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courtesy of SamsungT-Mobile has set a plan to turn itself around in the United States. The effort will not be a success. Its service record it too poor and the public’s perception of it too spotty....
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ThinkstockThe price that Softbank has agreed to pay for Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) has killed its credit rating, which will make it more difficult to raise money. S&P cut its Softbank rating...
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courtesy of Nokia Corp.Partners in huge global joint ventures rarely drop out of them if they believe the future is positive. Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) bought Siemens out of a joint venture that builds...
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courtesy of Sprint Corp.There has never been much question that the value of Clearwire Corp. (NASDAQ: CLWR), either to Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S), Dish Network Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH), or SoftBank,...
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courtesy of SamsungFor the three months ending in May 2013, Samsung Electronics closed the market share gap slightly between itself and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) in the U.S. market. Apple’s share...
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Courtesy Research in Motion Ltd.Shares of BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) are sure to take a serious beating today following a dismal earnings report for the first quarter of its 2014 fiscal year and an...
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ThinkstockOnce Japan’s SoftBank received stockholder approval for its acquisition of Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S), it was only a matter of time before Dish Network Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH) gave up its...
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ThinkstockChina’s Tsinghua Unigroup Ltd. this morning made a non-binding offer to acquire Spreadtrum Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: SPRD) for $28.50 per ADS in cash in a deal worth about $1.4...
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ClearwireThe saga continues. Sprint-Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) and Clearwire Corp. (NASDAQ: CLWR) have today amended the agreement between the two companies to raise Sprint’s offer for the nearly 50%...
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courtesy of Nokia Corp. In comments just before Chinese telecom firm Huawei introduces its new high-end smartphone, the Ascend P6, the company would consider an acquisition of Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK)...
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courtesy of SamsungAT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) has begun to take orders for the new ultra rugged Samsung Galaxy S 4 Active. The AT&T online page set to promote the Samsung phone says “Pre-Order...
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ThinkstockA seven-year convertible bond issued to Japan’s SoftBank at the time of its initial bid for Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) has tossed another hurdle in front of satellite provider Dish...
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ThinkstockA special committee of the board of directors of Clearwire Corp. (NASDAQ: CLWR) is expected to recommend that the company accept the buyout offer from Dish Network Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH), and...
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courtesy of SamsungAT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) has decided its wireless customers are so loyal that it can extend the period after which they can get a new smartphone at a discount price from 20 months...
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Wikimedia CommonsTelecommunications giant AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) said last night that it expects to add 500,000 new postpaid wireless subscribers to its rolls in the second quarter. The company also...
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