It is pretty indicative of the shape Sprint is in when reporting a net loss of $980 million and 69,000 net retail subscribers is considered an improvement. The number three carrier in the U.S. lost $0.34 per share — $0.23 per share when you factor out $306 million in deferred taxes — which did not meet Wall Street expectations of a $0.19 loss per share. It wasn’t all bad though; fourth quarter churn was 2.11%, down from 2.16% year-over-year, and free cash flow was up at $666 million for the ...

TechCrunch is reporting, under good authority, that it has information indicating sales of Amazon’s Kindle has already surpassed the 3 million mark. Analysts had predicted Kindle sales to eclipse the 2.5 million unit mark by the close of 2010… yes, that is 500,000 more units sold 365 days early. The report comes on the heels of impressive Q4 results, as Amazon posted a net sales increase of $9.52 billion, up 42% year-over-year; 37% when adjusted for a favorable foreign currency exchange rate. Net ...

AT&T is the latest company to turn in their Q4 report card, and so far, things are looking good. AT&T is reporting Q4 revenues of $30.9 billion with a net income of $3 billion. AT&T Wireless boasted a 2.7 million customer net-gain in Q4 — 7.3 million additions for the full year — and trimmed $200 million from operating expenses year-over-year. An increasing customer base, the lowest churn rate in company history (1.44%), and an eighth straight quarter of increased ARPU (average revenue...

Nokia reported its Q4 earnings, and to put it mildly, they crushed it. Nokia shipped 127 million units worldwide during Q4 which fueled net sales of €12 billion. Here are a few other highlights from the release and accompanying balance sheet:Market share of 39%, up from 37% in Q4 2008Q4 net income of €948 million, 26 eurocents/share, up 65% year-over-yearLiquid assets of €8.9 billion329 million units world wide, up 8% from last yearConverged device market share of 40%, up from 35% last yearAll things co...

Yahoo, the number two company in search, announced its less-than-impressive Q4 earnings a few days ago. Their revenue was down 4% from Q4 of 2008 and totaled $1.73 billion; year-over-year revenue also dropped 10% to $6.46 billion in 2009. Yahoo’s freshman CEO Carol Bartz had this to say about the companies Q4: “The fourth quarter marked a strong finish to 2009, which was a transformative year for Yahoo… Our business has positive momentum and we feel good as we head into 2010.” Yahoo, l...

Yesterday, Verizon Communications, Inc. reported a Q4 loss of $653 million, despite a strong showing from its wireless division. Verizon Wireless has the most retail customers of any U.S. carrier, and added 2.2 million new lines during Q4 — almost all of which were post-paid customers — bringing their total customer base to 91.4 million. Losses are being credited to a shrinking land-line customer base, as users move exclusively to cell phones, which was down 3.9% in Q4. VZ announced it will be lay...

It has been a long, and at times, ominous road for number-two chip maker AMD, however, we are happy to report that there is reason for the underdog to celebrate. After 13 consecutive quarters of operating in the red, AMD has reported a net income of $1.18 billion dollars for the fourth quarter of 2009. The announcement is largely due to a 28% growth in sales over the holiday season — fueled by the demand for new PC’s and netbooks — and a $1.25 billion lawsuit settlement from rival chip maker...

In an economic climate where its been mostly doom and gloom, it’s nice to see that a few companies still know how to do one very important thing — turn a profit. One company that has been able to consistently do this over many years is RIM, maker of the BlackBerry smartphone who yesterday released their Q4 financial results. With Q4 revenue 24.5% over that of the previous quarter and 84% above the same period last year, RIM took in a cool $3.46 billion with the bulk of revenue (some 83%) coming fr...