According to reports, the carriers are competing for Yahoo holdings
As Yahoo continues to work with potential buyers of its internet and associated businesses, reports suggest both Verizon Communications and AT&T have made it to a third round of bidding.
CNBC reports: "After holding a board...
According to reports, the carriers are competing for Yahoo holdings
As Yahoo continues to work with potential buyers of its internet and associated businesses, reports suggest both Verizon Communications and AT&T have made it to a third round of bidding.
CNBC reports: "After holding a board...
Verizon is reported to have bid $3B in meeting a second-round bid deadline to acquire certain Yahoo assets
Verizon Communications has reportedly moved on placing a $3 billion bid to acquire certain assets from Yahoo, following months of deliberations.
Published reports indicate Verizon was set to...
Surprise bid may be higher than Verizon's
AT&T has made a bid for Yahoo's Internet business, according to Bloomberg. The news comes as a surprise to Wall Street and the wireless industry, which has seen Verizon Communications as the carrier most likely to bid for the...
Surprise bid may be higher than Verizon's
AT&T has made a bid for Yahoo's Internet business, according to Bloomberg. The news comes as a surprise to Wall Street and the wireless industry, which has seen Verizon Communications as the carrier most likely to bid for the...
Yahoo bids debated, 5G processes questioned ... 5 things to know today
1. Verizon Communications could end up bidding less than $3 billion for Yahoo, according to reports, but other sources still expect a much higher offer. The Wall Street Journal cited "people familiar with...
Gerry Purdy suggest when the new owner of Yahoo is determined, they will need to provide more cross mobile integration
When Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer declared mobile would be one of the keystones that would play out across their strategic media outlets that included Search,...
As T-Mobile continues its targeted attacks on rivals, Verizon is the latest in the crosshairs. T-Mobile says Verizon is having a "midlife crisis" and "trying to become a cool kid" with a focus on digital content evidenced by recent acquisitions.
From T-Mobile: "Verizon really wants...
5 things to know today ....
1. Demand for Apple's iPhone SE is outpacing supply, according to RBC analyst Amit Daryanani. He thinks Apple will sell about 40 million SEs this year, and that 15 million of those will be incremental sales, meaning that those...
Sprint posted a nearly $30B loss for Q4, and joined rivals in launching an unlimited everything plan ... 8 years ago this week
Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the...
As forecasted in a number of media reports, Yahoo this week announced the company would lay off 107 employees effective April 11, according to Business Insider.
In an earnings call earlier this month, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer indicated that overall job cuts could impact around 15%...
Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam, in an interview with Jim Cramer on CNBC's Mad Money, confirmed the carrier's interest in a potential acquisition of Yahoo.
The discussion started with talk about Verizon's acquisition of AOL. Last year Verizon paid $4.4 billion for AOL with an eye...
Yahoo seems to be struggling as of late. Sprint customers are moving forward with a class action lawsuit against the company and there are reports Yahoo is looking to sell its Internet businesses. Now, reports suggest the struggle could trickle down to employees with...
Yahoo could face up to $750 million in fines from potential class of 500,000 Sprint users
As many as 500,000 Sprint customers could take part in a class action lawsuit approved this week by a Chicago federal judge related to Yahoo sending unwanted text messages...
The problem with Yahoo is they lost forward momentum and that means they lost growth. Everyone seemed to be asking the same question … what’s the future for Yahoo? That, in fact, is the same question that was asked several years ago before Marissa...
In response to rampant industry speculation, Verizon CFO Fran Shammo this week addressed reports that Verizon could be interested in buying Yahoo's Internet businesses.
Speaking on Monday, Shammo said, "If Yahoo is right," Verizon could be interested in a potential acquisition, according to a report...
Yahoo executives are considering a sale of the company's Internet businesses in a series of meetings ongoing this week, according to a The Wall Street Journal report citing sources close to the action.
The report also said Yahoo is mulling "how to make the most...
Amid a solid third quarter, Yahoo for the first time reported “material” contributions from mobile to its overall business, to the tune of $200 million for the period.
Mobile is still a relatively small part of the company’s business — that $200 million is out of $1.148 billion in total revenues for the quarter. But...
Yahoo said it has completed its acquisition of San Francisco-based Flurry, which specializes in mobile analytics for applications and app developers.
Complete details of the purchase were not disclosed, but several sources reported a price in the hundreds of millions of dollars when the acquisition...
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In the blink of an eye, the mobile app that delivers self-destructing messages has self-destructed by selling out to Yahoo. Yahoo has bought Blink for an undisclosed amount, and will soon pull the app from iTunes...
In the past few years the iOS and Android device revolution has firmly and irreversibly shifted consumer online activity to a mobile-first experience. The majority of consumer traffic growth,
Welcome to our weekly wrap-up of everything in the world of telecom software. We hope everyone had a fun and safe New Year's Eve and Day. Due to the holiday things have been a little slow in the world of telecom software, so this...
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In case you were wondering why Yahoo decided to buy almost 40 years worth of Saturday Night Live "classic clips," the company made its plans a bit clearer today. It's launching a new mobile app called Screen, and the S.N.L. clips are part of...
