courtesy of Apple Inc.Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) share of the Chinese smartphone market rose to 12% in October, according to technology market research firm Counterpoint. That was a leap from its 3% share in…
courtesy of Sprint Corp.Sprint Corporation (NYSE: S) seems to be in a far better position financially after its merger versus when it was on its own. After seeing two different credit rating agency reports…
ThinkstockAT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) is finding itself in a strange spot going into 2014. It is the highest of the yields in the Dow Jones Industrial Average by far, and that makes it the…
courtesy of Sprint Corp.If Sprint Corp. (NYSE: S) hopes to effectively compete with its largest rivals AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) and Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ), and its new controlling shareholder — SoftBank —…
courtesy of Apple Inc.When Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) released the iPhone 5S, the time buyers had to wait to get new phones lasted as long as two weeks. The figure has dropped as low…
ThinkstockNQ Mobile Inc. (NYSE: NQ), the China- and U.S.-based mobile Internet provider, provided a fiscal year 2014 forecast Wednesday morning that shatters the current consensus estimate. When the company reported earnings a week ago,…
courtesy of Sprint Corp.Sprint Corp. (NYSE: S) may be a tracking stock and it may still be considered a merger candidate, even after the Softbank transaction. Opinions vary widely about the past and the…
JoeInQueens, via Wikimedia CommonsThe new Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 5S has barely been on the market for two months, and the speculation about the features and price of the iPhone 6 has already…
ThinkstockThe need for speed, whether wireline or wireless, continues to drive the direction of most of the top companies in the Robert Baird Communication Services and Technology coverage universe. The quality of network marketing…
ThinkstockNQ Mobile Inc. (NYSE: NQ) reported fiscal third quarter 2013 earnings after markets closed on Tuesday. The Chinese mobile Internet carrier posted adjusted diluted earnings per American Depositary Share (ADS) of $0.28 on revenues…
ThinkstockThe number of mobile subscriptions worldwide now tops 6.6 billion, not far from one subscription for every one of the estimated 7.15 billion people now living on earth. Because a single user may have…
ThinkstockWindstream Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: WIN) has managed yet again to keep up its quarterly dividend payment of $0.25 per common share. Any company that maintains its dividend is generally not a newsworthy announcement. Windstream…
courtesy of Apple Inc.T-Mobile US Inc. (NYSE: TMUS) reported third-quarter 2013 results before markets opened Tuesday morning. The wireless carrier posted revenues of $6.69 billion, compared with revenues of $6.15 billion in third quarter…
ThinkstockIn the world of big telecom mergers, it is getting ever harder to imagine any big deals in the United States. Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) was able to buy out the stake from…
Courtesy BlackBerrySale hopes for BlackBerry Ltd. (NASDAQ: BBRY) may have just died and been sent to purgatory. BlackBerry has announced that it has received a $1 billion investment from Fairfax Financial and other institutional…