Category: Merger/Acquisition

Why I’m Neutral on the Comcast, Time Warner Cable Deal

There has been lots of controversy over the merging of two of the largest cable companies Comcast and Time Warner
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GENBAND Buys Fring to Make Carriers Sexy

Carriers are scrambling right now as they see OTT services such as Skype and WhatsApp eating into their revenues. In
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Microsoft Buys Nokia Device and Services Business

“What’s good for windows phones will be good for the Windows ecosystem,” said Steve Ballmer to CNBC regarding the company’s
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Google, YouTube, Apple and Beats: Music Options Galore

There is good and bad news for Pandora today. The streaming radio leader has for the first time found itself
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MWC 2013 Day One Trends

After a day of meetings there are some strong takeaways from the first day of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
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Thank You Amazon, Retailers May Now Merge at Will

When reports surfaced regarding Office Depot merging with OfficeMax, the first thing which may have occurred to many, is regulators
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Thoughts on Alcatel-Lucent

One of the greatest challenges incumbent companies face is the ambivalence and corporate politics incumbency breeds and it only gets
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Dell+Microsoft=Apple?

Dell is in a mind-bogglingly large long-rumored deal to go private worth $24 billion and of note is business partner
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Chinese Government Funds Global Telecom Roll Outs Through ZTE

With global uncertainty the norm, many carriers have struggled to get financing for new infrastructure projects and in fact they
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Voxeet Shows the Future of Conferencing – Stereo and 3-D

About eight years ago I held up DiamondWare as a shining example of what communications should be – HD, stereo
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