The 24/7 Wall St. 2012 Model Portfolio has been on a roll with dividend hikes, ahead of plan in some cases. AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) is one we have felt offers better risk-reward parameters currently…
Research-in-Motion Limited (NASDAQ: RIMM) should change its name to ‘RIM’s Limited.’ The smartphone maker is turning out to be a ‘dumbphone’ maker if you look at industry figures. Still, what is interesting is that ANYONE…
Research in Motion Limited (NASDAQ: RIMM) is on deck with earnings today. It goes without saying, but even after an earnings warning very few are excited about the prospects of any great outcome. To…
Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has returned to the U.S. smartphone market. Unfortunately, its partner is also-ran wireless provider T-Mobile. That will make it very difficult for the smartphone to get adoption. Experts already have questioned…
Its struggle against the federal government to gain acceptance of its high-speed internet product is nearly over. LightSquared, the ambitious national wireless provider, is doomed. In an announcement, the company praised the National Space-Based PNT Executive…
NokiaNokia (NYSE: NOK) will soon launch its Lumia 710, a Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) mobile powered smartphone, in the U.S. Sales in the first week may well determine the fate of the phone with consumers. Nokia…
HTC, based in Taiwan, is supposed to be the leader among the world’s Android-based smartphone companies. It is supposed to be the company with products that can challenge Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone franchise. Those assumptions were true…
The iPhone 4S from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) gets top marks for customer satisfaction according to a new survey from Changewave Research. Some 77% of customers are “very satisfied” with the latest iPhone, and…
Deutsche Telekom will receive a $4 billion break-up fee if AT&T (NYSE: T) cannot engineer a buyout of the Germany company’s T-Mobile unit. That would create a large war chest. Instead of exiting the…
AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) has been in the news because of what is turning into a more and more likely failed acquisition of T-Mobile from Deutsche Telekom. While a $4 billion charge is a…
To say that Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) has had a tough go lately is an understatement. To even whisper the same thing about Clearwire Corp. (NASDAQ: CLWR) is a colossal understatement. Sprint has…
Last quarter, China passed the U.S. as the world’s largest smartphone market. That means the fortunes of companies like Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) will be decided as much in China as in the U.S. Some smartphone firms…
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) should have bought Facebook four years ago, when it might have had to pay only a few billion dollars. Since then, the social network has cruised past MSN, Aol (NYSE: AOL)…
The earnings reports from telecom players are now mostly out and 24/7 Wall St. is looking up and down through the high-dividend sector to see which telecom players offer the most implied upside. Subscriber…
No one knows quite how Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) will make money on its Android mobile OS. Some of the software in the OS may violate Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) patents. Those issues…