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Leap Wireless International (NASDAQ: LEAP) is out with its second quarter results, and the end result showed a wider loss than expected and the customer metrics look soft as well.  Apparently...
It was just last Friday that Clearwire Corporation (NASDAQ: CLWR) was up double-digits on word that the FCC was going to plan a 4G roll-out on an accelerated basis.  The move was part of an expanded...
Global shipments of smartphones in the second quarter of 2012 totaled 158 million, and China accounted for 27% of those shipments, a total of 42 million units, according to research firm Canalys. The...
Nokia Corporation (NYSE: NOK) has managed to hold up rather well considering that a federal appeals court allowed an InterDigital Inc. (NASDAQ: IDCC) patent case to be revived against Nokia.  The...
Telecom provider Frontier Communications Corp. (NASDAQ: FTR) posted better-than-expected EPS after markets closed last night, reporting adjusted EPS of $0.08 compared with the consensus estimate of...
We have recently warned about a dividend bubble that is inflating in the high dividend yield stocks like the telecom giants.  Both AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) and Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ)...
Clearwire Corporation (NASDAQ: CLWR) is seeing a big gain after the wireless 4G data network operator managed to report earnings in line with expectations and somehow managed to boost its guidance....
Recently, two trends have marked the global smartphone industry. Sales increases have slowed, and Samsung Electronics Co. has moved into an incredibly dominant place. The South Korean company has...
Over the last three months the best performing wireless carrier stock has been — wait for it — Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S), up nearly 62%. The second best performing stock in the same period is...
While investors breathlessly await the company’s first earnings report since its IPO, Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) is believed to be prepping a run at the smartphone market. A report from Bloomberg...
Alcatel-LucentAlcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) this morning reported a net loss of 254 million euro ($308 million), compared to a net profit of 43 million euro ($52 million) a year ago. Revenue fell 7.1%...
Moody’s this morning cut its rating on long-term senior unsecured debt from Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) from Ba1 to Ba3. Short-term unsecured ratings of Not-Prime (NP) were affirmed and the ratings...
Samsung management said the sales of its flagship Galaxy S III smartphone reached 10 million in the first two months it has been on the market. That pace may not be quite as fast as iPhone sales when...
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) reported second-quarter results this morning that were inline with consensus estimates. Diluted earnings per share (EPS) came in at $0.64, on target with the...
According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, Windows Phone operating systems from Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) will capture 4% of the US smartphone market in 2012. While still trailing...