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Verizon’s 4G Falls Apart

Posted: December 29, 2011 at 6:30 am

It is usually good to be first to market with a popular new technology. That is assuming, however, a company’s version of the new technology works. In the case of Verizon ...
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New Competition Threat for Qualcomm … Overrated? (QCOM, BRCM, NOK, DCM)

Posted: December 27, 2011 at 7:01 am

Qualcomm Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) is getting some new competition. While companies like Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM) and Nokia Corporation (NYSE: NOK) have had patent fights with Qualcomm in years past, a ...
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Google Tablet to Menace iPad?

Posted: December 27, 2011 at 6:34 am

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) chairman Eric Schmidt says his company will launch a new tablet PC in 2012. The product will run on the firm’s Android OS mobile platform. Google likely ...
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4G Service Falters as 3G Did Before It

Posted: December 22, 2011 at 6:06 am

Verizon Wireless’s 4G superfast wireless network has been down intermittently. That could drive off customers. And the network is at the heart of Verizon’s (NYSE: VZ) campaign to gain customers from ...
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Deutsche Telekom’s Windfall May Come Up Short (T, DTEGY, S, VZ, VOD, AAPL)

Posted: December 21, 2011 at 1:17 pm

When AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) killed the $39 billion deal for T-Mobile USA it had agreed to with Deutsche Telekom AG (OTC: DTEGY), the $4 billion break-up fee going to ...
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Verizon’s Spectrum Purchase Being Investigated (VZ, VOD, CMCSA, TWC, T, DTEGY, S)

Posted: December 21, 2011 at 9:07 am

Earlier this month Verizon Wireless, the joint venture between Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) and Vodafone plc (NASDAQ: VOD), paid $3.6 billion for spectrum licenses belonging to SpectrumCo LLC, a ...
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AT&T Dividend Hike, Even More Attractive Than Verizon (T, VZ, S)

Posted: December 16, 2011 at 1:16 pm

The 24/7 Wall St. 2012 Model Portfolio has been on a roll with dividend hikes, ahead of plan in some cases.  AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) is one we have felt offers ...
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The Death of R-I-M Earnings… From Value to Value Trap (RIMM, AAPL, GOOG)

Posted: December 15, 2011 at 4:40 pm

Research-in-Motion Limited (NASDAQ: RIMM) should change its name to 'RIM's Limited.'  The smartphone maker is turning out to be a 'dumbphone' maker if you look at industry figures.  Still, what is ...
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Bracing For R-I-M Earnings (RIMM)

Posted: December 15, 2011 at 2:16 pm

Research in Motion Limited (NASDAQ: RIMM) is on deck with earnings today.  It goes without saying, but even after an earnings warning very few are excited about the prospects of ...
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Nokia Picks Wrong Carrier for U.S. Return

Posted: December 15, 2011 at 6:39 am

Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has returned to the U.S. smartphone market. Unfortunately, its partner is also-ran wireless provider T-Mobile. That will make it very difficult for the smartphone to get adoption. ...
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LightSquared Is Doomed

Posted: December 15, 2011 at 6:38 am

Its struggle against the federal government to gain acceptance of its high-speed internet product is nearly over. LightSquared, the ambitious national wireless provider, is doomed. In an announcement, the company praised ...
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NTSB Recommends Ban On Driver Phone & Device Use (VZ, T, S, LOGI, AMT, CCI)

Posted: December 13, 2011 at 1:58 pm

Have you been hit or almost been hit by a car driver talking on their cellphone?  Thousands of Americans have died as a result of phone-use related accidents.  Thousands more ...
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Nokia’s U.S. Make or Break

Posted: December 9, 2011 at 6:41 am

Nokia (NYSE: NOK) will soon launch its Lumia 710, a Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) mobile powered smartphone, in the U.S. Sales in the first week may well determine the fate of the ...
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HTC: A Front Runner Falls Apart

Posted: December 6, 2011 at 6:22 am

HTC, based in Taiwan, is supposed to be the leader among the world’s Android-based smartphone companies. It is supposed to be the company with products that can challenge Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) ...
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Sprint Locks in Clearwire, Avoids Restructuring For Now (S, CLWR)

Posted: December 1, 2011 at 9:40 am

Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE: S) has decided not to leave Clearwire Corporation (NASDAQ: CLWR) in the dust.  The two companies have had a history of tie-ups and the risk that ...
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