Telecommunications

Telecommunications

• Google's 4Q earnings rise despite Motorola woes

  Google eked out slightly higher earnings in the fourth quarter, despite a financial drag caused by the Internet search leader's expansion into device ... 

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  Verizon posts record 4Q loss on pension adjustment

  Verizon strengthened its position as the top dog of the wireless industry in its latest quarter by raking in new subscribers and selling millions of ... 

• Can Apple maintain its shine?

  For many investors, Apple's best days are behind it. Competitors are catching up, they believe, and the latest iPhone is stumbling. The company's ... 

• AT&T to buy Alltel operations for about $780M

  AT&T Inc. said Tuesday that it has reached a deal to buy remnants of the Alltel wireless network for about $780 million to boost its spectrum holdings ... 

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  Pentagon researches new life for dead satellites

  Call it space grave robbery for a cause: Imagine scavenging defunct communication satellites for their valuable parts and recycling them to build ... 

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  NKorea eases rules, lets visitors bring cellphones

  North Korea is loosening some restrictions on foreign cellphones by allowing visitors to bring their own phones into the country. However, security ... 

• Amazon makes MP3 catalog available to iPhone users

  Amazon says iPhone and iPod Touch users will be able to buy music from its digital store for the first time beginning Thursday. Amazon.com Inc. 

• Nokia sheds 300 IT jobs, transfers 820 workers

  Struggling Nokia Corp. is downsizing by more than 1,000 jobs, part of a wide-ranging plan to cut costs and streamline operations. The Finnish firm ... 

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  Stocks edge higher as retailers rally

  Stocks edged higher on Wall Street after a rally in retail stocks offset concerns about flaring tensions in Washington over increasing the country's ... 

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  Apple stock wilts on worries about iPhone demand

  Apple's stock slipped below $500 for the first time in 11 months on Monday as investors reacted to reports signaling the company's latest iPhone is ... 

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  Samsung sells 100 million Galaxy S smartphones

  Samsung Electronics Co. said Monday that global sales of its Galaxy S smartphones surpassed 100 million units since the first model in the series was ... 

• Stocks end mixed on Wall Street; Apple slides

  Stocks are ending mixed on Wall Street as investors wait for more earnings reports to come in. Apple dropped on concern that demand for the iPhone 5 ... 

• Report: Apple cutting orders for iPhone 5 parts

  Apple shares fell in premarket trading Monday after The Wall Street Journal reported that the company has cut its orders for iPhone 5 components due ... 

• Apple CEO: China will be biggest market

  Apple expects China to overtake the United States as its biggest market, CEO Tim Cook told a Chinese government news agency. "China is currently our ... 

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  Carmakers let app developers drive innovation

  It's not wise to Google the nearest gas station, compose email, or use your smartphone to check the latest sports scores while driving. But many ... 

• Nokia: Q4 mobile phone sales beat own forecast

  Nokia Corp. signaled Thursday its smartphone partnership with Microsoft was starting to reap rewards as it revealed that fourth-quarter mobile phone ... 

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  Report: Apple may build less expensive iPhone

  Apple is trying to decide whether it makes sense to offer a cheaper iPhone as it tries to boost sales in less-affluent countries and reclaim some of ... 

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  Review: Aereo makes it tempting to cut cable TV

  Broadcast networks make many of their shows available on the Internet, but you usually have to wait at least a day after an episode airs on television 

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  TV-over-Internet service expands despite lawsuits

  The Barry Diller-backed Internet company that challenged cable and satellite TV services by offering inexpensive live television online plans to ... 

• Dish Network makes $5.15B bid for Clearwire

  Satellite TV provider Dish Network is offering to buy wireless network operator Clearwire — which agreed to sell itself to Sprint in December — for $3 

• AT&T says it sold more than 10M smartphones in 4Q

  AT&T says it sold more than 10 million smartphones in the last three months of 2012, topping its previous record of 9.4 million set in the same period ... 

• TeliaSonera denies charges of Uzbekistan bribery

  The Nordic telecommunications company TeliaSonera on Tuesday refuted allegations that two of its employees engaged in bribery and money laundering ... 

• S&P downgrades AMD due to weak demand

  Standard & Poor's lowered its ratings on Advanced Micro Devices Tuesday, saying that it expects the chip maker's revenue and earnings to decline ... 

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  Samsung sees record-high 4Q profit

  Samsung Electronics Co., the world's largest technology company by revenue, expects record earnings for the fourth quarter of 2012 as shoppers ...