courtesy of Verizon WirelessWhile the relationship has not been a particularly stormy one, the Verizon Wireless joint venture between Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) and Vodafone Group plc (NASDAQ: VOD) has been the subject…
Courtesy Research in Motion Ltd.One sure sign that a new product is not living up to its expected results is a falling price. And that is what’s happening in the United Kingdom to the…
ThinkstockTypically the Mobile World Congress exposition focuses on the smartphone and handset part of the industry, and at this years recently completed show in Barcelona that was once again the case. While there were…
ThinkstockBroadband infrastructure company Clearwire Corp. (NASDAQ: CLWR) is so pressed for money that it will apparently borrow funds from Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S), which has offered to buy it. New Sprint controlling shareholder…
courtesy of SamsungAccording to a recent survey from Nielsen, mobile phone penetration in nine countries — five developed countries and the four BRICs — is above 80% in all nine. South Korea leads with…
courtesy of Sprint Corp.The ongoing merger (or majority stake) saga at Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) may finally be coming to a close. The analysts at Argus feel confident that the Softbank/Sprint merger has…
ThinkstockShares of radio frequency (RF) technology company ParkerVision Inc. (NASDAQ: PRKR) are soaring today following the company’s announcement of a favorable “Markman Order” in a patent infringement suit that ParkerVision filed in 2011 against…
ThinkstockCenturyLink Inc. (NYSE: CTL) saw its shares crushed last week. The telecom player slashed its dividend and it will no longer have an implied yield of 8%, 9%, nor over 10%. After the news…
ThinkstockNassim Taleb is well known for his work as a trader and professor, as well as the author of the book “ Black Swan.” He often concentrates his work on market volatility and the…
ThinkstockCenturyLink Inc. (NYSE: CTL) is in serious trouble, with shares hitting a 52-week low. Shares are down more than 20% on Thursday, yet still worth almost $21 billion in market capitalization. The Louisiana-based telecom…
courtesy of BlackberryBlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) has gone through quite a lot of changes, including a name change from Research In Motion. What is interesting is that its former co-CEO Jim Balsillie is no longer…
courtesy of Apple Inc.The growth of mobile phone sales, so hot for so long, has cooled. Research firm Gartner reports that sales of these devices fell 1.7% to 1.75 billion in 2012. Maybe the…
ThinkstockClearwire Corp. (NASDAQ: CLWR) reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2012 results after markets closed today. For the quarter, the wireless carrier posted an adjusted earnings per share (EPS) loss of $0.28 on revenues of $311.24…
ThinkstockThe Motorola unit of Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) lost 13 patent claims it had lodged against Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) way back in 2010 when Motorola was still an independent company. The federal judge…
courtesy of Sprint Corp.Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2012 earnings before markets opened this morning. For the quarter, the telecom posted a diluted earnings per share (EPS) loss of $0.44…