AT&T and Verizon Wireless: Using Opposite Strategies to Win Landline Business

Harry Domash submits:With all the excitement about smart phones these days, I bet that telephone companies that mostly provide old-fashioned landline services aren’t on your radar screen. They’re certainly not sexy—unless, like me, you find collecting steady 5% to 9% dividend yields an exciting idea.

I've been a big fan of Acme Packet (APKT) for some time as the best way to invest in the accelerating transition to voice-over Internet protocol (VoIP). Acme shares have soared nearly 400 percent in the past year as demand for its VoIP gear has skyrocketed.

I found this excerpt from Reihan to be persuasive: I’ll just note that Google official line on wireless net neutrality, as stated by Richard Whitt, sounds fairly persuasive. Why insist on net neutrality regulations for wireline but not for wireless services?

STOCKHOLM/PARIS (Reuters) - Chinese telecom operators will start awarding contracts for super-fast mobile networks this year, kicking off the third wave of a global investment cycle that is reshaping the competitive landscape among telecom equipment

Zacks.com submits: The FCC has outlined its goals for the “National Broadband Plan” ((NBP)), which the agency will deliver to the Congress on March 16, 2010. The regulator has drafted ambitious proposals that will revolutionize the US broadband industry and provide the necessary infrastructure to connect all the corners of the nation.

(Consumerist)

Value Expectations submits: The Wall Street Journal reported last Monday that Apple Inc.

Jim Van Meerten submits: I added VONAGE HOLDINGS CORP (VG) to the Barchart Van Meerten Speculative portfolio.