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The many problems facing Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) are nearly enough to sink the company without any more help. A shrinking subscriber base, an expensive network upgrade, operating losses, and...
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Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has let go 7,000 people since CEO Stephen Elop joined the company after a career at Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT). He says Nokia will cut another 3,500 jobs. The firm announced it will...
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The number of smartphone owners who use Research In Motions’s (NASDAQ: RIMM) Blackberry is shrinking as a part of the overall market. But, at least the people who use the devices are rich. That is...
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The chairman of China Mobile Ltd. (NYSE: CHL) has said that the world’s largest mobile carrier, with more than 610 million subscribers, does not have a timetable to begin offering the iPhone from...
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Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) has just delivered on another dividend hike, making this the fifth consecutive year that the telecom giant has boosted its payout. The boost is by $0.0125 to...
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Yesterday’s filing by the US Department of Justice in the proposed $39 billion merger between AT&T (NYST: T) and T-Mobile may be, in the words of Winston Churchill, just “the end of the...
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It looks like Uncle Sam has taken a stand on the buyout by AT&T (NYSE: T) of T-Mobile, which is owned by Deutsche Telekom AG (OTC: DTEGY). The biggest winner might be Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE:...
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The rich are getting richer in the mobile handset and mobile platform market. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) now claims 9.5% of the handset market with its iPhone, and Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) holds...
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AT&T (NYSE: T) has made a clever move to make its buyout of T-Mobile more attractive to government regulators. The huge telecommunications company says it will add 5,000 call-center jobs once the...
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comScore has just released its smartphone market share and the data continues to support an exodus away from the Blackberry from Research in Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM). RIM phones as a percentage...
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LG, the third largest handset maker in the world, is about to release its new 4G-enabled Thrill. It will be marketed by AT&T (NYSE: T). The Thrill is another in a flood of 4G handsets available...
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Mobile phone maker Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) introduced three new smartphones in Hong Kong today. The new phones use the latest version of the company’s soon-to-be-defunct Symbian operating system....
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If there is one thing that we have been wondering about time after time, it is this: WHEN WILL SPRINT SELL THE IPHONE??? Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE: S) is reportedly set to begin selling the...
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Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android mobile OS continued to gain market share in the U.S. during the second quarter. But that may not matter. The operating system is free because it is open source....
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Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) may be in the midst of the development of a 4G iPhone. It is not clear when the product will be released, but if it is in the next few months, Apple has a chance to dominate the...
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