Telecommunications, a sector that has lagged most others over the past 52 weeks, is starting to attract new looks. Sam Stovall, U.S. equity strategist for S&P Capital IQ, raised his investment outlook for the telecom service sector to overweight from underweight on Tuesday. And IBD’s Telecom-Fiber Optics industry group is ranked No. 13 among 197 groups based on six-month price performance going into Thursday, up from No. 136 six months ago.