A Canadian boutique firm called Paradigm Capital Inc. issued a rather extremely bold call on Nortel Networks Inc. (NYSE: NT) this morning. Paradigm noted how unusually low the valuation is on the stock with…
UBS has downgraded the US communications towers sector this morning, in a similar move seen just two days ago from RBC Capital. The firm has downgraded Crown Castle (NYSE: CCI) and American Tower (NYSE:…
It made some sense for Level 3 (LVLT) to be up yesterday. It was. It moved from $3.53 early on June 3 to $4.07 yesterday. LVLT did sell its publishing business for $129 million,…
Word from Vodafone (VOD), which owns part of Verizon Wireless, and other sources is that Verizon is looking at a purchase of Alltel, another cellular carrier. TPG Capital and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners own…
It is almost impossible to understand why business people could not use their RIM (RIMM) Blackberry devices to trade stocks until now. The Blackberry can run e-mail applications and the new versions can be…
According to the latest data from Changewave, Research-In-Motion (RIMM) is running away with the US smartphone market. The research firm’s May survey was based on data from 2,049 respondents involved with IT spending. The…
Alltel may soon be acquired by Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ), according to a breaking news report from CNBC‘s David Faber. Faber just noted that the companies are in advanced talks to acquire the…
It has been hard to not notice the movement and trading activity in Level 3 Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: LVLT). This set up an alert for us over at VOLUME SPIKE earlier this morning and…
RBC Capital Markets has issued a downgrade of the cellular and mobile tower sector this morning, which looks like it will weigh somewhat on the shares in the group. Its prior weighting was "Outperform"…
Motorola (MOT) may be close to finding a new CEO for its handset division. It is his job to do what two generations of management before him could not. He is being asked to…
There is a complicated merger in the Chinese telecom market, which is part of the government mandate to consolidate a fragmented telecom industry in China. China Unicom Ltd. (NYSE: CHU) has formalized a deal…
The new version of the Apple (AAPL) iPhone should hit Europe next month. It will be much less expensive for consumers to buy because Apple will also cellular providers to underwrite the price of…
It may be the first bad news ever about the Apple (AAPL) iPhone, It is certainly good for RIM (RIMM), the maker of the Blackberry, According to research firm IDC, the iPhone lost smartphone…
It would not surprise many people to hear that there are not a ton of cellphone in Africa, especially when Egypt and South Africa are taking out of the mix. Nokia (NOK) wants to…
Sprint (S) put out promising news. Along with Clearwire (CLWR) and an investor group with big tech companies like Google (GOOG) and Intel (INTC), the wireless company will build a 4G network based on…