A new survey of 4,270 primarily North American consumers by the research firm shows an unprecedented degree of consumer interest in the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 5. Dr. Paul Carton, VP of Research…
Clearwire Corp. (NASDAQ: CLWR) is absolutely surging today on news that it will likely have to be a part of a Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) majority stake sale to Softbank in Japan. While…
Investors have faced confusion and hope all in the same day over the notion that Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE: S) could be the next big telecom takeover target. Whether it is a majority stake…
In a world with a total population of about 7 billion, cell phone subscriptions numbered about 6 billion at the end of 2011, according to a report from the U.N.’s International Telecommunications Union (ITU).…
The plot is thickening on the Sprint-Softbank talks. David Faber on CNBC has said that talks between Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) and Softbank are advanced, but they are for a stake with a…
Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) is seeing huge interest early on Thursday. While rumors and reports have been out that it was going to make a competing bid to acquire MetroPCS Communications Inc. (NYSE:…
Sirius XMSIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) must have thought that they needed to get subscriber data out before its earnings report. The satellite radio leader just release a report showing that its net…
MetroPCS Communications, Inc. (NYSE: PCS) has traded well off of its highs since word first surfaced that Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile USA was likely to acquire it. Shares hit a high of $14.51 on October 2…
The Mannheim Regional Court has ruled that Google Inc.’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) Motorola Mobility division does not infringe on a patent held by Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) that enables applications to work on different handsets.…
MetroPCS Communications Inc. (NYSE: PCS) saw its shares recover handily and shares were halted briefly after Bloomberg reported that Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) was likely to try to make a counterbid to acquire…
Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) is about to get a boost from AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T). Reports indicate the huge wireless service network will launch the new Lumia 920 and 820 smartphones. Each runs on…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) might have expected that its successful patent suit against Samsung and the launch of the iPhone 5 would dampen demand for Samsung’s flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S III. As it…
The reverse merger agreement between T-Mobile USA and MetroPCS Communications Inc. (NYSE: PCS) lit up the board yesterday before the terms were announced. Not so much today, though. MetroPCS shares are down more than…
So the boards of Deutsche Telekom and MetroPCS Communications Inc. (NYSE: PCS) have approved a deal for a merger of the latter with the former’s U.S. subsidiary, T-Mobile USA. The deal will give the…
The board of directors of MetroPCS Communications Inc. (NYSE: PCS) has approved a merger with T-Mobile USA, a division of Deutsche Telekom AG, according to a report from Reuters. The report cites the Financial…