As the land-line businesses at large telcos like AT&T (T) and Verizon (VZ) have been eroded by technology, especially cable-delivered VoIP, earnings have been kept strong by their cellular divisions. Cell subscriber…
Bulls on Charter Communications (CHTR) would argue that the company was almost out of business less than two years ago and that the shares deserve to have had a run. The other…
One of the biggest knocks against the new Apple (AAPL) iPhone is that it works on AT&T (T) 2.5G network and not a newer 3G network. Consumers want that faster connection speed.…
There was a time when cable operators picked a box, generally from Motorola (MOT) or the Scientific Atlanta division of Cisco (CSCO). They rented the device out to customers and probably made…
The Wall Street Journal reports that hackers have made their way into the Apple (AAPL) iPhone and done some work to get certain features to work without an AT&T (T) activation. The…
According to Reuters, Advanced Medical Optic (EYE) has made a $4.23 billion bid forBausch & Lomb (BOL). Reuters writes that UBS has replaced its CEO after loses at it hedge fund. The…
GigaOm is suggesting that AT&T (T) offer free WiFi access at 10,000 locations all of its home 3 megabit DSL customers. The technology news site suggests that, to get an edge of…
Most media and analysts said that Apple (AAPL) sold over 500,000 iPhones and that the figure showed high than expected demand. TheStreet.com writes that Apple’s own goal was one million units and…
The New York Times writes that T-Mobile, a unit of Deutsch Telekom (DT) which ranks fourth in subscriber in the US cell market, is launching a line of phones that work on…
According to BusinessWeek, Apple (AAPL) sells its iPhone for $499 to $599, but the handset only costs $200 to $220 to make. The figures are from research firm Portelligent. While the figures…
Now that the Apple (AAPL) iPhone has been out 24 hours and the reviews have been fairly good, the question is whether it will sell the ten million units in 2008. It…
According to Reuters, the Apple (AAPL) iPhone will hit stores today giving the mobile industry a jolt. Reuters writes that GM (GM) has sold its Allison Transmission business for $5.6 billion. Reuters…
It was a toss-up last as to which was going to do better as a stock this quarter, but the after hours reactions to earnings isn’t even close. Palm (PALM-NASDAQ) is down…
Stock Tickers: T, VZ, CMCSA, TWC Last night it was a little surprising to see the FTC saying that there was no need for regulation of net neutrality. The FTC’s Deborah Platt…
So, both Research-in-Motion (RIMM-NASDAQ) and Palm (PALM-NASDAQ) report earnings Thursday after the close. The question is, Which is a better stock going into the earnings report? The thing is that R-I-M is…
