ClearwireThe saga continues. Sprint-Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) and Clearwire Corp. (NASDAQ: CLWR) have today amended the agreement between the two companies to raise Sprint’s offer for the nearly 50% of Clearwire’s shares that it…
courtesy of Nokia Corp. In comments just before Chinese telecom firm Huawei introduces its new high-end smartphone, the Ascend P6, the company would consider an acquisition of Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) to help Huawei…
courtesy of SamsungAT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) has begun to take orders for the new ultra rugged Samsung Galaxy S 4 Active. The AT&T online page set to promote the Samsung phone says “Pre-Order Now” and:…
ThinkstockA seven-year convertible bond issued to Japan’s SoftBank at the time of its initial bid for Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) has tossed another hurdle in front of satellite provider Dish Network Corp. (NASDAQ:…
ThinkstockA special committee of the board of directors of Clearwire Corp. (NASDAQ: CLWR) is expected to recommend that the company accept the buyout offer from Dish Network Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH), and rescind its acceptance…
courtesy of SamsungAT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) has decided its wireless customers are so loyal that it can extend the period after which they can get a new smartphone at a discount price from 20…
Wikimedia CommonsTelecommunications giant AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) said last night that it expects to add 500,000 new postpaid wireless subscribers to its rolls in the second quarter. The company also said it expects stronger…
courtesy of Apple Inc.Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is looking for any and every way that it can to bring customers into newer and newer products. The newest effort is a reported trade-in program aimed…
courtesy of SamsungAmericans love a horse race, whether it involves the big, four-legged critters or the two-legged political kind. The attraction, of course, is that there’s always a winner. Trying to apply the horse…
ThinkstockIn another violation of the privacy of U.S. citizens, the NSA has asked Verizon Wireless to provide it with millions of records of the phone activity of its customers. How this will help combat…
courtesy of SamsungA combined 56% of Americans now own a smartphone according to the latest “Internet and American Life Project” at Pew Research Center. Some 91% of all Americans own a cell phone of…
ThinkstockChina’s Lenovo Group has been looking for a way into the smartphone market at least since early this year, when the company was reported to be eyeing Research In Motion, now known as BlackBerry…
ThinkstockAsian PC giant Lenovo has joined the long line of companies that plan to enter the very crowded smartphone market. Is it any wonder? Personal computer sales have fallen through the floor, while at…
ThinkstockSprint Nextel Corp.’s (NYSE: S) desperation to hang on to its deal to buy Clearwire Corp. (NASDAQ: CLWR) as it competes against Dish Network Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH) for the prize was showing. The Clearwire…
courtesy of AppleThe Android mobile device operating system (OS) from Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) continues to hold more than half the smartphone OS market, with a 51.7% share for the three-month period ending in…