Amp&#39;d Mobile Bankruptcy Casts Shadow On MVNOs      (Investor's Business Daily)
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Investor's Business Daily - The joint venture of EarthLink  (NasdaqGS:ELNK - News) and SK Telecom   doesn&#39;t want to follow in the footsteps of Walt Disney&#39;s   Mobile ESPN, which shut down last year, or Amp&#39;d Mobile, which filed for bankruptcy reorganization protection on Friday.
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The days of Ma Bell&#39;s independence are drawing to a close. Two weeks ago, AT&amp;T (NYSE: T) filed an SEC report paving the way for a write-down of a portion of its $43.
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Investor's Business Daily - Cell phone makers would be remiss to neglect the big spenders in developing countries who are willing to shell out for pricey cell phones.
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The Motley Fool - As most Americans remained deep in slumber after a weekend of Labor Day festivities, Russian telecom Mobile TeleSystems (NYSE: MBT - News) reported its Q2 2006 earnings in the wee hours of Tuesday morning. Faux pas or not, however, most investors were happy to pick up the phone for this one -- and to immediately call their brokers and place "buy" orders for MTS shares, which rose 6% in the wake of the news. What was all the fuss about? Let's find out.
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Investor's Business Daily - Insult is about to follow injury. It's bad enough that you've had to put up with a so-so year of market performance. Now you have to brace for an expected rise in stock fund capital gain distributions.
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Investor's Business Daily - The Mortgage Bankers Association&#39;s applications index rose a seasonally adjusted 1.3% to 622.9 in the week ended Aug. 31, but multiple applications and refilings caused by recent credit problems may have played a role. Activity could slow on higher interest rates. The MBA said a dearth of demand for short-term loans sent 1-year ARM rates to 6.52%, near week-ago levels but well above longer-term rates. Average 30-year mortgages edged up to 6.42% from 6.41%. ARMs made up just 12.6% of applications in the week, down from more than 30% just a few weeks ago.
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Investor's Business Daily - It's close but no cigar for Google in the Federal Communications Commission's much-anticipated auction of public airwaves, a process that could enable a new wave of wireless devices and services.
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Investor's Business Daily - Wireless phone company Turkcell has a lot going for it -- Turkey&#39;s strong economy and a young population that likes to gab on cell phones -- and one big worry: Vodafone.
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Investor's Business Daily - Anyone who sees the U.S. as a country of cell phone-clutching, e-mail-checking people obsessed with being constantly connected might be surprised at the uproar over plans to offer a public directory of mobile phone numbers.
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Investor's Business Daily - Cell phone makers used this month's 3GSM industry gathering in Barcelona to recharge the market for handsets with advanced applications such as mobile television, music downloading and location services.
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Investor's Business Daily - When Matrix Partners gave &#36;10 million to open-source software maker JBoss Group last February, some wondered whether the venture capital investors had lost their minds.
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Intel'sÂ deal with STMicroelectronics to create a new semiconductor company was a hit this week with IT investors, who continue to reward bold merger and acquisition moves in hard-fought tech markets like chips and Internet services. Rumors of aÂ Salesforce.com hook up with GoogleÂ andÂ Yahoo's continuing search for Web 2.0 companiesÂ also are stoking investor interest.
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Investor's Business Daily - Europe's largest wireless carrier, Vodafone Group, this month said it's expanded its 3G high-speed wireless service to more markets -- and cell phone makers cheered.
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Investor's Business Daily - After spending billions to upgrade their infrastructure for broadband communications, telecom firms are fast filling their wireless and fiber networks with video traffic.
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Investor's Business Daily - With Philadelphia's recent proposal to install a citywide broadband wireless network, will there be brotherly love between the city and its broadband service providers?
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Investor's Business Daily - Chip stocks have been trying for a comeback since snapping their downtrend in mid-July. Exchange traded funds focused on chips are following suit.
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Investor's Business Daily - Chinese Internet companies that lit up Wall Street last year have become fading stars. Most blame the slowdown in the wireless end of their business for their shrinking market value.