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T-Mobile Merger Not Dead Yet (T, DTEGY, S, VZ, VOD, LEAP, PCS)

Posted: September 1, 2011 at 9:02 am

Yesterday's filing by the US Department of Justice in the proposed $39 billion merger between AT&T (NYST: T) and T-Mobile may be, in the words of Winston Churchill, just "the ...
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RIM’s Death March Continues with OEMs & Consumers (RIMM, AAPL, GOOG, MMI, MSFT, S, T, VZ)

Posted: August 30, 2011 at 1:01 pm

comScore has just released its smartphone market share and the data continues to support an exodus away from the Blackberry from Research in Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM).  RIM phones as ...
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More 4G Smartphones Flood the Market

Posted: August 30, 2011 at 6:36 am

LG, the third largest handset maker in the world, is about to release its new 4G-enabled Thrill. It will be marketed by AT&T (NYSE: T). The Thrill is another in ...
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Sprint May Finally Get the iPhone (S, AAPL, RIMM, T, VZ)

Posted: August 23, 2011 at 3:38 pm

If there is one thing that we have been wondering about time after time, it is this: WHEN WILL SPRINT SELL THE IPHONE???  Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE: S) is reportedly ...
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Can Clearwire Really Be Acquired? It’s Complicated (S, CLWR, CMCSA, TWC, T, VZ, CVC, AAPL, RIMM, GOOG)

Posted: August 19, 2011 at 8:10 am

There is an interesting notion this morning regarding the fate of the real 4G in America and it is both fascinating and complicated.  A report from Bloomberg this morning is ...
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Google, Apple Gain Shares of SmartPhone Market (GOOG, AAPL, RIMM, MSFT, NOK, SCOR, MMI, SSNLF)

Posted: August 4, 2011 at 4:01 pm

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 ...
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MetroPCS Dials the Wrong Number, All Cellular Carriers Beware (PCS, LEAP, VZ, T, AAPL, S, AMX)

Posted: August 2, 2011 at 11:40 am

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 half-hour ...
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Sprint: The Worst Has Not Yet Been Seen (S, T, VZ, LEAP, PCS, AAPL, CLWR)

Posted: July 29, 2011 at 11:27 am

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 $4.34 after being down ...
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Deathwatch: RIM’s Evaporation Trail Could Hit Zero by Early-2013 (RIMM, AAPL, GOOG, HPQ)

Posted: July 5, 2011 at 4:11 pm

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 ...
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Apple May Beat Back Android With A 4G iPhone

Posted: June 16, 2011 at 7:28 pm

The state of the smartphone industry is based largely on the public's perception of how well the Apple iPhone does against the legions of Android handsets.  Some Apple fans are ...
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Among The Apple Announcements, No Move Toward 4G

Posted: June 7, 2011 at 6:51 am

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) announced its new iCloud multimedia storage system and a new version of its OS called Lion. Nothing was said about updated versions of the iPad or iPhone ...
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Huge Twist in Cell Tower Wars: Tax Accounting Issues from the SEC (AMT, CCI, SBAC)

Posted: June 3, 2011 at 9:45 am

American Tower Corporation (NYSE: AMT) and Crown Castle International Corp. (NYSE: CCI) are the two major players in the world of cellphone towers.  Go ahead and include 4G too.  This ...
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Nokia Must Consider a R-I-M Merger, Survival Risks For Both (NOK, RIMM, MSFT, AAPL, GOOG, HPQ, ERIC)

Posted: May 31, 2011 at 11:01 am

Over the last week, 24/7 Wall St. has been working on two different pieces about Nokia Corporation (NYSE: NOK) and Research-in-Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM).  Nokia was "Nokia's No Way Out ...
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Troubles With Verizon’s 4G Network, Again (VZ, T, S)

Posted: May 2, 2011 at 12:41 pm

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) had already suffered one outage of its new heavily marketed 4G network.  It appears that the data portion of that 4G network is suffering yet ...
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IPO Daily: Sequans Communications, 4G Chips (SQNS, MSI)

Posted: March 23, 2011 at 1:05 pm

There was an interesting IPO filing from a company called Sequans Communications S.A., a French fabless semiconductor company that makes chipsets for 4G communications such as wireless broadband applications. Its ...
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