3Com Corp. beat Wall Street expectations in its fiscal second quarter as the troubled network-equipment maker's loss narrowed to $104 million, or 30 cents a share, from a deficit of $142 million, or 41 cents a share, a year earlier.
Revenue fell nearly 50%, to $394 million in the most-recent quarter, compared with $789 million in the year-ago period and $390 million in the first quarter.
