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The news is full of reports that Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is acquiring Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: MMI).  Most stories discuss the hardware aspect, but perhaps the more important...
It is more difficult by the day to determine whether Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android powered devices have gained some edge against Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). New ABI Research information shows that Android...
The Android operating system from Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is the leading platform smartphone platform in among 78.5 million US smartphone owners. The iOS operating system that powers the iPhone...
Vonage Holdings Corporation (NYSE: VG) is now a consistently profitable company.  Concerns remain, but the focus so far seems to be more on the positive side of the equation.  The VoIP telephony...
Pre-paid wireless provider MetroPCS Communications, Inc. (NYSE: PCS) reported earnings and revenues this morning that did not live up to expectations, pushing the shares down -28% in the first...
Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android mobile OS has the largest share of the smartphone market worldwide, research company Canalys reports. Based on its survey of 56 countries, Android’s share was 48%...
Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: LVLT), a provider of broadband and wholesale communications services, has struggled mightily to meet an impressive set of challenges. If the company can get back...
The intensely competitive wireless sector showed some additional blood-letting this week when Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE: S) announced second-quarter earnings.  The shares closed down 16% at...
The juggernaut that is Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone sales grows more powerful each day. New data show that Apple thrashed its smartphone competitors in the second quarter and may have become the...
Verizon Wireless is owned 55% by Verizon (NYSE: VZ) and 45% by UK-based Vodafone (NYSE: VOD). Yesterday, the cellular service provider said it would pay a dividend of $10 billion next year. The size...
Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) is joining in the waves of selling seen in Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) and even more recently in Juniper Networks, Inc. (NYSE: JNPR).  Cisco has been bashed even...
Why does troubled handset company Nokia (NYSE: NOK) own NAVTEQ, which is a map and traffic software company? The unit competes with several powerful rivals, including Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), Google...
Apple, Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) is not ready to launch a 4G-enabled iPhone, and that may be as important as any news that comes out with is earnings and forecasts today. Several brokerage houses have price...
The new data from comScore on US carrier networks for smartphones is beyond alarming.  It is not just confirming a trend, but confirming that there is no sign of a negative trend easing up.  We...
Investors threw another $265 million at LightSquared, the troubled LTE 4G wireless provider with the audacity to compete with Sprint-Nextel (NYSE: S), Verizon Wireless and AT&T Wireless. Many...