and a note about whether or not women participated on that company's most recent earnings call.
Adtran: No.
Related: Adtran Q2 2024 earnings transcript (source: Adtran)
Apple: No.
Related: Apple Q3 2024 earnings call transcript (source: Seeking Alpha)
AT&T: No.
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BT: Yes. (2 of 15)*
Related: BT Group earnings transcript - FY ended March 2024 (source: Seeking Alpha)
*Ratio of women to total participants
Cable One: Yes. (1 of 8)
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Calix: No.
Related: Calix Q2 2024 earnings call transcript (source: Seeking Alpha)
Charter: Yes. (2 of 8)
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Cisco: Yes. (2 of 15)
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Comcast: Yes. (1 of 11)
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Commscope: Yes. (1 of 9)
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DZS: Yes. (1 of 4)
Related: DZS Q2 2024 earnings call transcript (source: Seeking Alpha)
Ericsson: No.
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Lumen: Yes. (2 of 12)
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Nokia: No.
Related: Nokia takes big axe to mobile jobs but grows footprint outside AT&T
T-Mobile: Yes. (1 of 16)
Related: T-Mobile results pile 5G humiliation onto AT&T and Verizon
Verizon: No.
Related: Verizon adds 378K FWA subs in Q2, but faces service coverage concerns
– Research contributed by Elia Silbey
[Editor's note: "Participants" in this article refers to company executives, investors and analysts, not call operators or members of the investor relations team. Light Reading attempted to verify the gender identity of all persons included in this article. To issue a correction, please feel free to email us here.]