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iPhone’s Carrier Competitors: Sprint

Posted on Friday, Aug 24th

In this post, I will analyze Sprint with respect to AT&T and iPhone. Related posts are available here and here. Sprint Nextel Corp.(NYSE: S) is a global communications company with net operating revenue of $41.02 billion in 2006. Its business is organized into two segments: Wireless and Wireline. The company utilizes CDMA and Nextel’s digital

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iPhone’s Carrier Competitors: Verizon

Posted on Thursday, Aug 23rd

In this post, I will look at Verizon with respect to the iPhone and AT&T. An earlier related post on Verizon is available here. Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) is one of the world’s leading providers of communications services with operating revenue of $88.14 billion in 2006. Its business is organized into two segments: Wireline and

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WSJ’s Subscription Business Can Go

Posted on Wednesday, Aug 22nd

Business Week has a good analysis of the prospective demise of WSJ’s subscription business under Murdoch’s regime. “For The Wall Street Journal Online, going free will come at a high cost. The daily financial newspaper is one of the few major publications to successfully charge for access to most of its online content, earning roughly

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Concur’s SME Opportunity

Posted on Tuesday, Aug 21st

I have just published an interview with Steve Singh, Concur’s CEO. In it, I trace the Concur (Nasdaq: CNQR) story in a great deal of detail that is well worth understanding, to see why this company has a strong growth opportunity ahead. As I said earlier, the SaaS and Extended Enterprise trend alignment are good

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iPhone and AT&T: How Goes?

Posted on Monday, Aug 20th

Starting with this post on AT&T, I will analyze the US carriers and how the launch of iPhone has affected them. Earlier posts on AT&T available here and here can make for interesting reading. AT&T is the exclusive US carrier partner for the iPhone. To get the iPhone, subscribers need to sign up for a

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iPhone’s Competitors: Synthesis

Posted on Friday, Aug 17th

Last week, we reviewed iPhone’s competitors. I would bet on the convergence device movement as a whole, and it would be safe to assume that the overall market growth will offer growth opportunity to all the players. I would bet on RIM for the short term, and Samsung for the long term. Palm and Motorola

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Garmin Looks Great, But …

Posted on Thursday, Aug 16th

Last month-end when Navteq (NYSE:NVT) reported a blistering Q2 results and subsequently started moving northward, the other notable GPS stock that too began rising was Garmin (NASDAQ: GRMN). At first this rise seemed to be a bullish sentiment working in favor of GPS stocks across the board, but it soon became clear that GRMN too

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VMWare’s IPO: Wait?

Posted on Wednesday, Aug 15th

It has been a strange summer of uncertainties elsewhere in the market, but certainly, VMWare’s hot IPO has not felt any of the pressure. In fact, it has made a slow August exciting with one of Tech’s most important events this year. Eric Savitz at Barrons reports: “EMC (EMC) today generated a massive return on

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