Despite being grossly disappointed with John Chambers and the earnings guidance from Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO), it is still hard for us to believe that Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) is causing the trouble for…
Sprint-Nextel (NASDAQ: S) may not have the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone but that has not impeded its recover. The wireless provider posted relatively good numbers for the period which ended on December 31. The…
NokiaNokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) CEO Stephen Elop is scheduled this Friday to announce a plan to turn the Finnish phone giant around. An internal memo from Elop has hit the street, and it offers…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is seeing yet one more analyst upgrade ahead of Thursday’s launch of the iPhone with Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ). The move is eliminating the AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) exclusivity. …
Data released by comScore about mobile phone sales in December showed that trends from earlier in the year continued. Sales of Samsung handsets bested all of its rivals in the US with a market…
The New York Times reports that the FCC will announce intentions to use about $8 billion from the Universal Service Fund for rural broadband. The fund taxes phone bills to help underwrite telecom service to…
Apple (AAPL) may make significantly more money from its new iPad that it has on any other product it has launched since 2001 when the iPod came to market. Research firm iSuppli expects tablet…
Consumers who want an Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone from Verizon Wireless can no longer order it online. The Verizon Wireless website posted a message which says iPhone 4. Verizon. It begins.We are no longer…
Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: LVLT) is not out of the woods when it comes to its earnings. The wholesale data packet carrier to large internet and telecom outfits tried to highlight the growth…
If there was any lingering doubt about the identity of the 600-pound gorilla in the mobile phone market, today’s earnings announcements from three major mobile players out to put those doubts out of mind.…
The new Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 5 will be released sometime later this year, according to rumors. It will have a number of features that the iPhone 4 and iPhone 3 don’t. Among them…
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) App Store downloads reached 10 billion, more than one download for each man, woman, and child on earth. Many experts believe that these applications are what tethers many iPhone and iPad…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) held up better than many would have expected given the sad news that Steve Jobs is taking another medical leave of absence. The Cult of Mac reported earnings of $6.43…
Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) is gambling on a rate hike to its 4G smartphone plans. Sprint will charge another $10.00 per month beginning on January 30, extending the surcharge for “Premium Data” for…
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