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At the time, those investors believed the company was undervalued and felt that with strategic direction changes, additional value could be unlocked, telecom industry analyst Jeff Kagan told the E-Commerce Times The private backers bought Alltel just as the economy began to sl...

At the time, those investors believed the company was undervalued and felt that with strategic direction changes, additional value could be unlocked, telecom industry analyst Jeff Kagan told the E-Commerce Times The private backers bought Alltel just as the economy began to sl...

Those same trends appear to be in place in plenty of other markets, with some twists, said telecom industry analyst Jeff Kagan. "Each market is different," he told the E-Commerce Times. "But the overall direction of the industry is similar around the world." The expense of bui...

"The cell phone business is breaking up into two distinct segments -- those who just want a phone at a low cost, and those who want a mobile device with all the features," Jeff Kagan, a telecommunications and wireless analyst, told TechNewsWorld. "Then there are a variety of ...

"Any contract is a big deal, and a large multi-year government contract is a big deal ... but this is also ordinary business for one of the big telecommunications companies," Jeff Kagan, a telecom industry analyst, told the E-Commerce Times. "The big telecommunications compan...

The wireless business is "not just about voice anymore," analyst Jeff Kagan told LinuxInsider. "It's about wireless data. It's about developing the third screen after the television and the computer. Wireless data is going to be an explosive area of growth, and we have just started that game."

Sprint benefited from having everyone expect it to turn in a miserable quarterly report, telecom industry analyst Jeff Kagan told the E-Commerce Times. Attention has already shifted to the longer-term prospects of the company "The question is, what will Sprint Nextel look like...

"T-Mobile has taken a painfully long time to roll out these services," wireless and telecom analyst Jeff Kagan told TechNewsWorld. "[It's] painful to their customers who wanted the speedier connections, and painful to them." However, "we are still in the early stages of the h...

NextWave's last major spectrum sale was in 2004; Verizon Wireless paid US$3 billion in cash, giving NextWave a tidy profit, Jeff Kagan, an independent telecom analyst, told the E-Commerce Times Most likely, it will reap similar rewards if it puts its current spectrum on the ma...

For Verizon, the FiOS growth horizon remains a long one, with the billions it spent to build out the fiber-optics-to-the-home network poised to pay off for years to come, telecom industry analyst Jeff Kagan told the E-Commerce Times "FiOS is still in the very early stages," he...

AT&T is performing well, and its only real problem is the ever-growing competition, maintained Jeff Kagan, an independent telecom analyst "AT&T is strong in a lot of areas -- including wireless -- and in wireless, one of its strengths is the iPhone," he told the E-Commerce Tim...

AT&T is performing well, and its only real problem is the ever-growing competition, maintained Jeff Kagan, an independent telecom analyst "AT&T is strong in a lot of areas -- including wireless -- and in wireless, one of its strengths is the iPhone," he told the E-Commerce Tim...

AT&T is performing well, and its only real problem is the ever-growing competition, maintained Jeff Kagan, an independent telecom analyst "AT&T is strong in a lot of areas -- including wireless -- and in wireless, one of its strengths is the iPhone," he told the E-Commerce Tim...

The lawsuit is evidence that the long-awaited clash between telecommunications giants and cable companies has come to fruition, telecom industry analyst Jeff Kagan told the E-Commerce Times "The competition is really heating up," he said. "Yesterday, we did business with both,...

"This is the next natural step. The majority of Americans carry cell phones, and those cell phones can get text messages, and this is a way to reach a majority of Americans in any particular area ... and your cell phone is with you no matter where you are," Jeff Kagan, a telecommunications industry analyst, told TechNewsWorld...

"In the U.S. marketplace, this is an issue that has been debated for a while," Jeff Kagan, a telecommunications industry analyst, told the E-Commerce Times "The technology is now here, so we have some important questions to deal with," he added....

"Sprint has gone through major changes in the last few years, including spinning off Embarq and acquiring Nextel," wireless industry analyst Jeff Kagan told TechNewsWorld Former Sprint CEO Gary Forsee, meanwhile, resigned in October after Sprint posted more than a year of cust...

In some ways, RIM may be benefiting from the iPhone, telecom industry analyst Jeff Kagan told the E-Commerce Times "While RIM planned on moving into the consumer space to increase sales, it did not expect such a big competitor as iPhone to pop up on the scene," he said. "Apple...

The suit emphasizes that Brown has "a short window to turn things around" in the eyes of investors, telecom industry analyst Jeff Kagan told the E-Commerce Times "Motorola could be great again, but they need quite a bit of fixing at the core," Kagan said. "The cellular marketp...

Despite a major push by some -- notably Google -- to create a more open wireless ecosystem, the move by Verizon is unlikely to draw similar efforts from rivals, telecom industry analyst Jeff Kagan told the E-Commerce Times. Traditionally, wireless carriers have protected their networks in a bid to preserve the billions they spend to locate towers and build out their coverage areas...