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Is ADTRAN's Share Price Getting Too Sexy?Gary Bourgeault • Sat, Jun 8
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AT&T's Management Discusses Q2 2012 Results - Earnings Call TranscriptTue, Jul 24, 2012 • 3 Comments
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AT&T's CEO Discusses Q1 2012 Results - Earnings Call TranscriptTue, Apr 24, 2012
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AT&T's CEO Discusses Q4 2011 Results - Earnings Call TranscriptThu, Jan 26, 2012
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AT&T's CEO Discusses Q3 2011 Results - Earnings Call TranscriptThu, Oct 20, 2011 • 1 Comment
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AT&T Management Discusses Q2 2011 Results - Earnings Call TranscriptThu, Jul 21, 2011
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AT&T's CEO Discusses Q1 2011 Results - Earnings Call TranscriptWed, Apr 20, 2011
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AT&T's CEO Discusses Q4 2010 Results - Earnings Call TranscriptThu, Jan 27, 2011
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AT&T Management Discusses Q3 2010 Results - Earnings Call TranscriptThu, Oct 21, 2010
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AT&T Q2 2010 Earnings Call TranscriptThu, Jul 22, 2010
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AT&T Inc. Q1 2010 Earnings Call TranscriptWed, Apr 21, 2010
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AT&T Inc. Q4 2009 Earnings Call TranscriptSat, Jan 30, 2010
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AT&T Q3 2009 Earnings Call TranscriptThu, Oct 22, 2009
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AT&T Q2 2009 Earnings Call TranscriptThu, Jul 23, 2009
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AT&T, formerly known as SBC Communications Inc. (SBC), was formed as one of several regional holding companies created to hold AT&T Corp.’s (ATTC) local telephone companies. On January 1, 1984, we were spun-off from ATTC pursuant to an anti-trust consent decree, becoming an independent publicly... More
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- Friday, February 1, 10:17 AM Verizon (VZ +2.5%) outperforms following an upgrade to Overweight from Piper: the firm likes Big Red's unmatched wireless network and thinks 2013 expectations have been reset. AT&T (T +2.2%) is up almost as much. Comment! [Tech]
- Sunday, January 27, 3:03 AM Consumers who buy phones from cellular carriers no longer have legal protection to unlock the devices so they can work on another operator's network. Under a change in regulation from the Library of Congress's Copyright Office that came into force yesterday, unlocking phones is not expressly permitted under law. "It may go to court some time, and then it will be up to a judge," says lawyer Mitch Stoltz. 22 Comments [Tech, Consumer]
- Friday, January 25, 6:57 PM AT&T (T +0.8%) closed slightly higher after posting mixed Q4 results (thanks largely to subsidized iPhone sales), providing roughly in-line 2013 guidance, and announcing a $1.9B spectrum purchase. During the Q4 call, Ma Bell suggested its international efforts (previous) could include carrier partnerships in addition to M&A. The company also mentioned it has thought about offering smartphone financing plans (in lieu of subsidies) a la T-Mobile. Dish Network (DISH +3%) rallied on news of AT&T's spectrum buy. 1 Comment [Tech]
- Friday, January 25, 10:56 AM AT&T (T) continues its spectrum-buying binge by acquiring 700 MHz.-band spectrum from Verizon Wireless (VZ, VOD) in exchange for $1.9B and higher-frequency spectrum. The licenses AT&T is buying cover 42M people in 18 states, and will be used to deploy 4G services. The deal comes shortly after AT&T agreed to buy ATN's wireless ops and spectrum, and received an FCC green light to buy 2.3 GHz. spectrum from NextWave and others. Verizon agreed to sell a large chunk of 700 MHz. licenses in exchange for receiving FCC approval for its cable spectrum purchases. 1 Comment [Tech, M&A]
- Thursday, January 24, 4:45 PM A little more on AT&T: Wireless op. margin fell 100 bps Y/Y to 14.5% thanks to iPhone sales. Wireline revenue -0.5%, op. margin up 30 bps to 12%. Consumer wireline +3%, business -2.1%. Wireline data +6.9%, voice -8.8%, other -5.2%. Total broadband subs flat, but ARPU up 10%. 192K U-Verse TV subs added vs. 198K in Q3. 2013 capex budget of $21B, up from 2012's $19.5B. More buybacks expected. Comment! [Tech, Earnings]
- Thursday, January 24, 4:44 PM More on AT&T: 2013 free cash flow to fall from 2012's $19.4B. 1.1M Q4 wireless net adds, 780K postpaid. Verizon had 2.1M postpaid net adds. 10.2M smartphones sold, 8.6M were iPhones (AAPL). Wireless service revenue +4.2% Y/Y (was +4.5% in Q3). Postpaid ARPU was $64.98, up 1.9% Y/Y but down 0.3% Q/Q. Postpaid churn was 1.19% vs. 1.21% a year ago, total churn 1.42% vs. 1.39% prior. T -0.2% AH. CC underway (webcast). (PR) (slides) 2 Comments [Tech, Earnings]
- Thursday, January 24, 4:05 PM AT&T (T): Q4 EPS of $0.44 misses by $0.02. Revenue of $32.58B (+0.2% Y/Y) beats by $360M. $4.4B in stock buybacks. Expects 2%+ consolidated revenue growth, EPS growth in the "upper-single digits or higher," and free cash flow of $14B+ in 2013. Shares -0.5% AH. (PR) Comment! [Tech, Earnings]
- Thursday, January 24, 12:10 AM Notable earnings after Thursday’s close: CPHD, CRUS, ED, EGHT, ETFC, FLEX, INFA, JBHT, JNPR, KLAC, MSFT, MXIM, QLGC, RMBS, RMD, SBUX, SCSS, SXL, SYNA, T, TKR, TPX, VRSN 1 Comment [Earnings]
- Wednesday, January 23, 5:35 PM Notable earnings after Thursday’s close: CPHD, CRUS, ED, EGHT, ETFC, FLEX, INFA, JBHT, JNPR, KLAC, MSFT, MXIM, QLGC, RMBS, RMD, SBUX, SCSS, SXL, SYNA, T, TKR, TPX, VRSN Comment! [Earnings]
- Tuesday, January 22, 8:44 AM AT&T (T) buys the wireless business of Atlantic Tele-Network (ATNI) for $780M in an all-cash transaction slated to close in the second half of the year. The deal will give AT&T the Alltel spectrum business which is focused in rural areas of Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Illinois, Ohio, and Idaho. Comment! [Tech, M&A]
- Thursday, January 17, 5:58 PM AT&T (T) -1.4% AH after disclosing its expects to record a $10B non-cash charge for Q4 related to pension/benefit plan losses. A $12B actuarial loss produced by a lower assumed discount rate is partly offset by a $1.9B asset gain. In October, the telco asked the Department of Labor to let it use $9.5B in preferred equity interest to help cover a pension shortfall that had reached $10.2B at the end of 2011. 5 Comments [Tech]
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Thursday, January 17, 4:13 AM
AT&T (T) is reportedly considering acquiring a European telecom operator and is casting its eye on Holland's KPN, which is 28%-owned by American Movil (AMX), and the U.K.'s Everything Everywhere, which is co-owned by France Telecom (FTE) and Deutsche Telekom (DTEGF.PK). With share prices depressed because of the economic slump, AT&T reckons it might be worth buying into Europe before the data market matures to the level of the U.S.
2 Comments [Tech, Top Stories, Consumer] - Wednesday, January 9, 9:29 AM Verizon Wireless (VZ, VOD) says it expect to report 9.8M smartphone activations, "with a higher mix of Apple smartphones," for Q4. That figure is up 29% from the 7.7M smartphones activated a year ago, and 44% from the 6.8M activated in Q3 (46% of them were iPhones). Verizon's Y/Y growth rate is easily above that of AT&T (T - previous), which is more iPhone-dependent, but its Q/Q rate is slower. The smartphone sales, together with strong indirect channel growth, will lead to a slight Y/Y drop in EBITDA service margin. VZ -0.5%. AAPL -0.7%. (CEO remarks: I, II) Update: Verizon PR tells Seeking Alpha the iPhone mix was higher relative to both Q3 (46% of smartphone sales) and Q4 2011 (56%). 22 Comments [Tech, Earnings]
- Tuesday, January 8, 12:12 PM AT&T (T -2.5%) remains negative after reporting it sold 10M+ smartphones in Q4. One concern: smartphone subsidies will depress AT&T's Q4 margin, and since much of Ma Bell's base already owns a smartphone, the service revenue benefit might not be huge. Apple (AAPL +0.1%) has given up its early gains. With research firms having reported the iPhone is doing very well in the U.S relative to Europe/China, sales concerns mostly revolve around international markets. Meanwhile, Tim Cook is paying another visit to China - is he there to nail down an elusive China Mobile deal? 9 Comments [Tech, On the Move]
- Tuesday, January 8, 8:47 AM AT&T announces the sale of more than 10M smartphones in Q4 vs. 9.4M a year ago. "This included best-ever quarterly sales of Android and Apple smartphones." This would suggest Q4 iPhone sales in the 7M-8M range, says BI's Jay Yarow. AAPL +1%, T -1.3% premarket. (PR) 37 Comments [Tech]
- Monday, January 7, 2:26 PM AT&T (T) introduces the U-verse Screen Pack, a $5/month movie streaming service for its TV subs. Some are calling the service a Netflix (NFLX) killer, but as AllThingsD's Peter Kafka points out, Screen Pack's relatively small content library makes it more on par with Comcast's Streampix, which hasn't exactly eaten Netflix's lunch. AT&T is also announcing new U-verse media-sharing apps, and a home security/automation service called Digital Life; the latter relies on a control panel developed by Cisco (CSCO). 3 Comments [Tech]
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Energysystems
lol...so $VZ is going to buy out $VOD for the wireless stake and $T will buy all foreign ops from $VOD? I seriously doubt it. - View all 7 replies
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Energysystems: Still think $VOD would be better off in the long run not doing it, but would walk away with a grin if they did!
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DaLatin: How many talks an articles comments did I beg folks 2 switch NOK @ high3s&4s to 98 cent CLWR.Said % wise was a gift.My amigo~danargas too
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Mike_Grasbie
A Lumia Flagship for Verizon Could Dramatically Increase Nokia Sales in the USA. $VZ, $NOK, $T http://bit.ly/155ZmTj - View all 0 replies
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Tony Kau
$T sell signal on exhaustion - big move on low volume http://ow.ly/i/1D2rW http://ow.ly/ioqC8 - View all 0 replies
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Dividend Sheet
$PBI $MCY and $ORI are the best yielding Income Growth Stocks - http://stks.co/iNWx - Average Yield: 5.28% - I like $T and $DBD - View all 0 replies
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Jim Van Meerten
$T - 100% Barchart technical buy signals - 6 new highs and up 2.55% in the last month - Relative Strength Index 65.04% - View all 3 replies
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Daniel Nadler
5 Stocks that Sort of Survived the Last Fiscal Meltdown (2011): http://stks.co/jNCq $DIA $SPY $QQQ $MCD $T $VZ $PG $KO - View all 0 replies
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Dividend Sheet
$VZ $T and $INTC are the best yielding Dogs of the Dow Jones - http://stks.co/aLrT - $MCD $MSFT and $INTC are new on the list - View all 1 replies
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Saibus Research
We're Warming Up to Windstream's 11.6% Dividend Yield: http://seekingalpha.com/a/q0tb $WIN $CTL $T $VZ - View all 1 replies
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dartboardinvesting: Obviously can't draw a straight line from there. int'l sales and inventory buildup would have to stay the same as well, but still positive.
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Internal Source: Here in Europe the 4 and 4S selling well, according to stores anecdotally. iP5 "too expensive" for many, and supply 4+ weeks leadtime.
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Regarded Solutions
these are the days where some of our "dry powder" can be used: GE, T, JNJ are all on sale. - View all 15 replies
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murcilp640: i dont think were headed to the 1300's, this is a medium correction before the final rally up
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1980XLS-2.0: Obviously, Apple's tech is not very advanced. Especially in CDMA. Need more engineers, less lawyers.
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Energysystems: I don't like the continued noise out of India but VOD has so much global growth exposure, along with that stake in the States, I'm very long
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Will Erlandson: LOL, my sticky fingers hit "send" a little too early :). Must state after making that joke I am in no way associated with Google.
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Will Erlandson: ...other than the fact that I'm having a beer and getting ready to curse the sound of Larry's voice during the call.
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A. I. Houriani: I agree with you Alan. SA authors have been overly optimistic with HP and Dell. They're accepting too much risk even at current valuations
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Regarded Solutions
Looks like JNJ is recovering of course, but T still offers a buying opportunity. See me articles on both. - View all 3 replies
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Regarded Solutions: bigger company more moola and a little better yield right now....plus, I already own it!
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