Is Android a Threat to Apple?

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Verizon: Who needs the iphone?

ZDNet Asia - Spencer Ante - ‎Oct 29, 2009‎
By Spencer Ante , businessweek Can Verizon Wireless keep its spot as the leading wireless company in the US if it doesn't have the industry's hottest phone? ...

AT&T to Verizon: We're improving cell coverage in socal

Los Angeles Times - ‎Oct 29, 2009‎
As Verizon Communications Inc. and Motorola Inc. hype their new Droid phone, AT&T Inc. is firing back with a response -- improving its cell service. ...

Verizon: Our Network Can Handle The Droid

InformationWeek - Eric Zeman - ‎Oct 29, 2009‎
Verizon Wireless has taken its marketing and message to consumers down to the street level with its harsh "idon't" ad campaign, which highlights the faults ...

Verizon Droid Success Limited by Android Market

PC World - ‎Oct 29, 2009‎
Verizon officially unveiled details about the upcoming Droid. The idon't ad campaign pits the Android-based Droid head-to-head against the formidable iphone ...

Steve Bray talking about Verizon Droid

WISH TV - ‎Oct 29, 2009‎
The new Verizon Droid is not going on sale until next Friday, November 6. It is Verizon's latest offering into the touch screen genre, a niche that's been ...

US alliance hopes to challenge Apple's iphone

Financial Times - David Gelles - ‎Oct 28, 2009‎
Is the “iphone killer” finally here? Some think so. The Droid, to date the most compelling challenger to Apple's iphone, ...

Apple to ink Verizon-iphone deal next year, analyst says

Computerworld - Gregg Keizer - ‎Oct 28, 2009‎
Computerworld - Apple will probably drop its exclusive deal with AT&T next year and offer its iphone to Verizon subscribers as well, ...

Apple: Broadpoint Sees iphone on VZ in '10

Barron's (blog) - Tiernan Ray - ‎Oct 28, 2009‎
“idon't think the iphone will remain exclusive in the US in calendar year 2010,” writes Broadpoint/Amtech's Brian Marshall in a note today, ...

Is the iphone coming up on Verizon's horizon?

MarketWatch - Rex Crum - ‎Oct 28, 2009‎
By Rex Crum, marketwatch SAN FRANCISCO (marketwatch) -- With its ad campaigns touting how much of the US is covered by its 3G network, and its seemingly ...

Apple fanboy's twisted zap at Droid TV spot

CNET News - Chris Matyszczyk - ‎Oct 27, 2009‎
Art knows no boundaries. Neither does the level of emotion inspired by an assault on the culture of Apple. ...

Verizon CEO: iPhone Deal 'In Apple's Court'

InformationWeek - David Gardner - ‎Oct 27, 2009‎
The Verizon Wireless network is positioned to handle heavy smartphone usage, but it's Apple's call, says Verizon chief. By W. David Gardner Does Verizon ...

Verizon falls 30 percent after restructuring

MiamiHerald.com - ‎Oct 26, 2009‎
AP VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS: The telecommunications firm reported a 30 percent drop in third-quarter earnings as it couldn't sign up enough new subscribers to ...

Have at&t's Network Performance Issues Been Self-Inflicted?

InformationWeek - Ed Hansberry - ‎Oct 26, 2009‎
Is it possible though that some of the network congestion is due to improper configuration of the network by AT&T? Brough Turner thinks so. ...

Earnings | Verizon reports 30 percent drop in third quarter

Kansas City Star - ‎Oct 26, 2009‎
Verizon Communications reported a 30 percent drop in third-quarter earnings Monday as it couldn't sign up enough new subscribers to offset higher costs from ...

Verizon's Not-So-Big fios Rollout

Wall Street Journal - Martin Peers - ‎Oct 26, 2009‎
Verizon likes to promote its TV service with the tagline "This is fios. This is Big." But in the third quarter, fios proved to be anything ...

Smart growth for Verizon and radioshack

Financial Times - Jonathan Birchall, Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson - ‎Oct 26, 2009‎
More evidence of the readiness of US consumers to defy the recession to acquire the latest ...

Verizon 3Q Net Down 30% Amid Charges; Wireless Trail AT&T

Wall Street Journal - ‎Oct 26, 2009‎
Verizon Communications Inc.'s (VZ) third-quarter income fell 30% on higher merger and restructuring costs while wireless-subscribership gains trailed AT&T ...

Analysis: iphone on Verizon Looks Iffy; Here's Why

PC Magazine - Sascha Segan - ‎Oct 26, 2009‎
I'll leave the financials to Reuters, but Verizon Communications executives had some interesting things to say about the carrier's future ...

Consumer Finding Reasons to Spend

Wall Street Journal - John Shipman, Paul Vigna - ‎Oct 26, 2009‎
As third-quarter earnings season rolls along, the ability to provide consumers with new and innovative products is setting ...

Verizon CEO: iphone For Us Is Up To Apple

InformationWeek - Eric Zeman - ‎Oct 26, 2009‎
During its recently quarterly earnings call, Seidenberg was asked if Verizon would ever sell the iphone. This was his response: This is a decision that is ...

Verizon Still Wants the iphone (Despite those Droid Ads)

BusinessWeek - Spencer Ante - ‎Oct 26, 2009‎
Despite a recent slew of negative ads dissing the Apple iphone in support of Verizon's new Android-based device, Verizon chairman and CEO Ivan G. Seidenberg ...

Verizon has iPhone envy

CNET News - Marguerite Reardon - ‎Oct 26, 2009‎
Correction, 5:25 pm PDT: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated the number of iPhones AT&T sold in the third quarter. ...

Verizon Can Reverse Sliding Profits with Successful Droid

PC World - ‎Oct 26, 2009‎
Verizon reported increased revenue, but lower profit for its most recent quarterly results. Layoffs of 4000 employees helped to offset expenses and one-time ...

Droid or Not, Verizon Still Wants the iphone

New York Times - Saul Hansell - ‎Oct 26, 2009‎
Even though the wireless unit of Verizon Communications started an aggressive ad campaign for its new Droid handset that directly challenges ...

Verizon customer count climbs, profits dip

Kansas City Star - ‎Oct 26, 2009‎
Verizon Communications Inc. posted a 10 percent drop in third-quarter profits though its wireless customer count rose 1.2 million to 89 million. ...

A Telecom Pick for Earnings Power

Barron's - ‎Oct 26, 2009‎
We believe industry ARPU (average revenue per unit) will fall by $5 over the next five years on aggressive pricing, pressuring margins. ...

Verizon Racks Up Revenues, But Profits Drop

InformationWeek - David Gardner - ‎Oct 26, 2009‎
Despite intense competition from AT&T and its Apple iPhone, buying Alltell has helped Verizon Wireless keep subscriber numbers robust. ...

A Verizon iphone Is 'Exclusively in Apple's Court,' Verizon Says

Wall Street Journal - Andrew LaVallee - ‎Oct 26, 2009‎
By Andrew lavallee Verizon Wireless takes jabs at the iphone in its Droid advertising, but it said Monday that it's still interested in selling the popular ...

Apple and iphone leave Verizon still a bridesmaid, not a bride

Computerworld - Matt Hamblen - ‎Oct 26, 2009‎
Computerworld - Verizon Wireless is still hoping to sell the iphone but is waiting on word from Apple Inc., Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg told ...

Verizon profits drop on at&t's iphone deal

Times Online - Christine Seib - ‎Oct 26, 2009‎
Verizon Communications, America's second largest phones company, unveiled a 9 per cent fall in third quarter profit to $2.9 billion (£1.7 billion) today ...

 

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