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• eBay Completes Skype Sale at $2.75 Billion Valuation

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-11-19

  TechCrunch submits: By Robin Wauters eBay EBAY has just announced that it has completed the sale of Skype, valuing the company at $2.75 billion. The investor consortium who is the buying party and will control an approximately 70 percent stake is a group led by Silver Lake Partners...

  Tags: Telecom, Internet, TechCrunch, eBay Inc.

• Sprint Drops Call Forwarding Fees with Google Voice in Mind

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-10-28

  TechCrunch submits: By Greg Kumparak As the endless brouhaha ringing from all corners of the Internet has proven, AT&T T (or Apple AAPL, or whoever takes the blame in the end) really dropped the ball on this Google Voice thing. Whether it was rejected outright or shelved...

  Tags: Telecom, TechCrunch, Google Inc., Sprint Nextel Corp.

• Verizon: iDon?t Not Want the iPhone

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-10-26

  TechCrunch submits: By MG Siegler Late Sunday night, I spent 1,500 words explaining why Verizon’s Droid, like the dozens of competitors before it, is not the ever-sought-after “iPhone killer.” I really should have just waited until Monday morning and listened to Verizon’s VZ earnings call. After all, Verizon...

  Tags: Telecom, TechCrunch, Apple Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., Verizon Wireless

• Unlike Google Voice, Vonage Glides Right into the App Store

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-09-02

  TechCrunch submits: By Chris Velazco Talk about strange - while Google Voice can’t get so much as their foot in the App Store’s door, Vonage VG has just done a pirouette and waltzed right through. According to a recent release from the Jersey-based VOIP giant, their...

  Tags: Telecom, TechCrunch, Vonage Holdings Corp.

• What Are Those Bars on My iPhone?

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-08-19

  TechCrunch submits: By MG Siegler Over the weekend I noticed something odd going on with my iPhone: It was working! That is to say I actually had signal in the SoMa district of San Francisco, which is something that I had basically given up on long ago. But...

  Tags: Telecom, TechCrunch, Apple Inc., AT&T Corp.

• Qwest Discontinues Wireless Service

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-08-18

  TechCrunch submits: By Robin Wauters Over and out for the MVNO model? Qwest Q has Tuesday morning announced that it will be shutting down its Wireless service on Oct. 31, 2009. Formerly in bed with Sprint S, Qwest started offering the wireless service in collaboration with...

  Tags: Telecom, TechCrunch, Qwest Communications Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., Verizon Wireless

• Can AT&T Handle the iPhone?

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-07-28

  TechCrunch submits: By MG Siegler You almost have to admire AT&T’s T consistency. They are consistently finding new ways to screw up almost daily now. by TechCrunch

  Tags: Telecom, TechCrunch, Apple Inc., AT&T Corp.

• Sprint Gobbles Up Virgin Mobile for $483 Million

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-07-28

  TechCrunch submits: By Robin Wauters In what looks to be shaping up to be another healthy week for M&A activity, Sprint Nextel S is putting more of its focus on the prepaid cell phone service market with a $483 million deal to buy out Virgin Mobile USA. by...

  Tags: Telecom, TechCrunch, Sprint Nextel Corp.

• AT&T: The iPhone's Achilles Heel

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-07-19

  TechCrunch submits: By MG Siegler When Om Malik of GigaOM said he was breaking up with his iPhone 5 months ago because of the failures of AT&T T, I must admit, I thought he was overreacting. I was wrong. by TechCrunch

  Tags: Telecom, TechCrunch, Apple Inc., AT&T Corp.

• AT&T Ponders iPhone Data Fee Cut: They Must Think Customers Are Stupid

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-05-18

  TechCrunch submits: By MG Siegler Facing criticism that even the minimum iPhone monthly bill is too high for many consumers, AT&T T is reportedly thinking about cutting its prices. The big rumored change is that AT&T would apparently offer a limited data package for $20-a-month, a...

  Tags: Telecom, TechCrunch, Apple Inc., AT&T Corp.