The battle among iPhone carriers is fierce. Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone is the prized device. AT&T (T), Verizon’s (VZ) rival, has had the an exclusive hold on the iPhone. Verizon has been trying to play catch up. Now that Verizon will have the iPhone, the playing field will change dramatically. Verizon, with about 93 million subscribers, could grab an estimated 10 million new subscribers with the iPhone, as reported by the Wall Street Journal.

The move is also a big boost for Apple. Apple has been feeling the pressure from Google (GOOG), with its Android system. Android phones passed the iPhone in sales in the second quarter. This move to Verizon will open up a new expanded base for Apple.

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Verizon Finally Gets the iPhone originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Sun, 09 Jan 2011 09:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Is the tide starting to turn for much-maligned mobile phone service provider Sprint Nextel (S)? Perhaps, and the carrier is worth a review.

First, the most important warning: Sprint is a high-risk stock not suitable for low-risk or moderate-risk investors.

Don’t consider Sprint if you can’t tolerate a more than 50-70% loss or seeing your entire investment wiped out — it could happen.

The gory story with Sprint has been well-documented: Sprint’s cell network underperformed, to say the least, regarding call completions, with the company becoming synonymous with ‘dropped calls’ and ‘not in service area.’

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Sprint Nextel: For High-Risk Investors, Only originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Mon, 06 Dec 2010 15:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Monday was in part a merger Monday, and it was also a break-up of the correlation among markets, at least in some aspects, as the US Dollar rose. A weaker than expected Philly Fed forecast in Q4 failed to exact much pain. Still, bonds continued the sell-off as 30-Year Treasury rates hit 4.36%, the highest yields since the summer.

Here were today’s unofficial closing bell levels:

Dow Jones 11,201.97 +9.39 (0.08%)
S&P 500 1,197.75 -1.46 (-0.12%)
Nasdaq 2,513.82 -4.39 (-0.17%)

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Continue reading Closing Bell: Merger-Monday’s Market Mix (AAPL, BUCY, CAT, CSUN, GTSI, ISLN, EMC, S)

Closing Bell: Merger-Monday’s Market Mix (AAPL, BUCY, CAT, CSUN, GTSI, ISLN, EMC, S) originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Mon, 15 Nov 2010 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Now that Best Buy Co., Inc. (BBY) has made mobile a clear strategic priority for the largest consumer electronics retailer in the U.S., why not private label a broadband internet service and sell it? That’s precisely what Best Buy is doing with Clearwire Corporation (CLWR), as it is taking the latter’s 4G wireless nationwide network and branding its “Best Buy Connect” with that network.

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Best Buy To Resell Clearwire’s Mobile Broadband originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Mon, 02 Aug 2010 18:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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I would bet my last dollar than someone out there has done the following: signed the necessary contract required to get that hot new smartphone with the thoughts that an escape clause will be easy to find. AT&T (T) is trying to make that escape clause much less attractive for fans of Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone.

Starting June 1, AT&T customers carrying an iPhone will face a $325 termination fee if they break their two-year contract. That’s a jump of roughly 85% from the current $175 fine. Ouch!

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AT&T (T) Makes It Pricier to Escape Their Contract originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Sat, 22 May 2010 13:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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