Telecom & Wireless
Telecom & Wireless Articles
After a glowing cover story in Barron’s recently, Nortel had something to live up to. The company, down so long that almost no one remembers when the company did well, Nortel signed at $2 billion...
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Lost in all of the news that the AT&T merger with BellSouth is facing big obstacles is the announcement that the big phone company will launch a high-definition TV service with 27 channels That...
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By Yser Anwar, CSC of Equity Investment Ideas Yesterday the FCC Commissioner McDowell announced he would not vote on the AT&T and BellSouth deal. It was widely expected that McDowell would cast...
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Verizon and AT&T are both working on deals to set up high-speed cable between the US and Asia. The infrastructure would help handle the increased high speed internet and phone traffic from...
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By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat YRC Worldwide Updates Earnings Guidance: Financial News – Yahoo! Finance The company now expects fourth quarter 2006 diluted earnings per share...
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Stocks: (S)(QCOM)(TXN)(BRCM)(NOK) Qualcomm has promoted one of its own to chief operating officer and brought in a former Sprint executive to be group president. The move is odd because Sprint has...
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Stocks: (TWX)(VZ)(CMCSA)(CVC)(T) I would appear that when two companies offer TV and other services over lines into the home, prices drop a lot. According to the American Consumer Institute, the...
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Comcast has grown tired of the talk about Verizon and AT&T’s plans to use their new fiber-to-the-home infrastuctures to steal the cable company’s customer. Their reasoning may be sound....
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Stocks: (S)(INTC)(MOT)(MSFT)DELL) Sprint Nextel is out of favor, Way out. Wall St thinks its third place spot behind Cingular and Verizon Wireless ain’t a good place to be. And intergating the...
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Stocks: (MOT)(JNPR)(NT) Motorola is sitting on too much cash and Wall St. is worried that the company does not know what to do with it. Cash and securities less debt is about $7 billion. Some...
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Stocks: (FTE)(VZ)(T) Several internet TV initiatives in Asia and Europe plot a difficult path for telecom IPTV. That being said, some of the initial installations do hold out the promise of robust...
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Stocks: (CMCSA)(VZ) Verizon is starting service in Philadelphia for its IPTV service over fiber. It will be offered to 100,000 homes. The city is the headquarters home for cable giant Comcast, which...
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Stocks: (QCOM)(INTC)(ERIC)(S)(MOT) Qualcomm announced that it bought two chip companies, one in the WiFi space and one in Bluetooth. The move would appear to be one that puts QCOM in competition...
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From Value Discipline Not exactly a subject that makes your socks roll up and down. Most value “guys” don’t give a moment’s thought to indexation…we believe that through application of our...
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The reading of ISM Manufacturing coming in under 50.0 is signaling that the Chicago Purchasing Managers was not a fluke yesterday, although read the summary about a silver lining at the end here. ...
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