All Posts Tagged With: "VZ"
(VZ) Verizon Wireless to Unveil Viewdini
Verizon Wireless, a joint venture of Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) and Vodafone Group Plc (VOD), plans to introduce a mobile video streaming...
(AAPL) How to Play Apple on Any Budget
Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) let us know last Tuesday that once again the company knocked it out the park.
It had an unbelievable second quarter in 2012, largely due to strong iPhone sales...
(VZ) Verizon Communications Expands LTE Reach
The wireless leader Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) is expanding its 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks to more cities. The LTE offers mobile broadband download speeds of 5–12 Mbps and upload speeds of...
(T) AT&T Outshines on iPhones
AT&T Inc. (T), the second largest mobile service provider in the U.S., reported first quarter 2012 adjusted earnings of 60 cents per share, surpassing both the Zacks Consensus Estimate and the year-ago earnings...
(LEAP) Leap Wireless International Misses on Higher Client Churn
Leap Wireless International Inc. (LEAP) declared weak financial results for the first quarter of 2012, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimates. In the previous quarter, the company’s customer churn rate was...
(NFLX) Netflix Earnings Preview
Netflix Inc. (NFLX) is scheduled to release its fiscal first-quarter 2012 results after the closing bell on Monday, April 23, 2012. In the run up to the earnings results, no substantial movement in analysts’...
(BAC) Big Day for Data and Earnings
A slew of economic and earnings news provides the backdrop to today’s trading action. We have reassuring news out of Spain this morning, with a decently successful auction for long-term government bonds. The earnings story is also unfolding favorably, with this morning’s...
(BAC) Apr 19: Economic,Earnings News To Drive Indices – Economic Highlights
A slew of economic and earnings news provides the backdrop to today’s trading action. We have reassuring news out of Spain this morning, with a decently successful auction for long-term government bonds. The earnings story is also unfolding favorably, with this morning’s...
(C) The Thick of Q1 Earnings Season – Earnings Preview
We are jumping right into the thick of the first quarter reporting cycle this week, with more than 250 companies coming out with results, including 89 companies from the S&P 500.
We will have representation from the who’s who of the corporate world, with a number...
(DISH) DISH Network Sees Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services Upgrade
Satellite pay-TV service provider DISN Network Corp. (DISH) recently received a shot on its arm as Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (S&P) raised its outlook on the company from Stable to Positive....
(PCS) MetroPCS Communications Raises Rates and Limits Data
MetroPCS Communications Inc. (PCS) – one of the lowest cost wireless service providers in the U.S. – has announced price raises for its unlimited plan. Subscribers will now have to pay $70.00 per month...
(MSI) Motorola Solutions Wins Contract
Motorola Solutions Inc. (MSI), one of the leaders in the lucrative U.S. Public Safety market,received a contract worth $22 million from ComEd, an electric supply company and a part of Exelon Corporation...
(DISH) DISH Network Gains FCC Confidence
Recently, DISH Network Corp. (DISH) received a favorable ruling from department of Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to use its existing satellite spectrum of 40MHz for setting up terrestrial wireless...
(AAPL) Spectrum: A Wireless Game Changer
The present wireless market is ready for the incipient boom in the wireless data space with expanding broadband services. Data traffic is growing in leaps and bounds and has more than doubled over the last three years.
As a result, U.S. carriers are finding it increasingly...
(T) AT&T Plans New 4G Rollouts
AT&T Inc. (T) plans to introduce Long Term Evolution (LTE) based 4G networks in several markets by this summer. The LTE offers mobile broadband speeds up to 10 times faster than 3G.
The targeted markets...
(LEAP) Leap Wireless International Analyst Remains Neutral
Leap Wireless International Inc. (LEAP) posted mixed financial results for the fourth quarter of 2011. Though EPS managed to beat the Zacks Consensus Estimates, revenue significantly fell below it.
During...
(VZ) Verizon Communications Unveils Home Broadband
The largest U.S. mobile service provider Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) launched an in-home wireless broadband service –– HomeFusion Broadband –– based on Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology.
Verizon...
(VZ) Telecom Stock Outlook – March 2012 – Industry Outlook
The telecommunications industry is identified as a major driver of global economic recovery. An unprecedented growth of high-speed mobile Internet traffic, particularly for wireless data and video, has transformed this industry into the most evolving, inventive, and keenly...
(S) Sprint Raising Additional Funds
The third-largest U.S. wireless carrier Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) plans to raise $2 billion in debt offering to address the growing costs of network upgrade, iPhone subsidies, debt maturities and a possible funding...
(DTV) DIRECTV 2011 Fourth Quarter Earnings Scorecard
DIRECTV (DTV) reported excellent fourth quarter 2011 financial results, where both earnings per share (EPS) and total revenue beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate. The solid result was attributable to double-digit...
(VZ) Verizon Communications Gets a Blow to Spectrum Deal
Verizon Communications’ (VZ) proposed $3.9 billion purchase of wireless spectrum is facing a major setback.
T-Mobile, a unit of Deutsche Telekom, is urging Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to...
(FTR) Frontier Communications Beats The Street – Cuts Dividend
The rural telecommunications service provider Frontier Communications (FTR) reported fourth quarter adjusted earnings of 7 cents per share. The quarter’s results were above both the Zacks Consensus Estimate...
(RSH) RadioShack Meets Analyst Earnings Estimates
Before the opening bell today, RadioShack Corp. (RSH) declared its fourth-quarter 2011 financial results, mostly in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimates. The Comparable store sales for the company-operated...
(AAPL) AT&T Puts Limits on Unlimited Plan
Given the massive demand for wireless data services thanks to Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone, AT&T Inc. (T) seems to be falling...
(S) Sprint Extends M2M Coverage
The M2M market is growing rapidly in the cellular industry and is being used by a number of mobile network operators in North America, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region in particular. Major operators are entering into M2M services as their voice and data service markets...
(VZ) Verizon to Offer Streaming Services
The largest U.S. mobile service provider Verizon Communications (VZ) has formed a joint venture with Coinstar Inc. (CSTR) to launch nationwide...
(VZ) Verizon Communications Earnings Falls Short by a Penny
Before the opening bell, the largest U.S. mobile service provider Verizon Communications (VZ) reported fourth quarter 2011 adjusted earnings of 52 cents per share. The quarter’s earnings were a penny below...
(EU) Stock Market News for January 25, 2012 – Market News
In yet another calm trading session, markets were pulled slightly lower after Eurozone ministers rejected a bond swap offer from Greece’s private creditors. While the Dow dropped lower and the S&P 500 reversed its five-day winning streak, Nasdaq added meager points after...
(JNJ) Mixed Earnings, Greece May Slip Markets
With nothing major on the domestic economic calendar, headlines about Greece’s as-yet unsuccessful negotiations with its bondholders to restructure its private debt may get some traction. But today’s market action will be mostly about the slew of mixed earnings reports...
(JNJ) Jan 24: Day of Earnings! – Economic Highlights
With nothing major on the domestic economic calendar, headlines about Greece’s as-yet unsuccessful negotiations with its bondholders to restructure its private debt may get some traction. But today’s market action will be mostly about the slew of mixed earnings reports...