AT&T Clears Way for Vodafone Growth by Acquisition
Shares of Vodafone tumbled in premarket trading Monday after AT&T ended speculation that it would acquire the British telecom. The British telecom has put itself on a path to growth by acquisition.
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ThinkstockMicrosoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) is buying Nokia Corp.’s (NYSE: NOK) mobile phone and devices business to boost its presence in the ultra-competitive smartphone market. But the question is whether the Nokia operations can truly…
Verizon Earnings Beat Estimates on Strong Mobile Growth
Verizon Communications reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter and full-year 2013 results before markets opened Tuesday morning.
A Million China Mobile iPhone Preorders: Off to the Races?
While Apple CEO Tim Cook was in Beijing to meet Chairman Xi Guohua of China Mobile, the latter company announced that preorders for the iPhone have reached about 1 million units.
CEO Chen to Stay on at BlackBerry: Can He Save the Sinking Ship?
The search for a new CEO for BlackBerry is over. John S. Chen has promised to stay on at BlackBerry and the word "interim" has been dropped from his title as chief executive.
AT&T Sponsored Data Plan: Aiming to Kill Net Neutrality
Monday’s announcement by AT&T that it would allow rich companies that push a lot of bits through AT&T's pipes to subsidize costs to end users is an end-run around the long-standing debate about net…
The Bullish and Bearish Case for Verizon in 2014
24/7 Wall St. has generated a bullish and bearish scenario for 2014 in each stock of the Dow, including an outlook and review for Verizon Communications. The question is whether intense competition will wreck…
The Bullish and Bearish Case for AT&T in 2014
2013 was a considerable year for stocks, yet AT&T was among the five worst Dow stocks. 24/7 Wall St. has generated a bullish and bearish scenario for 2014 in each stock of the Dow,…
T-Mobile Takes Another Shot at AT&T
Wireless carrier T-Mobile US announced Monday morning that it had acquired additional A-block spectrum from Verizon Wireless for about $2.4 billion in cash and the transfer to Verizon Wireless of approximately $950 million in…
AT&T Offers T-Mobile Users $450 to Switch
Wireless phone giant AT&T is offering current customers of T-Mobile US up to $450 to switch carriers. The offer is meant to steal a bit of thunder from next week's expected T-Mobile announcement.
Apple iPhone Deal a Good One for China Mobile
While the weekend deal between Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and China Mobile Ltd. (NYSE: CHL) was important for Apple, it was probably more important to China Mobile. Here's why.
Sprint and Dish Network Bury the Hatchet
ThinkstockDish Network Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH) did all it could, first to acquire Clearwire, then to prevent SoftBank from acquiring a majority position in Sprint Corp. (NYSE: S). Neither plan worked out, but the two…
How a Sprint T-Mobile Stacks Up Against Verizon and AT&T
Jon Ogg in NYCThe merger gods have their worshipers yearning for more deals going into year-end. The proposed merger of Sprint Corp. (NYSE: S) and T-Mobile US (NYSE: TMUS) is not exactly a new…
Sprint Studies Acquisition of T-Mobile: Report
courtesy of Sprint Corp.What the U.S. wireless market needs, at least according to Sprint Corp. (NYSE: S) is three major wireless carriers, not four, and the Japanese-controlled firm is reported to be looking at…
How Russia and China Killed Cisco
courtesy of Cisco SystemsJohn Chambers, the longtime CEO of Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) made a presentation to investment analysts. It contained dozens of PowerPoint slides, but the audience only cared about one. It…