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Verizon’s Q2 earnings indicate difficult voice migration

Verizon reported earnings and the results were in some ways alarming. The company’s net income fell 21%. Neglecting the Alltel acquisition, revenues grew less than 2%, about a third of prior-year levels. While wireless and FiOS were...

Tech IPOs show need for monetized online services

The IPO success of OpenTable last week may be an indicator that the Internet advertising bubble is bursting. There have been a host of ad-related IPOs this decade following up on the ever-popular “you don’t have to pay for…” theme that was briefly tried for Internet services in the late...

Sprint layoffs are cautionary ARPU tale