UBS analyst Tejas Venkatesh noted Corning (GLW) beat expectations for Q1 and its guidance surpassed expectations, leading him to say the company is doing better than expected. He also believes the company's deal with Verizon (VZ) is significant, though he maintains his Neutral rating on Corning shares due to currency risk that keeps him on the sidelines. Venkatesh raised his price target to $28.50 from $26 on Corning.

Ribbon Communications (RRBN) announced plans for a major network modernization program with Verizon (VZ) to retire legacy TDM switching platforms and replace their function with modern cloud-based technologies. Verizon is leveraging Ribbon's portfolio of Voice Products including the vC20 Call Controller, G5 Line Access Gateway, G6 Universal Media Gateway, virtual and Cloud-native Session Border Controllers, and other products which allows for the consolidation and replacement of equipment with energy efficient, software-centric platforms while maintaining full feature functionality.