Nokia to invade U.S. market — will launch new phone with AT&T

Nokia to invade U.S. market — will launch new phone with AT&T

AT&T, the major U.S. phone operator, will launch a Nokia Symbian phone with a Qualcomm chip in the U.S. market, an industry source close to Nokia has told VentureBeat. It’s just the latest in a wide front of attack the giant Finnish company is making… Continue Reading

If smartphone sales growth stops, brace for AT&T and Verizon to play hardball

If smartphone sales growth stops, brace for AT&T and Verizon to play hardball

Carriers like AT&T and Verizon are facing weaker growth in wireless subscribers than they have in the last five years, and costs of their data network are going up as revenue growth starts to taper off. That’s why J.P. Morgan analyst Mike McCormack, who sees… Continue Reading

Roundup: Yahoo’s Chinese stake, AT&T spectrum acquisition, Facebook app fund and more

Roundup: Yahoo’s Chinese stake, AT&T spectrum acquisition, Facebook app fund and more

Plenty of moves by big companies in today’s action:

1) Yahoo expands stake in Chinese search portal
2) AT&T buys up $2.5 billion worth of 700mhz spectrum
3) Facebooks FBfund chucks initial applications
4) Twitter’s first attempts to monetize
5) More details on Google’s plans for Orkut
6) E.ON blows another… Continue Reading