Cell Saturation

By Econ70 | 04/24/2012

The previously fast-growing US cell phone market is now fully saturated. Wireless carriers collectively lost 20,000 customers with long-term contracts (the most profitable segment) in Q1 ’12; the first decline ever. While this is partly due to holdouts that bought the latest iphone in Q4 ‘11, markets just don’t grow forever. This should lead to…

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Sell Phone Patents for Sale

By Econ70 | 08/25/2011

Google’s $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility, and its 17K patents, will get FTC and Justice Department approval. After all, it’s a big company picking up a small one in a very different space. The big concern is that Google will give MM access to new versions of the Android operating system before Nokia, LG,…

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