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Chinese mobile phone maker ZTE (OTC: ZTCOY) is not exactly a household name –- yet. If the fourth biggest phone vendor in the world gets its way, however, it will be – eventually. CNET said it expects to see ZTE focus on premium quality smartphones at the Mobile World Congress at the end of...

The markets finished the week on an optimistic note Friday with a triple digit gain putting major indices in positive territory for the week. Friday, the Dow was up 165.55 points or about one percent to finish the day at 15,794.08. The S&P was up 1.3 percent to 1,797.02 and the NASDAQ was...

In business, one way to eliminate competition is to buy it out. SoftBank founder, Masayoshi Son and Sprint (NYSE: S) CEO, Dan Hesse, are in the midst of making just such a decision with regards to T-Mobile US (NYSE: TMUS), according to Bloomberg. Of course, Son and Hesse would strongly argue...

When competing companies go after each other, it’s normally the customer who wins in the end. That’s exactly what’s playing out as T-Mobile (NYSE: TMUS) continues its plan to disrupt the space. AT&T (NYSE: T) announced on February 1 that it was dropping prices for customers who sign up for...

Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ), which won a victory in the U.S. Court of Appeals last week in a case about whether the FCC had the authority to enforce net neutrality, is scheduled to report its fourth-quarter and full-year 2013 results Tuesday, January 21, before the opening bell. Investors...

Monday's trading session featured a plethora of analyst upgrades and downgrades. With little key economic data released, markets were relatively tame as major indices failing to meaningfully move in any one direction. The Senate appears to be set to officially Janet Yellen to lead the Federal...

Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke took to the podium today in what many consider to be his farewell speech. During his tenure, Bernanke developed the nickname "Helicopter Ben," which is likely to stick with him for some time. Bernanke noted, "The FOMC's decision to modestly reduce the pace of asset...

It may be the end of the year, but that didn't stop Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) from ruling headlines with rumors, iOS success stories and a major China Mobile (NYSE: CHL) announcement. In addition to Apple, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) made headlines after announcing record sales during the holiday shopping...

In a move Bloomberg said was designed to hook pre-paid no frills cellular customers on using their phones for Internet access, T-Mobile (NYSE: TMUS) announced that beginning next month, GoSmart customers would have free access to Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) including Facebook Messenger, even if they...

On Friday, rumors began circulating that Sprint (NYSE: S) was preparing a bid for small rival T-Mobile (NYSE: TMUS). Even if the rumors are true, it doesn’t appear that Sprint would make an offer until sometime during the first half of 2014. But, a rumor that likely wouldn’t come to fruition...

Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) will sell the Apple (NASDQ: AAPL) iPhone 5C for $27 on Friday. But the deal will only be offered to those who sign a two-year contract with Verizon (NYSE: VZ) or AT&T (NYSE: T) and does not apply to other carriers. According to the LA Times, this is the lowest price...

In a detailed post on Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) Google+ social network, Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt offered step-by-step directions for his many friends who he said were switching from their Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhones to one of several “more intuitive” Android smartphones. In the post,...

Yet another sign that Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) plastic iPhone is not performing well at retail. According to DigiTimes, Pegatron (the chief manufacturer of the iPhone 5C) has had its orders reduced by more than 50 percent. This is especially significant because Pegatron has reportedly received 70...

T-Mobile US (NYSE: TMUS) needs more spectrum. Spectrum, technically electromagnetic radiation and frequency bands, is the lifeblood of mobile service providers and in order to compete with AT&T (NYSE: T), Verizon (NYSE: VZ), and Sprint (NYSE: S), T-Mobile needs all the spectrum it can get...

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has yet to announce the first weekend sales of the iPad Air, indicating that it may not have set a new sales record. However, that in no way means the device is selling poorly. Global Equities Research analyst Trip Chowdhry surveyed seven Apple Stores across California,...