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Is AT&T Cutting Blackberry Features?
Late word from The Inquirer is that AT&T (T) may cut the GPS function from the new RIMM (RIMM) Blackberry so that it will not steal from Apple (AAPL) iPhone sales. AAPL’s…
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Would EBAY Sell Skype To Comcast?
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…
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Sprint (S) Pumps Up Volume On WiMax
Sprint (S) has indicated that it will spend as much as $5 billion on its national WiMax network between now and 2010. It had already told Wall St. it would spend close…
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More Evidence Of US Bandwidth Shortage
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…
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Broadcom (BRCM) Works To Shut Qualcomm (QCOM) Down
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…
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DirecTV’s (DTV) Voodoo Broadband
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…
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Media Digest 8/15/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s
According to Reuters, Nestle increased its share buyback to $21 billion after reporting a strong first half. Reuters writes that SAP (SAP) and Dell (DELL) will create products that help retailers run…
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The Death Of Broadband (T)(CMCSA)(VZ)(S)(CLWR)(TWC)
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…
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FCC Spectrum Auction: Meet The Bidders (GOOG)(T)(VZ)
From Silicon Alley Insider Expect the two biggest wireless companies, AT&T (T) and Verizon Wireless VZ), to give Google (GOOG) (and other potential new entrants like satellite TV firms) their biggest challenge.…
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Intel (INTC) Moves To Cell Phone Market
According to the FT, Intel (INTC) plans to push hard to move into the market currently held by the Blackberry and Apple (AAPL) iPhone. Its championing for the distribution of WiFi and…
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Sprint’s (S) Lost Opportunity
Cable companies don’t have cell phone service to market to customers. And, Sprint does not have a broadband-to-the-home operation like the ones the big cable guys operate to market their internet and…
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Google (GOOG) Open Wireless Standards: As Long As The Software Is Google’s
Google (GOOG) pushed the FCC to offer open wiresless access as a condition of bidding on spectrum in the next auction that will open more broadband wireless conduits. The idea is to…
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Apple (AAPL): A 3G iPhone?
Reports circulating on Wall St. indicate that Apple (AAPL) may introduce new versions of its iPhone. TheStreet.com reports that "RBC analyst Mike Abramsky issued a note Tuesday that attempted to draw a…
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Media Digest 8/1/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s
According To Reuters, News Corp (NWS) agreed to buy Dow Jones (DJ) for $5.6 billion Reuters reports Sanofi-Aventis profits were hit by cometition from generics. According to The Wall Street Journal, Bear…
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Media Digest 7/31/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s
According to Reuters, a groups lead by an internet entrepreneur is still pressing it case to buy Dow Jones (DJ). Reuters writes that Alcatel-Lucent”s (ALU) loss for Q2 was greater than expected.…