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2/23/2012, 6:46 AM ET
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  • Wednesday 10:20 AM Text messaging revenues, long a cash cow for carriers, are coming under fire from the growing mobile use of Facebook (FB), Twitter, and other social networking platforms. Ovum estimates "social messaging" cost carriers $13.9B in messaging revenue in 2011, up from $8.7B in 2010. Though as Olga Kharif notes, social networking activity is driving the sale of pricey smartphone data plans.
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  • Wednesday 8:33 AM Nokia (NOK) next week will unveil a new, cheaper smartphone using Windows Phone (MSFT) software, Reuters reports. In addition to the new Lumia 610, Nokia will also unveil at the Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona a global version of its high-end Lumia 900 phone, which AT&T (T) is scheduled to roll out in the U.S.
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  • Tuesday 12:48 PM Brean Murray raises its price target on Dish Network (DISH -0.8%), as the firm sees multiple upside scenarios including a possible bid by AT&T (T): "DISH controls the only unused block of wireless spectrum large enough to satisfy AT&T's needs... AT&T might want to acquire DISH, or at the very least, DISH should be able to extricate value" via the sale or lease of some or all of the spectrum.
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  • Friday 8:33 AM Leap Wireless (LEAP) is downgraded to Neutral from Buy with a reduced price target of $12 from $18 at Collins Stewart. Following the latest volatile quarter and increased competition, the firm says LEAP remains in "a relatively weak position" amid a riskier picture for the U.S. wireless industry; it's also unlikely AT&T (T) will acquire LEAP, as recently speculated.
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AT&T, formerly known as SBC Communications Inc. (SBC), was formed as one of several regional holding companies created to hold AT&T Corp.’s (ATTC) local telephone companies. On January 1, 1984, we were spun-off from ATTC pursuant to an anti-trust consent decree, becoming an independent publicly... More