JDSU, which makes communications test and measurement solutions and optical products for the telecom and cable businesses, turned in another lackluster quarter. These are supposed to be the days of broadband expansion…
Vodafone (VOD) had some shareholders who wanted the company to sell part of its stake in Verizon Wireless back to majority owner Verizon (VZ). VOD management made the argument that the wireless…
Below are short interest figures for major companies traded on the NYSE as of August 15 compared to July 13, 2007 Largest Short Positions Ford (F) …
It must be humiliating for MTV and RealNetworks (RNWK) to say they will compete with Apple (AAPL) iTunes and watch the AAPL shares spike up almost 6% to $129. RNWK were up…
Verizon (VZ) and Comcast (CMCSA) along with all of their other telecom and cable friends have been hoping that the broadband growth party would never end. VZ has put $23 billion into…
MTV, a division of Viacom (VIA) is teaming up with RealNetworks (RNWK), the music distribution company, to compete with the Apple (AAPL) iTunes product. The new offering will have the MTV marketing…
Skype is not working out very well for Ebay (ABAY). That is not just because the service has been down for two days, keeping it over 200 million subscribers off of the…
According to The Inquirer, ABI Research has issued a report that US cable companies are heading for a crisis because they do not have the bandwidth or switching capacity to handle the…
Broadcom (BRCM) is arguing in federal court that Qualcomm (QCOM) should be prohibited from selling a number of its chips because they infringe on BRCM patents. According to Reuters: "Broadcom was seeking…
DirecTV (DTV) is setting up a partnership with Current Group to sell broadband that is delivered over powerlines. The product uses the existing wiring from the utilities to send a high speed…
GigaOm pointed out yesterday that Verizon (VZ) now has about 1.1 million FiOS fiber-to-the-home customers being delivered voice, broadband and TV. The telecom is adding 2,600 customers a day. For those in…
It was hard to imagine that things could get worse for Qualcomm (QCOM) but they have. The company announced strong earnings this month and guided higher, but all of the other news…
Verizon (VZ) is trying to take business from cable companies like Comcast (CMCSA) and Time Warner Cable (TWC) using its new $23 billion fiber-to-the-home project. The cable guys are trying to take…
Cablevision (CVC) announced earnings today. The most notable piece of news was that Verizon’s (VZ) FiOS fiber-to-the-home business is affecting cable subscriptions at about the rate that Cablevision has been projecting for…
In a recent survey reported on at GigaOm, thirty-four towns were tracked for TV and broadband customer activity in the initial 90 days that Verizon’s (VZ) fiber optics product was available. Verizon…
