Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) CEO Faces Firing Squad
The board of Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) has told CEO Pat Russo that she needs to come up with an "emergency restructuring plan" for the company, according to the FT. It’s hard to say what took…
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Newest first · Page 134Qualcomm’s (QCOM) Pipe Dream
Qualcomm (QCOM) wants things to go back to the way they used to be with its largest customer, Nokia (NOK). That was when the world’s largest handset company was paying Qualcomm’s then full-rate to…
Cell Phone Nation: No Mobile Search Unless It’s Free
Note to Microsoft (MSFT), Google (GOOG), and Yahoo! (YHOO). Handset users don’t want a local search feature on their phones if they have to pay for it. According to The Inquirer, IDC and Trueposition…
Intel And Nokia Build A WiMax World
Intel (INTC) and Nokia (NOK) have closed a deal under which the big chip company will provide the world’s largest handset company with the ability to launch WiMax enable products within a year. Sprint…
Will Another Vonage Lawsuit Loss Threaten Its Viability? (VG, S, VZ)
Vonage Holdings Corporation (NYSE:VG) is a company where it seems like nothing ever goes right. A jury has ruled in favor of Sprint Nextel (NYSE:S) patent lawsuit where it found that Vonage infringed on…
AT&T And Verizon Keep Move Up As Comcast Hits 52-Week Low
Comcast (CMCSA), the nation’s largest cable company, hit a 52-week low today at $23.13. AT&T (T) and Verizon (VZ) are within pennies of their annual highs. It was not supposed to work out this…
Virgin Mobile Sets IPO Terms (VM, S)
The awaited IPO of Virgin Mobile is much closer to coming out. The company has set terms at 27.5 million shares, with 25.55+ million coming from the company itself. Virgin Mobile has taken the…
Qualcomm (QCOM) Raises Forecasts
It seems that its legal problems with the likes of Broadcom (BRCM) and Nokia (NOK) are not hurting Qualcomm’s (QCOM) short-term business. The company said it anticipates fourth fiscal quarter Qualcomm pro forma revenues…
Motorola (MOT) And Nokia (NOK): A Mobile Phone Shortage
Barron’s is reporting that Cowen says there will be a shortage of mobile handsets in the US “the millions of units.” The research firm indicates that this is good news for Motorola (MOT) and…
Video Use on Cellphones At Only 4%
According to Forrester Research, the percentage of North American handset owners who watch video sits at a mere 4%. The news comes as Verizon Wireless, a joint venture of Verizon (VZ) and Vodafone (VOD) …
Panic In The Cell World: Nokia Relases WiFi Phone
Nokia (NOK) is launching a new phone on which "users can make calls over the Internet when they are in range of an unlicensed wireless network, such as Bluetooth or Wi-Fi," according to Reuters.…
Palm Guidance Better Than It Could Have Been (PALM)
Palm, Inc. (NASDAQ:PALM) has issued guidance and said it expects revenue to be in the range of $359 million to $361 million for its first quarter of fiscal 2008. Earnings per diluted share are…
Apple And T-Mobile Team For iPhone In Germany
Apple and T-Mobile today announced that T-Mobile, the leading network operator in Germany, will be the exclusive German carrier of Apple’s iPhone when it makes its debut in Germany on November 9. Douglas A.…
Cisco Buys Into Wireless Spectrum Analysis (CSCO)
Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Germantown, MD-based Cognio, Inc., a company involved in wireless spectrum analysis and management for wireless networks. Cognio’s spectrum technology enhances performance, reliability and security…
Apple iPhone Price Will Be Handicap In Europe
In the wireless markets in Europe, they give the phones away. Even the super-nice ones like the Nokia (NOK) N 95. And, the really souped up handsets work on 3G networks. Analysts watching for…