The Cellular Business’s Next Big Thing
There are only so many people who can own a cellphone. In Europe and the US, that number is no longer growing quickly. America’s three largest cellular carriers, Sprint (S), AT&T (T), and Verizon…
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Tonight I received an email from Palm (NASDAQ:PALM) regarding what was starting to look like the inevitable: that little web gadget, its Foleo, is not just delayed futher; it has been scrubbed. This was…
What Does a Combined Leap Wireless & MetroPCS Look Like? (LEAP, PCS)
This morning there was a somewhat surprising merger announcement, although some have speculated this merger was inevitable. MetroPCS Communications, Inc. (NYSE:PCS) has sent a letter to Leap Wireless International, Inc. (NASDAQ:LEAP) proposing a tax-free…
China Mobile And China Unicom Sit At 52-Week Highes
Shares of both China Mobile (CHL), the largest Chinese cell company, and No.2 China Unicom (CHU) both sit at 52-week highs. And, no wonder. China Unicom now has almost 151 million subscribers, up from…
As City-Wide WiFi Fall Apart, An Opening For WiMax
As the municipal WiFi business at Earthlink (ELNK) has come under financial pressure, the future of city-wide wireless projects is in trouble. ELNK shares are down over 20% in the last two year, even…
Google Phone Gets Closer
According to GigaOm, the Google (GOOG) mobile phone is getting closer. The phone will run mobile Linux and can run Java virtual machines. It will run video clips. The Google phone also has a…
Wimax Goes To Japan, Good News For Sprint
The huge Japanese cell carrier NTT Docomo (DCM) is investing in a large WiMax deployment in that country. Japanese ADSL provider Acca Networks will be its partner. Docomo has a number of ways to…
More Competition For Motorola
There is no rule about kicking companies when they are down, and Motorola (MOT) is figuring that out. Recently Samsung caught MOT in global market share, at about 15%. Nokia (NOK) is the leader…
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 Telekom (DT)…
A Qualcomm Break-Up
Barron’s has floated the idea that Qualcomm (QCOM) may want to break itself into two pieces. Almost all of its rivals and its largest customer, Nokia (NOK), are in legal battles with the chip…
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 tech between…
JDSU: Still No Future
JDSU, which makes communications test and measurement solutions and optical products for the telecom and cable businesses, turned in another lackluster quarter. These are supposed to be the days of broadband expansion and fiber-for-everyone…
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 iPhone is…
Broadcom (BRCOM) Injunction Could Cost Qualcomm (QCOM) $2.4 Billion
As 24/7 Wall St. reported this morning, Broadcom’s (BRCM) efforts to get an injunction against Qualcomm (QCOM) marketing chips with BRCM intellectual property could have effect of shutting down parts of QCOM’s business. Many…
Qualcomm (QCOM): Double Trouble, Time For CEO To Go
It was hard to imagine that things could get worse for Qualcomm (QCOM) but they have. The company announced strong earnings this month and guided higher, but all of the other news around the…