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Telecom & Wireless
IPTV Comes To Life In Europe
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…
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Telecom & Wireless
Sprint And Samsung Get Deeper Into WiMax
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…
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Investing
The Economy: Up The Down Staircase
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…
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Media
Media Digest 8/23/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s
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…
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Media
Tough Days For Verizon And Comcast: Broadband Growth Slows
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…
4:54am ET
Telecom & Wireless
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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Investing
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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Investing
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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Media
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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Investing
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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Investing
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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Investing
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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Investing
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…
12:23pm ET
Investing
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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Investing
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…