AT&T (NYSE: T) planned to buy the T-Mobile unit of Deutsche Telekom for $39 billion. The deal for the purchase of the No.4 wireless firm in the US has been effectively blocked…
Douglas A. McIntyre AT&T (NYSE: T) and China Telecom announced that they would expand AT&T’s existing IP-VPN service in China and connect the China Telecom and AT&T MPLS-based IP networks in the United States AT&T…
Douglas A. McIntyre The EU continues to work on its bailout fund and may ask the IMF for help. (Reuters) American Airlines parent AMR (NYSE: AMR) files for Chapter 11. (Reuters) S&P cuts its ratings on…
Documents from the FCC analysed by The Wall Street Journal show the extent to which the agency resisted a deal for AT&T (NYSE: T) to buy T-Mobile. The documents said that the merger…
Douglas A. McIntyre AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) is working on a deal that it hopes will salvage its $39 billion takeover of T-Mobile USA, a division of Germany’s Deutsche Telekom AG (OTC: DTEGY). AT&T is…
Shares of Sprint-Nextel (NYSE: S) have lagged the market considerably today. The stock is up only 2.3% as the broader market is higher by 3.5%. Sprint shareholders are concerned that AT&T (NYSE:…
Douglas A. McIntyre Updated throughout the day. AT&T (NYSE: T) will sell more assets to get government approval of the buyout of T-Mobile (WSJ) Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) may participate in a bid for Yahoo! (NASDAQ:…
Moody’s says the EU debt crisis threatens the sovereign ratings of all nations in the region. (Reuters) Three large BSkyB shareholders will vote against James Murdoch staying on as chairman. (Reuters) The…
Deutsche Telekom will receive a $4 billion break-up fee if AT&T (NYSE: T) cannot engineer a buyout of the Germany company’s T-Mobile unit. That would create a large war chest. Instead of…
AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) has been in the news because of what is turning into a more and more likely failed acquisition of T-Mobile from Deutsche Telekom. While a $4 billion charge…
Research firm GfK reports that brand loyalty to Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is much higher than to other wireless products (Reuters) AT&T (NYSE: T) began to ready itself for the probable end of its…
AT&T (NYSE:T) has admitted that government resistance to its deal to buy T-Mobile may wreck the chances that the transaction will happen. The huge American telecom company said, “As a result of…
Douglas A. McIntyre To say that Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) has had a tough go lately is an understatement. To even whisper the same thing about Clearwire Corp. (NASDAQ: CLWR) is a colossal understatement.…
China’s factory activity reaches a 32-month low. (Reuters) Merck (NYSE: MRK) pays $950 million to settle Vioxx charges brought by the government. (Reuters) FCC head wants more examination of the AT&T (NYSE:…
Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is back with some dirt cheap offers in smartphones, and some of these may seem to be good to be true. While this may include Verizon Communications Inc.…
