sprint

The Continuing Adventures of Sprint, Clearwire, SoftBank, and Dish

It’s a busy time for Sprint right now. The carrier recently upped its bid for Clearwire from $2.97 per share to $3.40 per share. Sprint hoped that the higher offer would satisfy shareholders, but that doesn’t seem to be the case. Four shareholders, Mount Kellett Capital Management, Highside Capital Management, Glenview Capital Management, and Chesapeake [...]

htc

HTC One Sells 5 Million, While HTC First UK Launch Cancelled

HTC’s flagship smartphone has sold around five million units since its launch one month ago, according to an unidentified executive of the company who spoke to the Wall Street Journal. That number is higher than expected given that the company has seen recent production problems and staff departures. The executive told the Journal that orders [...]

samsung

Samsung to Purchase 10% in Pantech

Samsung Electronics has reached a deal to buy a 10% stake in South Korean smartphone maker Pantech. The purchase, valued at $48 billion, makes Samsung the third largest shareholder in the company. Pantech said in a statement that Samsung would not participate in management decisions and instead the deal would strengthen existing ties between the [...]

Google Fiber

Analyst Predicts Google Fiber Won’t Go National

Google Fiber has been attracting a lot of attention lately with the announcements that it’s coming to multiple cities, including Austin, Texas and Provo, Utah. However, analyst firm IHS iSuppli is pouring cold water on those who dream of nationwide high-speed Internet. The firm has published a new report in which it says that it [...]

Clearwire

Sprint Increases Clearwire Bid to Beat Dish

Sprint has raised its bid for Clearwire by 14%, bringing it up from $2.97 per share to $3.40 per share. The new offer values Clearwire at $10.7 billion and, most importantly, it surpasses the rival $3.30 bid made by Dish. While the status of Dish’s offer has been unclear since the company decided to try [...]


Business

sprint

The Continuing Adventures of Sprint, Clearwire, SoftBank, and Dish

It’s a busy time for Sprint right now. The carrier recently upped its bid for Clearwire from $2.97 per share to $3.40 per share. Sprint hoped that the higher offer would satisfy shareholders, but that doesn’t seem to be the case. Four shareholders, Mount Kellett Capital Management, Highside Capital Management, Glenview Capital Management, and Chesapeake [...]

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Internet

Google Fiber

Analyst Predicts Google Fiber Won’t Go National

Google Fiber has been attracting a lot of attention lately with the announcements that it’s coming to multiple cities, including Austin, Texas and Provo, Utah. However, analyst firm IHS iSuppli is pouring cold water on those who dream of nationwide high-speed Internet. The firm has published a new report in which it says that it [...]

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Mobile

htc

HTC One Sells 5 Million, While HTC First UK Launch Cancelled

HTC’s flagship smartphone has sold around five million units since its launch one month ago, according to an unidentified executive of the company who spoke to the Wall Street Journal. That number is higher than expected given that the company has seen recent production problems and staff departures. The executive told the Journal that orders [...]

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VoIP/SIP

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Users Spend 2 Billion Minutes on Skype a Day

Skype has won a place in the public consciousness as the preeminent VoIP service and the latest news underscores just how popular it is. In a post on its blog, Skype announced that users spend a combined 2 billion minutes on the Microsoft-owned service every day. That’s an incredible figure and one that the company [...]

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Telecom News

The Continuing Adventures of Sprint, Clearwire, SoftBank, and Dish

It’s a busy time for Sprint right now. The carrier recently upped its bid for Clearwire from $2.97 per share to $3.40 per share. Sprint hoped that the higher offer would satisfy shareholders, but that doesn’t seem to be the case. Four shareholders, Mount Kellett Capital Management, Highside Capital Management, Glenview Capital Management, and Chesapeake [...]

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HTC One Sells 5 Million, While HTC First UK Launch Cancelled

HTC’s flagship smartphone has sold around five million units since its launch one month ago, according to an unidentified executive of the company who spoke to the Wall Street Journal. That number is higher than expected given that the company has seen recent production problems and staff departures. The executive told the Journal that orders [...]

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Samsung to Purchase 10% in Pantech

Samsung Electronics has reached a deal to buy a 10% stake in South Korean smartphone maker Pantech. The purchase, valued at $48 billion, makes Samsung the third largest shareholder in the company. Pantech said in a statement that Samsung would not participate in management decisions and instead the deal would strengthen existing ties between the [...]

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Analyst Predicts Google Fiber Won’t Go National

Google Fiber has been attracting a lot of attention lately with the announcements that it’s coming to multiple cities, including Austin, Texas and Provo, Utah. However, analyst firm IHS iSuppli is pouring cold water on those who dream of nationwide high-speed Internet. The firm has published a new report in which it says that it [...]

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Sprint Increases Clearwire Bid to Beat Dish

Sprint has raised its bid for Clearwire by 14%, bringing it up from $2.97 per share to $3.40 per share. The new offer values Clearwire at $10.7 billion and, most importantly, it surpasses the rival $3.30 bid made by Dish. While the status of Dish’s offer has been unclear since the company decided to try [...]

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Dish Makes $2 Billion Bid for LightSquared Spectrum

First Dish Network made a bid for Clearwire, then it went after Sprint, and now it has set its sights on LightSquared. A report from Bloomberg states that Dish has made a $2 billion bid to purchase LightSquared’s spectrum. Dish is determined to launch its own wireless network and has been throwing money around in [...]

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Sprint Adds to Advertising Service with Purchase of Handmark and OneLouder

Though it’s been overshadowed by Yahoo buying Tumblr, Sprint has made some purchases of its own. The company has acquired Handmark and its subsidiary OneLouder Apps, an advertising company and mobile app developer. Sprint said in a press release that the purchase will enhance its existing Pinsight Media+ advertising service with an experienced team, an [...]

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Yahoo Acquires Tumblr for $1.1 Billion

Yahoo has had a string of acquisitions lately, but it’s going to be hard to top this one. The company has agreed to acquire the blogging service Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash. More than just blogs, Tumblr has also become a social network for many users and the acquisition will give Yahoo a larger [...]

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Sprint Completes U.S. Cellular Deal for Spectrum and Customers

Sprint announced on Friday that it has completed a deal to buy a portion of U.S. Cellular’s service in the Midwest. The $480 million deal grants Sprint additional wireless spectrum to increase its network capacity in several cities. Sprint gained 20MHz of PCS spectrum in Midwest markets including Chicago, South Bend, Ind., and Champaign, Ill, [...]

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Samsung Galaxy S4 Sales to Reach 10 Million in Under a Month

The Galaxy S4 is on track to become Samsung’s fastest-selling smartphone and easily outpace its predecessor’s sales. Co-CEO Shin Jong-kyun, speaking at an industry event in Seoul, South Korea, announced that the phone will hit 10 million sales in the next week. The Galaxy S4 launched on April 26, which means that it will have [...]

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