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Mobile Advertising Booming on Tablets (AAPL, AMZN, SSNLF, GOOG, RIMM, NOK, BKS, MM)

Posted: May 24, 2012 at 1:32 pm

In the first quarter of 2012, the leading maker of mobile devices as measured by page impressions was Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), followed by Samsung Electronics (OTC: SSNLF.PK), HTC Corp., ...
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Usage-based Internet Charges Get Backing from FCC Chairman (CMCSA, NFLX, TWC, CVC, T, VZ, VOD)

Posted: May 23, 2012 at 8:52 am

At a meeting of cable industry executives in Boston yesterday, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said the he supports usage-based pricing for Internet service to “help drive efficiency in the networks.” ...
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Shared Data Plans on Tap from Wireless Vendors

Posted: May 17, 2012 at 10:41 am

We noted earlier this morning that Verizon Wireless, the joint venture between Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) and Vodafone Group plc (NASDAQ: VOD), will not offer unlimited data plans to ...
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Verizon Raises 4G Rates

Posted: May 17, 2012 at 6:23 am

Verizon will begin to end its unlimited data plan for existing subscribers. As customers upgrade to super fast 4G LTE service, Verizon will use the opportunity to take away something ...
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Mobile Phone Sales Fall in Q1 — Gartner

Posted: May 16, 2012 at 8:07 am

High-tech industry research firm Gartner Inc. (NYSE: IT) reports this morning the worldwide sales of mobile phones unexpectedly fell -2% in the first quarter of 2012, to a total of ...
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Ho-Hum: iPhone to Get Larger Screen

Posted: May 16, 2012 at 7:25 am

The 3.5-inch screen on the iPhone from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) may be elegant, but it’s also puny compared with the 4.5-inch screens available from other smartphone makers. A report ...
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T-Mobile, Like Sprint, Loses Battle for Market Share

Posted: May 16, 2012 at 6:29 am

T-Mobile, the wireless operation of Deutsche Telekom, probably will never recover from a failed takeover bid by AT&T (NYSE: T). The FCC and the U.S. Department of Justice killed the ...
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Another Analyst Shows Caution in iPhone Sales (AAPL)

Posted: May 15, 2012 at 9:57 am

It was just last week that we saw Credit Suisse issue a note of caution in Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) despite the firm maintaining an "Outperform" and $750 price target.  ...
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Almost Nothing Can Save Nokia, Except Maybe Widespread Poverty

Posted: May 14, 2012 at 11:00 am

Nokia Corporation (NYSE: NOK) has been on a multiple-leg flight.  Destination: Hell.  Now it seems that any stop in Purgatory may be short-lived.  This downgrade may feel a bit late, ...
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MetroPCS Holders Cheering The Wrong Merger… It’s Time to Revisit The Past (PCS, S, LEAP, T)

Posted: May 10, 2012 at 9:36 am

MetroPCS Communications, Inc. (NYSE: PCS) had a stellar Wednesday on rumors and talk that Deutsche Telekom may be wanting to roll the no-contract and prepaid wireless outfit into its T-Mobile operations.  ...
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Another Wrinkle in the Wireless Business (PCS, LEAP, DTEGY, S, VZ, VOD, T)

Posted: May 9, 2012 at 2:04 pm

Shares of MetroPCS Communications Inc. (NYSE: PCS) and Leap Wireless International Inc. (NASDAQ: LEAP) are shooting up today following a report at Bloomberg News that German phone company Deutsche Telekom ...
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FCC Still Concerned with Verizon’s Spectrum Acquisition (VZ, VOD, CMCSA, TWX, PCS, S, DTEGY, LEAP, T)

Posted: May 9, 2012 at 11:46 am

When Verizon Wireless made its initial $3.6 billion offer to acquire wireless spectrum from SpectrumCo LLC, most observers didn’t think the deal would run into any opposition. Which only goes ...
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Cable Companies’ Future is Online (CHTR, CMCSA, TWC, DIS, VZ, T, PCS, LEAP, FTR, NFLX, AAPL)

Posted: May 8, 2012 at 1:08 pm

The line between mobile wireless carriers and cable and satellite TV providers has been blurring for a couple of years and may be on the way to disappearing entirely before ...
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The Market Where Defensive Shares Are Working Again (PEP, KO, BUD, TAP, AWK, MCD, KFT, CAG, CPB, HRL, MO, VGR, RAI, PG, KMB, CL, MRK, PFE, JNJ, T, VZ)

Posted: May 8, 2012 at 12:07 pm

Blame whatever you want.  A weaker U.S. economy, a weakening and flailing Europe, a move to socialism in France and Greece, a weaker BRIC and emerging market story, commodity prices ...
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Frontier Communications Hits New Low (FTR, PCS, LEAP, VZ, VOD, T, S, DTEGY, AAPL, CTL)

Posted: May 7, 2012 at 12:33 pm

Frontier Communications Corp. (NASDAQ: FTR) missed its consensus first quarter EPS estimate this morning and the company’s shares are getting pummeled. The miss was close: EPS of $0.05, a penny ...
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