Largest Tech Holdings in Q3 to buy: T, VZ, AAPL, CTL, GOOG

At&t Inc. (NYSE:T): On 06/30/2011, Federated Investors, Inc. reported holding 9,612,132 shares with a market value of $301,917,065. This comprised 1.56% of the total portfolio. On 09/30/2011, Federated Investors, Inc. reported holding 12,622,470 shares with a market value of $359,992,850. This comprised 2.13% of the total portfolio. The net change in shares for this position over the two quarters is 3,010,338. About Company: AT&T Inc. is a communications holding company. The Company, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, provides local and long-distance phone service, wireless and data communications, Internet access and messaging, IP-based and satellite television, security services, telecommunications equipment, and directory advertising and publishing.

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ): On 06/30/2011, Federated Investors, Inc. reported holding 8,167,689 shares with a market value of $304,083,058. This comprised 1.57% of the total portfolio. On 09/30/2011, Federated Investors, Inc. reported holding 9,280,600 shares with a market value of $341,526,073. This comprised 2.02% of the total portfolio. The net change in shares for this position over the two quarters is 1,112,911. About Company: Verizon Communications Inc. is an integrated telecommunications company that provides wire line voice and data services, wireless services, Internet services, and published directory information. The Company also provides network services for the federal government including business phone lines, data services, telecommunications equipment and payphones.

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL): On 06/30/2011, Federated Investors, Inc. reported holding 403,020 shares with a market value of $135,281,729. This comprised 0.7% of the total portfolio. On 09/30/2011, Federated Investors, Inc. reported holding 570,180 shares with a market value of $217,421,042. This comprised 1.29% of the total portfolio. The net change in shares for this position over the two quarters is 167,160. About Company: Apple Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets personal computers and related personal computing and mobile communication devices along with a variety of related software, services, peripherals, and networking solutions. The Company sells its products worldwide through its online stores, its retail stores, its direct sales force, third-party wholesalers, and resellers.

Centurylink Inc. (NYSE:CTL): On 06/30/2011, Federated Investors, Inc. reported holding 4,128,245 shares with a market value of $166,904,947. This comprised 0.86% of the total portfolio. On 09/30/2011, Federated Investors, Inc. reported holding 5,423,715 shares with a market value of $179,633,435. This comprised 1.06% of the total portfolio. The net change in shares for this position over the two quarters is 1,295,470. About Company: CenturyLink Inc. is an integrated communications company. The Company provides a wide range of communications services, including local and long distance voice, Internet access and broadband services. CenturyLink operates throughout the United States.

Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG): On 06/30/2011, Federated Investors, Inc. reported holding 161,098 shares with a market value of $81,576,806. This comprised 0.42% of the total portfolio. On 09/30/2011, Federated Investors, Inc. reported holding 282,570 shares with a market value of $145,534,847. This comprised 0.86% of the total portfolio. The net change in shares for this position over the two quarters is 121,472. About Company: Google Inc. is a global technology company that provides a web based search engine through its website. The Company offers a wide range of search options, including web, image, groups, directory, and news searches.

Bce Inc. (NYSE:BCE): On 06/30/2011, Federated Investors, Inc. reported holding 2,494,050 shares with a market value of $97,991,227. This comprised 0.51% of the total portfolio. On 09/30/2011, Federated Investors, Inc. reported holding 2,830,163 shares with a market value of $106,017,903. This comprised 0.63% of the total portfolio. The net change in shares for this position over the two quarters is 336,113. About Company: BCE Inc., provides a full range of communication services to residential and business customers in Canada. The Company’s services includes local, long distance and wireless phone services, high speed and wireless Internet access, IP-broadband services, value-added business solutions and direct-to-home satellite and VDSL television services.

Vodafone Group Plc (NASDAQ:VOD): On 06/30/2011, Federated Investors, Inc. reported holding 3,406,563 shares with a market value of $91,023,361. This comprised 0.47% of the total portfolio. On 09/30/2011, Federated Investors, Inc. reported holding 3,818,519 shares with a market value of $97,983,197. This comprised 0.58% of the total portfolio. The net change in shares for this position over the two quarters is 411,956. About Company: Vodafone Group Plc provides a range of mobile telecommunications services, including voice and data communications. Vodafone has equity interests in 28 countries and Partner Networks in a further 7 countries with almost all the Group’s mobile subsidiaries operating principally under the brand name Vodafone. In the United States their associated undertaking operates as Verizon Wireless.

Emc Corporation (NYSE:EMC): On 06/30/2011, Federated Investors, Inc. reported holding 3,137,120 shares with a market value of $86,427,654. This comprised 0.45% of the total portfolio. On 09/30/2011, Federated Investors, Inc. reported holding 4,250,189 shares with a market value of $89,211,466. This comprised 0.53% of the total portfolio. The net change in shares for this position over the two quarters is 1,113,069. About Company: EMC Corporation provides enterprise storage systems, software, networks, and services. The Company’s products store, retrieve, manage, protect, and share information from all major computing environments and mainframe platforms. EMC operates offices around the world.

Windstream Corporation (NASDAQ:WIN): On 06/30/2011, Federated Investors, Inc. reported holding 6,294,696 shares with a market value of $81,579,260. This comprised 0.42% of the total portfolio. On 09/30/2011, Federated Investors, Inc. reported holding 7,489,038 shares with a market value of $87,247,290. This comprised 0.52% of the total portfolio. The net change in shares for this position over the two quarters is 1,194,342. About Company: Windstream Corporation offers telecommunications services to residential and business customers in rural communities in the United States. The Company provides local telephone, high-speed Internet, long distance, network access, and video services in multiple states.

Microsemi Corp. (NASDAQ:MSCC): On 06/30/2011, Federated Investors, Inc. reported holding 4,688,361 shares with a market value of $96,111,401. This comprised 0.5% of the total portfolio. On 09/30/2011, Federated Investors, Inc. reported holding 4,619,361 shares with a market value of $73,817,387. This comprised 0.44% of the total portfolio. The net change in shares for this position over the two quarters is -69,000. About Company: Microsemi Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets analog, mixed-signal, and discrete semiconductors. The Company’s semiconductors manage and regulate power, protect against transient voltage spikes and transmit, receive, and amplify signals.

(Note: Data regarding Federated Investors, Inc.’s stock holdings are sourced from whalewisdom.com. All data are assumed to