Telecom & Wireless
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Qualcomm Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) is seeing a very positive reaction this morning after the company raised guidance. The company sees earnings at $0.54 to $0.55 EPS, above its prior targets of $0.50 to...
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FCC chair Kevin Martin can’t get off the "free internet" hobby-horse. US citizens do not get free water, electricity, gas, or telephone service. Mr. Martin believes that access to the worldwide web...
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When Apple (AAPL) came out with its new 3G iPhone today, shares in Steve Jobs’ company fell. Shares at rival smartphone company Research-In-Motion (RIMM) rose. The new iPhone has a number of...
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Today was a feature we have loosely been covering on occasion, and that is investing on the final frontier here on Earth: Africa. Interestingly enough, Vodafone Group plc (NYSE: VOD) is tied into...
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Nokia (NOK) can’t seem to get the message the consumers don’t want pseudo Apple (AAPL) iPhones. The world’s largest handset maker will release its new N96 super-sophisticated handset later this...
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Several companies which hold most of the patents for super-fast wireless broadband technology WiMax have creating a patent pool to keep licensing fees down. Included in the new arrangement are Cisco...
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O2, which has the exlusive distribution rights to the Apple (AAPL) iPhone in the UK, may give away free 3G versions of the handset when it comes out next week. Why? If a customer is willing to take...
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We rarely publish reader comments or letters, but we want to pass along one from Kirit Vora, who has an MIT e-mail address, and may be the same man who is president of staff at William Beaumont...
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Apple (AAPL) is almost certain to make two changes to its iPhone pricing model when it releases version 2.0 next week. The first is that it will drop the price that consumers will pay for the handset...
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A Canadian boutique firm called Paradigm Capital Inc. issued a rather extremely bold call on Nortel Networks Inc. (NYSE: NT) this morning. Paradigm noted how unusually low the valuation is on the...
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UBS has downgraded the US communications towers sector this morning, in a similar move seen just two days ago from RBC Capital. The firm has downgraded Crown Castle (NYSE: CCI) and American Tower...
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It made some sense for Level 3 (LVLT) to be up yesterday. It was. It moved from $3.53 early on June 3 to $4.07 yesterday. LVLT did sell its publishing business for $129 million, but that was...
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Word from Vodafone (VOD), which owns part of Verizon Wireless, and other sources is that Verizon is looking at a purchase of Alltel, another cellular carrier. TPG Capital and Goldman Sachs Capital...
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It is almost impossible to understand why business people could not use their RIM (RIMM) Blackberry devices to trade stocks until now. The Blackberry can run e-mail applications and the new versions...
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According to the latest data from Changewave, Research-In-Motion (RIMM) is running away with the US smartphone market. The research firm’s May survey was based on data from 2,049 respondents...
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