NTT Docomo (DCM), which has over half of Japan’s $78 billion wireless market, is cutting its basic fees in half Why? Smaller rivals KDDI and Softbank have brought down their charges. In…
According to comScore, Google (GOOG) has almost 124 million unique visitors in the US. The pageview number is much, much larger. GOOG division YouTube now serves over 100 million video streams per…
AT&T (T) was supposed to get a big benefit from selling the Apple (AAPL) iPhone. But, AAPL may have turned that on its head. With iPhones and iPods that have WiFi access,…
Reuters is quick to point out that cable companies, which use to be good defensive plays in choppy markets, may be losing that distinction. Maybe. The old notion was that when the…
There are only so many people who can own a cellphone. In Europe and the US, that number is no longer growing quickly. America’s three largest cellular carriers, Sprint (S), AT&T (T),…
Apple’s (AAPL) was the top selling smartphone in the US during July, according to iSuppli. The handset was also 1.8% of all cell phone unit sales for the month. According to Reuters:…
Shares of both China Mobile (CHL), the largest Chinese cell company, and No.2 China Unicom (CHU) both sit at 52-week highs. And, no wonder. China Unicom now has almost 151 million subscribers,…
Douglas A. McIntyre As the municipal WiFi business at Earthlink (ELNK) has come under financial pressure, the future of city-wide wireless projects is in trouble. ELNK shares are down over 20% in the last two…
Douglas A. McIntyre The huge Japanese cell carrier NTT Docomo (DCM) is investing in a large WiMax deployment in that country. Japanese ADSL provider Acca Networks will be its partner. Docomo has a number of…
Barron’s rank an article last week saying that Comcast (CMCSA) is undervalued. The financial magazine quotes one money manager as saying "Comcast trades on a very low valuation, and investors need to…
Verizon (VZ) and AT&T (T) take note. The telecom companies in Europe are well ahead of the game in putting internet TV over their wires. According to The New York Times, Deutsche…
Sprint (S) has contracted with Samsung to build out its WiMax network in New York. It is part of the $5 billion investment that the cellular carrier plans to make in the…
The CEO of CountryWide Financial (CFC), Angelo Mozilo, could not just take the $2 billion his company got from Bank of America (BAC) and have a nice day. He had to mention…
According to Reuters, a group of California gas stations filed suit against Chevron (CVX), Saudi Aramco, and Royal Dutch Shell for price fixing. Reuters writes that Canon (CAJ) is spending another $862…
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…
