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Monday, March 29, 2010, 5:23 PM Apple (AAPL) is reportedly prepping new iPhones for summer, including a CDMA version that would work on Verizon Wireless (VZ, VOD). Apple shares hit an all-time intraday high of $233.87 today; +0.6% AH to $233.90. (WSJ) 1 Comment
Sunday, March 28, 2010, 1:18 PM Vodafone (VOD) and Verizon (VZ) are reportedly considering three solutions for jointly-owned Verizon Wireless, including a possible merger of the two firms or a sale of their respective stakes in the venture to each other or to a third party. A merger of the two could be worth over £120B ($179B). 3 Comments
Friday, March 5, 2010, 4:39 PM Skype explains why it's showing up in Nokia's (NOK) app stores everywhere but the U.S.: purely a marketing decision, to drive Skype's deal with Verizon Wireless (VZ, VOD). Comment!
Friday, March 5, 2010, 11:56 AM Setting an April 3 debut for the iPad has helped push Apple (AAPL +3.7%) to its all-time high of $218.50. Heavy dollar volume in AAPL is lifting tech as a sector, with the notable exception of Microsoft (MSFT -0.4%) - whose iPhone catch-up "Project Pink" is rumored to be coming to Verizon Wireless (VZ, VOD). Comment!
Friday, February 26, 2010, 1:21 PM "Wireless simply cannot be described as a growth industry any more," says Bernstein Research, citing measly 2.6% growth in 4Q09. The report says 2010 expectations "look too optimistic," suggesting lower-than-forecast revenue growth at Verizon Wireless (VZ, VOD), AT&T (T), Sprint (S), T-Mobile (DT) and others. Comment!
Tuesday, February 23, 2010, 4:46 PM According to PC World's newest 13-city 3G network performance test, AT&T's (T) much-maligned 3G network has indeed undergone a drastic makeover. Download speeds were 84% better than they were eight months ago - and a full 67% faster than rivals Sprint (S), T-Mobile (DT), and Verizon (VZ, VOD). Comment!
Tuesday, February 16, 2010, 5:26 PM The deal that Verizon Wireless (VZ, VOD) made with Skype is fascinating but still requires users to pay for a voice component - which means that if it's a game-changer, the change may still be a ways off. Comment!
Friday, February 12, 2010, 1:56 PM Another milestone in mobile phone companies' migration to selling data instead of voice may come next Tuesday, if Verizon Wireless (VZ, VOD) announces that voice app Skype is working across its network, as with AT&T (T). (previously) Comment!
Monday, February 8, 2010, 9:24 AM Vodafone (VOD) signs a four-year agreement with Oracle (ORCL) to provide voice, data and management services to employees in the European, Middle East and Africa region. Vodafone didn't specify how much the contract was worth, but said it could provide Oracle with significant savings. Comment!
Monday, February 1, 2010, 4:25 PM Leap Wireless (LEAP) bounded +13% into the close on reports it's hired Goldman Sachs to help it consider a merger or sale - possibly to Verizon Wireless (VZ, VOD) or AT&T (T). Yet the news could be designed to prod MetroPCS (PCS +5.3%) to act - just two and a half years ago, Leap rejected overtures from MetroPCS that valued Leap at $4.7B; today Leap's market cap is around $1B. Comment!
Friday, January 15, 2010, 10:26 AM Verizon Wireless (VZ -1.4%, VOD -2%) fires a shot across the bows both of competitors and "bandwidth hogs," repricing its plans with cuts to basic wireless costs of about $29/month - but likely urging more customers to trade up for data. A Pali Research note estimates the prices amount to a 30% cut in voice and a 50% increase to data, coming to an 8-10% cut overall in popular high-end plans. 1 Comment
Wednesday, December 30, 2009, 11:25 AM Speech software company Nuance Communications (NUAN -1%) acquires England's SpinVox for $66M in cash and about $36.5M in stock, in order to boost voice mail speech recognition. SpinVox's customers include units of Verizon Wireless (VZ), Vodafone (VOD) and Telefonica (TEF). 1 Comment
Thursday, December 24, 2009, 11:04 AM FCC calls Verizon Wireless' (VZ, VOD) response to its inquiry about the telco's doubling of some early termination fees to $350 unsatisfying and, in some cases, troubling. "Consumers already pay high monthly fees for voice and data designed to cover the costs of doing business. So when they are assessed excessive penalties, especially when they are near the end of their contract term, it is hard for me to believe that the public interest is being well served." Amen. 3 Comments
Monday, December 14, 2009, 7:31 AM While Google (GOOG) plans to sell the Google phone directly, sources say it has turned to carriers to help it market the Nexus One. So far only T-Mobile (DT) has signed on, which reportedly impacted Google's decision to go with GSM and not CDMA - to the exclusion of Verizon Wireless (VZ, VOD). 1 Comment
Wednesday, December 2, 2009, 12:38 PM AT&T (T +0.6%) and Verizon Wireless (VZ +0.8%, VOD +1.9%) end their kerfuffle over maps, with AT&T dropping its suit over advertised 3G coverage (AT&T was unlikely to prevail, the judge said) and Verizon dropping its earlier suit over "most reliable network" status. Comment!
Tuesday, November 10, 2009, 9:00 AM Premarket gainers: PCLN +11%. AVNR +10%. JASO +8%. AIG +8%. RAX +8%. BZH +7%. ALV +4%. QGEN +4%. RTK +4%.
Losers: MBI -13%. ABK -7%. CPST -7%. FLR -6%. BCS -5%. NS -5%. AIB -5%. ALU -4%. VOD -4%. S -4%. Comment!