AT&T

Must be nice having people fight over you. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is used to that, though, but another battle is about to get underway and this time it’s in the prepaid phone market. With the price of contract plans feeling a lot like the typical cable bill, consumers continue to look for options...

In the just released report on the results of an analysis of first-quarter earnings from communication and wireless stocks, Oppenheimer analysts suggest that social networking, mobile video and online gaming will continue to boost the growth of wireless data and cloud services providers. The three...

AT&T (NYSE: T) is largely expected to drop HTC's (OTC: HTCKF) latest Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) phone from its stores and website. This rumor, which started at BGR and has spread across the Internet, claims that the smartphone experienced sales that were "shockingly bad." While AT&T and HTC...

T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) announced this morning that it has sold 500,000 iPhones since the product arrived at the carrier less than one month ago. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) began selling the T-Mobile iPhone on Friday, April 12. Sales were so high that it created one of the most successful weekends in...

The earnings crunch is in full swing this week. Some of the highlights include anticipated quarterly reports from the likes of Apple, Amazon.com and Ford, which analysts expect to report lower per-share earnings for the most recent quarter than a year ago. On the other hand, year-over year...

Not only does T-Mobile have the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone, they “have it their way.” (Sorry for snatching your slogan, Burger King (NYSE: BKW). The “their way” part has to do with dumping phone subsidies and long-term contracts, all part of T-Mobile’s rebranding efforts as it builds its LTE...

In new data released Tuesday, the iPhone is in the hands of nearly one out of every two users in this vitally important demographic. Recently, we reported that the latest ComScore (NASDAQ: SCOR) data found that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) was gaining market share in the smartphone market. Out of the...

When Benzinga posted this article about T-Mobile announcing plans to get rid of contracts while still making smartphones affordable, the news was seen by many as unimportant. Everything is big in the cell phone business and when you’re number four behind goliaths like Verizon (NYSE: VZ), AT...

Insiders may sell shares for any number of reasons, but conventional wisdom is that insiders really only buy shares of a company for one reason -- they believe the stock price will move higher and they want to profit from it. Pullbacks and sell-offs provide a perfect opportunity for investors who...

The Financial Times speculated that Verizon (NYSE: VZ) and AT&T (NYSE: T) were considering a joint offer to aquire U.K. carrier, Vodafone Group (NASDAQ: VOD). The blog cited “usually reliable sources” that were not named. Verizon issued a statement denying the rumor. Or, at least part of it...

This weekend in Barron's online: the drama over a buyout for Dell, beneficial share buybacks, outraged Russian investors, and the prospects for Eaton, STMicroelectronics and Ruby Tuesday. Cover Story "Michael Dell's Folly" by Andrew Bary. Now that Blackstone Group (NYSE: BX) and activist...

If the price action of the stock is any indication, what looked like a blowout report for BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) wasn’t all that great once investors and analysts started digging in. The Numbers Probably the biggest headline to come from the release is the EPS number. Benzinga reported on...

The tablet market is getting bigger. Everybody knows that but when IDC released its 2012 report, nobody thought that it would report results like these. According to the report, tablet shipments grew 78.4 percent year over year in 2012 representing more than 128 million tablets shipped. This...

Editor's note: This piece was originally published on March 26, 2013 at 8:16 am EST. If BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) hasn’t made enough news over the past couple of trading days, it’s about to make more. Before the opening bell Thursday, the company will announce Q4 earnings. Here’s what you need...

Cell phone users (or at least those paying the bill) will be happy about this news. Those stupid two year contracts everybody has to sign might soon come to an end. Keep your “glass half full” attitude for a minute. Think back to the days when your gym required a contract. Once you signed up,...