Puneet Sikka

Verizon’s wireless business accounts for more than 70% of its revenues. However, the business has recently seen falling revenue growth.

Amazon’s AWS is a fast-growing business for the company that saw its revenues rise by 55% YoY (year-over-year) to over $3.2 billion in 3Q16.

The year-over-year revenue growth trend for Amazon’s International segment was falling until last quarter.

Cisco is expected to announce its fiscal 3Q15 earnings on May 13. Cisco expects its year-over-year revenue growth to be 3%–5% in the quarter.

eBay’s management noted that eBay Enterprise margins fell by 3.9% during the last quarter compared to a year ago. The increased cost to prepare for the holiday season was blamed for the decline.

Facebook has been concentrating its efforts on video for a long time now. It has ambitions of becoming the number one player in the video ad market.

According to the latest report from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C continued to lead the British smartphone market in May.

The mobile advertising market is expected to grow at a faster rate than the overall digital advertising market.

People consume more data via Wi-Fi because it’s much cheaper than cellular data plans—6.8 GB using Android phones and 8.9 GB using Apple iPhones.

According to a report from Statista and the previous chart, Pandora leads the Internet Radio market with a share of 31%.

Walmart, Target, Amazon, and Lowe’s were the four retailers in the United States that spent the most on YouTube video ads last year.

Apple Watch, Apple Pay, Apple TV, and iPad Pro are niche businesses for Apple (AAPL). But these still have the potential to become big in the future.

Lower churn rates help companies save cost that they would otherwise incur acquiring new customers. So it’s an important parameter in the telecom industry.

Compared to the traditional subsidy model, the Next program provides more flexibility to customers who like to frequently upgrade their devices.

In April, Amazon had launched its new travel and hotel service, called Amazon Destinations.

Apple is no longer the top-selling smartphone player with the Verizon (VZ) and Sprint (S) networks, where Samsung (SSNLF) has held on to its top position.

Average revenue per account (or ARPA) is an important metric for Verizon. It gives an idea of how well it’s able to monetize its users’ accounts. Verizon increases ARPA consistently.

China’s telecom providers, China Mobile (CHL), China Unicom (CHU), and China Telecom (CHA), had started to sell the iPhone 5S at a subsidized price. However, it seems the Chinese government wants to nip this trend in the bud itself.

According to a Wall Street Journal report, China’s cloud computing player 21Vianet Group, a Microsoft partner, will set up a joint venture with Tsinghua Unigroup.

The key to unlocking success is for Blue Apron to convince consumers that the food items the company delivers are just as fresh as items bought in person from a supermarket.

In this series, we’ll discuss the main drivers behind AT&T’s wireline business. AT&T’s wireline business is as important for the company as its wireless business.

In December 2014, the success of iPhone 6 and Plus helped Apple beat Google’s Android-based smartphones in terms of market share in the US.

Spotify now plans to enter the video streaming market, according to a May 7 Wall Street Journal report.

For example, Amazon (AMZN) recently launched a credit card reader. Merchants can use it to conduct payments through a smartphone or tablet.

BlackBerry has been reduced to a niche smartphone player. Its recently released smartphones were introduced specifically with enterprises in mind.

An important factor driving iPhone revenues was the increase in iPhone’s ASP. iPhone’s ASP of $603 in fiscal 4Q14 increased by $42 sequentially and $26 on a YoY basis.

Alibaba’s EBITDA margins declined from 57% in fiscal 4Q14 to 49% in fiscal 4Q15.

Tthe number of monthly unique visitors on Twitch’s platform has increased from 20 million in 2012 to 45 million in 2013 to 100 million in 2014.

In a recent consumer survey, Apple became the most gifted luxury brand in China ahead of other luxury brands such as Louis Vuitton, Gucci, and Chanel.

Several players in the smartphone industry have seen their average selling prices decline in recent quarters. Meanwhile, Apple’s continues to increase, as does its profit.

Amazon’s revenue growth at its Media segment has declined dramatically over the last few quarters. Its international business growth has also disappointed.

Nokia agreed to acquire Alcatel-Lucent in an all-share transaction that values the deal at $16.6 billion. The merger will help reduce operating expenses.

Gap (GPS) recently announced that it will start selling merchandise on Amazon.

Samsung attributed its success in the smartphone industry to its own marketing efforts and denied copying Apple’s design.

It all started in April this year. Samsung (SSNLF) warned that its operating profits would fall more than 4% in Q1 2014.

Last year, Oracle and AT&T entered into an agreement through which Oracle will migrate thousands of existing Oracle databases on AT&T’s network to Oracle cloud.

Mainframes, large computers that can process billions of transactions daily, are mostly used by banks, retailers, and airlines.

In July, IBM launched a blockchain solution specifically for the financial service industry, LedgerConnect.

AI is the buzzword these days, and the market has huge growth potential.

In October, IBM (IBM) shocked the world by acquiring Red Hat (RHT) for $34 billion, marking its largest acquisition to date.

Despite its impressive revenue growth, Google’s (GOOGL) overall costs grew at an even higher rate last quarter.

Like Verizon, AT&T (T) also saw a revenue decline in its US wireless business in the last quarter on a year-over-year basis.

Verizon considers 5G to be a game changer. It also believes that 5G implementation will save costs for the company.

AT&T already spent $10.3 billion in capex in the first half of 2016 and expects to spend a total of $21 billion in 2016.

Apple’s problems in China seem to have worsened in the last few weeks.

Motorola’s Razr proved to be quite popular. But with the advent Apple’s iPhone and Samsung’s smartphone offerings, Motorola quickly lost its market share.

Nokia clearly ruled the mobile phone market from the late 1990s until 2011. Then Nokia began to decline, and Samsung emerged as the leader in mobile phones.

The global economy has experienced slower growth since the global recession, and mobile devices have shown simultaneous signs of market saturation.

One of the most important growth drivers for Apple in China is the growing percentage of people in China’s upper middle class.

Amazon is the largest e-commerce player in the world. It could beat its own guidance for the December quarter. It will announce its earnings next month.