MetroPCS Merger Hopes… A Leap or Prayer? (PCS, LEAP, VM, S)
If you are a regular reader of 24/7 Wall Street, the notion that MetroPCS Communications Inc. (NYSE: PCS) might be a merger play won’t be a surprise. We first noted back in early August…
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Newest first · Page 108World’s Largest Cellular Company Still In Talks With Apple (AAPL)
Apple (AAPL) has a deal with China Unicom (CHU) to sell its iPhone on the mainland. The deal, however, is not exclusive. The head of China Mobile (CHL), which has 500 million subscribers and…
Motorola (MOT): Right Phone, Wrong Network
Motorola (MOT), one the world’s No.2 handset company and now nearly out of business, introduced its new flagship product called Cliq. The phone runs the new Google (GOOG) Android mobile operating system. It will…
Palm Pre Price Cuts… Paradise Lost? (PALM, S, AAPL)
Palm Inc. (NASDAQ: PALM) is signaling something which many smartphone and PDA-phone makers do not want to signal… difficulty grabbing market share for the new Palm Pre. The new promotion out of Sprint Nextel…
Nokia (NOK) Marries Facebook
Facebook, which has over 200 million users, is becoming nearly as widely available on handsets as it is on PCs. Its members cannot get enough of sharing their experiences and profiles with their Facebook…
eBay (EBAY) Sells Skype
eBay (EBAY), which had planned offer shares in its VoIP business Skype though an IPO, has sold it to private equity interests instead. Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen, Index Ventures, and Silver Lake Partners are…
For AT&T (T), The Apple (AAPL) iPhone Is A Bust
There are two ways to look at the economic relationship between Apple (AAPL) and AT&T (T) and both may be accurate. AT&T says it has signed up 10 million subscribers to buy the iPhone…
Apple (AAPL) Finally Gets Its China Deal
Apple (AAPL) finally has its deal to distribute the iPhone in China after months of rumors and speculation. China Unicom (CHU), the second largest wireless carrier on the mainland, says it has reached a…
Tivo (TIVO) Late In Suing AT&T (T) And Verizon (VZ)
Tivo (TIVO), the pioneer in video recording devices lost most of its franchise to generic versions of its original product. Tivo has claimed that many of the products developed by its competitors violate the…
Apple (AAPL) iPhone Launch In China Imminent, Risky
Apple (AAPL) is about to launch its iPhone in China, the largest cellular phone market in the world. According to The Wall Street Journal, China Unicom (CHU), the second largest cellular carrier in the …
The Vonage Rally: With No News Support, Stock Will Plunge
Vonage (VG) have moved from $.46 to $2.63 in three trading days. The shares are already losing momentum, and have dropped to $2.24 on massive volume of over 36 million shares at 10.45 AM.…
The E-Book Goes To China
Sony (SNE) and Amazon (AMZN) could have a new and large market for their e-book readers. The head of China Mobile (CHL), the largest cellular company in the world, sees part of his firm’s future…
The Cell Carriers’ Worst Nightmare: FCC Investigation Of Handset Deals
The partnerships between handset companies and cellular carriers in the US are too good to be true. The FCC has discovered that and the wireless industry may never be the same again. AT&T (T)…
AT&T (T) And Sprint (S) Key To iPhone And Palm Customer Satisfaction
Wall St. analysts and the media have spent the weeks after the release of the Palm (PALM) Pre on the Sprint (S) network wondering how the handset is actually selling and whether it is…
RBC Gets Ultra-Aggressive on R-I-M, Apple, Palm (RIMM, PALM, AAPL)
Research-in-Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) was running this morning in our top day trader alerts, but it turns out that there was much more to the call than meets they eye. RBC Capital Markets has…