AT&T (T) is paying $2.5 billion to buy wireless spectrum from Aloha Partners. According to The Wall Street Journal, Aloha’s footprint covers 196 million people. The spectrum blankets 72 of the nation’s…
Douglas A. McIntyre Gary Forsee, the CEO of Sprint (S), is gone. He had been in management at the company in the 80s. He came back as head of the company in 2003. He lead…
Douglas A. McIntyre Morningstar has hit the market with "The Market’s Most Overvalued Stocks". They cover a wide range of industries, and some of them, like Schlumberger (SLB), would appear to be "buys" right now.…
Clearwire (CLWR), the WiMax IPO run by telecom legend Craig McCaw, has been up and down over the last six months. It hit $33 in July, but now trades closer to $20.…
Below are the major changes in short interest in NYSE listed companies comparing the figures on September 28 with those on September 14. Largest Short Positions Company …
According to Reuters, RIM (RIMM) posted strong earnings and added it 10 millionth subscriber. Reuters writes that Wal-Mart (WMT) is already getting ready for holiday price wars by beginning to drop prices.…
According to Reuters, RIM (RIMM) posted strong earnings and added it 10 millionth subscriber. Reuters writes that Wal-Mart (WMT) is already getting ready for holiday price wars by beginning to drop prices.…
The FT is reporting that Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) may have lost a big piece of the AT&T (T) wireless business. According to the paper "Ericsson is capitalising on Alcatel-Lucent’s severe difficulties to strengthen…
Douglas A. McIntyre The pressure of poor performance and a falling share price finally got to Sprint’s (S) board of directors. CEO Gary Forsee is being forced out, and the company will begin looking for…
Douglas A. McIntyre Do public companies have an obligation to tell the market when there are baseless rumors driving up their stock prices? Probably not. Although, most will make announcements when their shares are falling…
According to Reuters, the four largest players in global financial markets have grown at a breakneck pace in the last six years, and the assets they manage are expected to double to…
Sprint Nextel (S) CEO Gary Forsee may be lingering in his office these days. Heading outside could be dangerous. Relational Investors LLC, which owns almost 2% of Sprint’s shares, is being less…
You have to love marketing guys. They’re they best. Over at Verizon Wireless they’re over the top. Describing a new Apple (AAPL) iPhone knock-off from LG,, Verizon Wireless Chief Marketing Officer Mike…
There is word from The Wall Street Journal that Nokia (NOK) is in negotiations to buy Navteq (NVT), a navigation software company. The paper describes the company "as is one of the…
Telecom was supposed to be a business that time had passed by. VoIP, cable, and wireless internet technology like city-wide WiFi was going to bury the phone companies. But, last week AT&T…
