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AT&T (T)

AT&T Brings Interactive TV To Olympics

AT&T* has launched the U-verse NBC Olympics Application, a new TV app that lets a viewer watch up to four different channels featuring Olympic content on their screen at one time. The app also provides NBC Olympics athlete bios, event schedules, and the latest headlines and medal counts straight from Vancouver to your U-verse TV screen.
AT&T is using this to show off it technology and as a branding mechanism.

Feb 11 · 9:10:00 AM · Source: Company Press Release
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by Larry Etter

Sprint Nextel (S)

Sprint Supports Tango Network

Sprint today announced the support of Tango Networks` Mobile UC solution, Abrazo, to enhance its Mobile Integration solution, enabling business customers to leverage the productivity and cost benefits of IP telephony, unified communications and wireless mobility.

Feb 9 · 2:22:00 PM · Source: Company Press Release
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by Larry Etter

Verizon (VZ)

Verizon Announces Routing Customization Solution

Verizon Wireless today announced the availability of Dynamic Mobile Network Routing to improve and enhance the ability of enterprise customers to seamlessly integrate their wireline and wireless networks.
The solution will be part of an expanding portfolio of wireless offerings available to enterprise customers from Verizon's newly formed Global Enterprise and Government Sales Team.

Feb 9 · 2:19:00 PM
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by Larry Etter

AT&T (T)

AT&T Interactive, Expedia Announce Online Tool

AT&T Interactive and Expedia Inc., doing business as Expedia Affiliate Network, today announced a distribution agreement that helps travelers conveniently check hotel rates, room availability and book rooms on AT&T Interactive's YELLOWPAGES.COM and YP.COM local search websites. In addition to AT&T Interactive's comprehensive business listings, user reviews, and video profiles, the new hotel booking functionality supports AT&T Interactive's ongoing content growth. The booking feature is co-branded with hotels.com, a subsidiary of Expedia®.
Aligning with AT&T Interactive gives Expedia a way to reach consumers who are already looking for local hotel information

Feb 9 · 2:14:00 PM · Source: Company Press Release
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by Larry Etter

AT&T (T)

AT&T, TED Introduce Mobile Conference App

AT&T Interactive and TED today announced the availability of the official TED2010 Mobile conference app. Developed on AT&T Interactive's Plusmo application development platform, the mobile app offers access to conference information leading up to the event on Feb. 9-13 in Long Beach, Calif.
Tool AT&T has developed should be good add to TED2010.

Feb 9 · 2:08:00 PM · Source: Company Press Release
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by Larry Etter

Sprint Nextel (S)

Sprint to Cut As Many as 2500 Jobs

Sprint Nextel Corp. Monday announced the company will take actions in the fourth quarter of 2009 to reduce internal and external labor costs by at least $350 million on an annualized basis. The actions include the elimination of 2,000 to 2,500 positions within the company. The impact on geographic locations will vary, and many impacted positions will be eliminated by December 31, 2009.
Announcement boosted stock price

Nov 9 · 7:33:00 PM · Source: Company News
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by Larry Etter

Sprint Nextel (S)

Sprint Nextel Posts Wider Than Expected Q3 Loss

Sprint Nextel said its quarterly losse loss grew to $478 million, or 17 cents per share, from $326 million, or 11 cents, a year earlier. Sales fell 8.8 percent to $8.04 billion.
This is a wider loss than expected by analysts.

Oct 29 · 10:57:00 AM
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by Larry Etter

Qwest Communications (Q)

Qwest Profit Slides 6%

Qwest said its third quarter net income was $136 million or $0.08 per share, compared to $145 million or $0.08 per share in the same quarter last year. Sales declined 9.6 percent to $3.05 billion.
The company said wireless substitution, increased unemployment, low business formation and soft housing trends" in its 14-state region continued to hamper voice revenues.

Oct 28 · 9:57:00 AM · Source: Company News Release
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by Larry Etter


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