The juggernaut that is Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone sales grows more powerful each day. New data show that Apple thrashed its smartphone competitors in the second quarter and may have become the largest smartphone…
Verizon Wireless is owned 55% by Verizon (NYSE: VZ) and 45% by UK-based Vodafone (NYSE: VOD). Yesterday, the cellular service provider said it would pay a dividend of $10 billion next year. The size…
Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) is joining in the waves of selling seen in Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) and even more recently in Juniper Networks, Inc. (NYSE: JNPR). Cisco has been bashed even during its…
NokiaWhy does troubled handset company Nokia (NYSE: NOK) own NAVTEQ, which is a map and traffic software company? The unit competes with several powerful rivals, including Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), and a…
Apple, Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) is not ready to launch a 4G-enabled iPhone, and that may be as important as any news that comes out with is earnings and forecasts today. Several brokerage houses have…
The new data from comScore on US carrier networks for smartphones is beyond alarming. It is not just confirming a trend, but confirming that there is no sign of a negative trend easing up. …
Investors threw another $265 million at LightSquared, the troubled LTE 4G wireless provider with the audacity to compete with Sprint-Nextel (NYSE: S), Verizon Wireless and AT&T Wireless. Many observers think the company is doomed…
Research firm BIA/Kelsey released a survey widely covered in the press predicted that “total U.S. mobile ad spending will grow from $790 million in 2010 to $4 billion in 2015.” The reason for its…
Nokia (NYSE: NOK) will launch its new N9 Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) Windows-powered smartphone later this year. It does so as the entire industry faces slowing sales and a dizzying number of new products and…
The state of the smartphone industry is based largely on the public’s perception of how well the Apple iPhone does against the legions of Android handsets. Some Apple fans are concerned about the growing…
Research in Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) is about to come clean on its earnings report. Needless to say, expectations are low and our take is that anyone who thinks that guidance won’t be “tempered”…
NokiaAll Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has to do is hang on for a few years and it will have a huge share of the smartphone market due to its partnership with Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT). IDC…
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) announced its new iCloud multimedia storage system and a new version of its OS called Lion. Nothing was said about updated versions of the iPad or iPhone at Apple’s World Wide…
Nokia Nokia Corporation (NYSE: NOK) is hosed if 2011 becomes its own version of “Nokia’s New Normal.” It has seen more downgrades than the U.S. economic recovery in the last week. What is interesting…
American Tower Corporation (NYSE: AMT) and Crown Castle International Corp. (NYSE: CCI) are the two major players in the world of cellphone towers. Go ahead and include 4G too. This morning is not looking…