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What’s Marcelo Claure’s net worth? Learn more about the former Sprint CEO and current SoftBank Group International chief.

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

Casinos’ popularity is growing. This suggests that people like to gamble occasionally. Unfortunately, they don’t always win. For most of the people, the real fun is playing the game—not necessarily winning.

Sprint is cutting down on operating costs to manage high capital expenditures. But marginal cash flows aren’t alleviating Sprint’s liquidity concerns.

Netflix has been streaming low-quality videos for subscribers on AT&T and Verizon Communications’ (VZ) wireless networks. Here’s why.

Verizon (VZ) will report its 1Q15 results on April 21, 2015. It’s the largest US telecom company. It had a market capitalization of $200.08 billion as of April 13, 2015.

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.

Verizon has been spending big on capex to improve its network and acquire additional spectrum for future use.

Post-paid users pay telecom companies periodically. The users pay after they received the service. They typically subscribe to plans for a fixed term.

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.

Investors often use different metrics to determine telecom companies’ relative valuation. Telecom is a capital-intensive industry with high fixed costs.

T-Mobile (TMUS), the fastest-growing and third-largest wireless service provider in the US, is expanding its distribution footprint as a means to drive growth in the untapped US markets.

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.

Investors that like the US telecom industry’s fundamentals—for example, stable cash flows and high dividend yield—may invest in telecom ETFs.

Junk bonds are high yield bonds issued by below–investment grade corporations. Due to the low ratings and high risk of default attached to these bonds, they’re popularly called “junk bonds.”

The combined company expects more than $6.0 billion in annual run-rate synergies.

The launch of Apple’s iPhone 6 in September, just before the holiday season, was a key driver for Sprint’s increased promotional efforts during fiscal 3Q14.

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.

Within 30 minutes of the preorder opening on September 15, the iPhone XS Max—priced between $1,099 and $1,499—was sold out.

In this morning’s Get Real market newsletter, we saw that Disney+ is running the gauntlet while Apple and Microsoft take the Dow to new heights.

Verizon lost 289,000 postpaid customers in 1Q17, and AT&T shed 191,000 postpaid subscribers in the same quarter.

We mentioned how wireless phones communicate with cell towers on a frequency band. The band is called a spectrum. It’s the most valuable resource for a wireless company.

In March, T-Mobile launched its first 600 MHz (megahertz) flagship smartphone—the Samsung Galaxy S9.

AT&T’s earnings growth in 4Q17 Previously, we discussed how much revenue growth we can expect from AT&T (T) in 4Q17. In this part, we’ll look at AT&T’s expected domestic wireless operations EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortization). Wall Street analysts forecast AT&T’s combined domestic wireless operations EBITDA to rise ~3.2% YoY (year-over-year) to ~$6.9 […]

Telecommunications giant Sprint has been trying to accelerate their growth and is focusing on leasing of handsets to be a major driver

The long-awaited $26.5 billion T-Mobile and Sprint merger agreement might be in its final stages. The merger was expected to close in mid-2019.

On Thursday, T-Mobile announced a revised definitive merger agreement to acquire Sprint. The new agreement will reduce SoftBank’s stake.

On February 14, AT&T stock fell by 0.16% and closed at $38.25. At the closing price, the company’s market cap was $279.4 billion.

Sprint (S) is scheduled to report its earnings for the third quarter of fiscal 2019 on January 27 before the market bell.

In 2020, AT&T expects adjusted EPS of $3.60–$3.70. AT&T’s management forecast sales growth of 1%–2% and free cash flow of about $28 billion this year.

Dish stock jumped after Dish Network Chairman Charlie Ergen mentioned financial support from SoftBank in the T-Mobile–Sprint merger trial. We’ll look at what this support means to Dish.

In today’s Get Real newsletter, we looked at big tech breakup updates, another leaked Musk email, the Boeing and Airbus war, Slack’s outlook, and more.

In this morning’s edition of our daily market newsletter, Get Real, we looked at Trump’s new tariff targets, a 5G network launch, and turnaround hopes.

Dish Network (DISH) is fighting pirate IPTV providers. Although the company sued and settled with several pirate IPTV providers, the crackdown continues.

Together with Packet and Sprint Curiosity, EdgeConneX is making a triple play for the next big digital transformation—from autonomous vehicles and beyond.

Apple (AAPL) seems to be gearing up to offer subscription-based services, the ideal option for stable, recurring revenue.

During T-Mobile’s third-quarter earnings conference call on October 28, T-Mobile CEO John Legere commented on the T-Mobile–Sprint merger.

Berkshire Hathaway took a new position in Verizon Communications (VZ) last quarter. The position accounts for 2.04% of the fund’s portfolio.

We can understand the investment objectives of fixed income investors in terms of returns, risks, and constraints. There are two categories of investors.

Google Fi (GOOGL) has introduced a feature that subscribers connect to two LTE networks at once. Fi’s new feature uses dual connect technology.

In today’s Get Real, we focused on Bill Ackman’s Berkshire Hathaway comments, Mexico’s major cannabis milestone, earnings season, and much more.

You might support the T-Mobile–Sprint merger or you might not. But it will probably happen either way, so why not profit from the telecom event of the decade? 

Mississippi, once a critic of the T-Mobile-Sprint merger, now backs it. Could other states withdraw from the multistate lawsuit opposing the merger?

A Bloomberg report on October 4, 2019, citing two industry sources stated that the T-Mobile–Sprint deal was set to receive majority support from the FCC.

T-Mobile believes the T-Mobile–Sprint merger is good for competition. Earlier this year, the companies filed six commitments related to the deal.

On September 30, telecom giant Sprint announced that its 5G mobile network was now available for mobile virtual network operator use in Chicago.

Earlier today, Evercore ISI raised its 12-month target price on AT&T (T) stock from $34 to $40. AT&T stock closed trading at $37.43 on September 27.

Sprint (S) stock fell about 0.88% on Tuesday and closed the trading day at $6.78. It was trading 15.88% below the 52-week high of $8.06.

Currently, AT&T has reached parts of 21 cities with its 5G mobile services. The company plans to reach certain parts of 29 cities by the end of this year.