The price target implies downside from the stock's current price. The analysts anticipate challenges for AT&T. Analysts’ revenue and adj.For AT&T’s Warner Media operations, analysts expect the combination of return to sports and added expense associated with HBO Max to affect bottom line. In the Entertainment segment, cord-cutting and programming costs are pressuring profitability. Analysts also noted, “We are lowering our Postpaid phone-only ARPU by $0.27 to $54.88.

Telecommunications giant AT&T  is reportedly considering selling its Warner Bros. gaming segment (Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, or WB Games  )in a $4 billion deal. According to CNBC, AT&T wants to reduce its $165 billion debt.In 26 of 48 cases where T's MACD histogram became negative, the price fell further within the following month.

Plus, the tlecom giant is sanguine about  achieving its 2020 and long-term guidance. At the Morgan Stanley’s Technology, Media and Telecom Conference on Tuesday, AT&T CEO  and Warner Media CEO John Stankey said the company is planning to have nationwide 5G coverage by the end of the second quarter. The company projects wireless service revenue to grow by more than 2% in 2020.Stankey indicated that 5G combined with HBO Max content will continue to be the main driver of revenue growth and profitability. By the end of 2022, AT&T intends to use 50%-70% of free cash flow after dividends to retire about 70% of the shares it issued to fund the acquisition of Time Warner.

AT&T Inc. reported fourth quarter earnings that surpassed expectations.  The telecom conglomerate’s adjusted earnings for the three months ending in December came in at 89 cents per share, beating the 87 cents expected by analysts.  Total revenue declined -2.4% to $46.8 billion, slightly below analysts' estimates of a $47 billion. Looking ahead, AT&T projects adjusted earnings to grow to between $4.50 to $4.80 per share by 2022, along with revenue growth every year.

Comcast recently unveiled its streaming service Peacock, due to launch in April 2020. Peacock has three tiers .A free tier, with ads and with a more limited range of content;  a $4.99 per month premium, ad-supported tier with the full range of Peacock content;  and a $9.99 per month  ad-free premium tier. The streaming service will be available on Comcast’s Xfinity X1 and Flex video platforms on April 15. For Peacock, Comcast will use its proprietary assets, and get some content from third-party studios as well. Matt Strauss, Comcast’s chair of Peacock and NBCUniversal digital enterprises, indicated that Peacock will allow streamers to easily access a mix of television shows, movies, sports and news coverage.

T-Mobile U.S. (Nasdaq: TMUS) has been in the news a lot lately.Analysts expect earnings for 2019 as a whole to increase by 28%. Sales have grown as well, but not nearly as much as earnings.

On Monday, AT&T reported adjusted third-quarter earnings of 94 cents per share, which surpassed analysts’ expectation of 93 cents. The telecom behemoth’s quarterly sales of $44.588 billion, however, missed the analyst consensus estimate of $45 billion.The figure is also - 2.52% lower compared to the year-ago quarter’s $45.739 billion. CEO Randall Stephenson  emphasized that “strategic investments” that the company has made over the last several years have helped them meet growing demand for content and connectivity.

Verizon Communications reported second quarter earnings that topped analysts’ expectations, while raising its outlook for the full-year. The telecommunications giant’s earnings for the three months ending in June increased +2.5% year-over-year to $1.23 per share, which is 3 cents ahead of the Street consensus estimate. Verizon added a net 245,000 telephone subscribers over the quarter, beating the 163,000 estimated (on consensus) by analysts polled by FactSet. Total revenue of $32.1 billion, however, and fell slightly below analysts' forecasts of $32.42 billion.  For the full-year 2019, Verizon is expecting a low single-digit percentage growth rate for adjusted earnings, compared to its prior forecast of flat growth.

President Donald Trump on Monday called for a boycott of AT&T to force “big changes” at subsidiary CNN, which Trump often accuses of biased and negative coverage of his administration. “I believe that if people stoped using or subscribing to @ATT, they would be forced to make big changes at @CNN, which is dying in the ratings anyway.It is so unfair with such bad, Fake News!” the president tweeted from the U.K., just as he began a state visit, misspelling “stopped.”

Presently, the health innovation segment at Comcast is working on an in-home device to monitor people’s health, especially at-risk people like seniors and the ones with disabilities, and plans to start pilot-testing later this year.The pricing and roll-out time is yet to be finalized. The company has been working on the device for more than a year now and under the guidance of the new senior vice president and health manager, it is building a strategy and a team to bring the new health hardware to market. The said device will be able to monitor people’s basic health metrics using ambient sensors and will particularly focus on whether someone is frequenting the bathroom more often or spending more time in bed than normal.

Singapore Telecommunications on Wednesday posted its smallest annual net profit in 16 years — but the big drag on earnings came from Indonesia and India, according to its CEO.

Telecommunications giant AT&T (NYSE: T) took on $40 billion in debt to acquire Time Warner in June 2018.That's too high for AT&T's liking, so it embarked on a path to pay off what it borrowed to buy Time Warner and, in turn, bring its that ratio down to saner levels. Read More...

Verizon Communications reported its first quarter earnings that surpassed expectations, on the back of solid subscriber growth in its postpaid services. The telecom giant's earnings for the three months ending March came in at $1.22 per share, beating Wall Street analysts' estimates by 3 cents.The figure reflects a +9.9% jump from the year-ago quarter. Net revenues came in at $32.12 billion – unchanged from the prior year period, but in line with analysts' estimates. The company had a net 61,000 addition of retail postpaid subscribers over the quarter.

America’s No.3 wireless carrier, T-Mobile’s latest foray into a new banking product may be a solution for 8.4 million ‘unbanked’ households -- the 6.5% of the American population who not have access to a checking or a savings account. T-Mobile Money is offering a new checking account to customers, especially those with post-paid subscriptions, which could eliminate over-drafting concerns that tag with traditional bank accounts.The service, available to anyone and not just its customers, will allow customers to go up to $50 in the red without incurring penalties as long as the account balance is positive within 30 days.

Layoffs hit their highest level for a first quarter in 10 years as 2019′s job market got off to a shaky start, according to a report Thursday from outplacement firm Challenger, Gary & Christmas. Read More...

WarnerMedia CEO John Stankey on Wednesday refuted news reports of parent company AT&T contemplating a sale of its HBO Europe unit to make good on debt obligations. On Wednesday, the Financial Times reported that there have been internal talks within AT&T about divesting HBO Europe (among other assets), although no final discussions with potential buyers had taken place yet." Stankey said, "We normally do not comment on speculation, but when a news outlet is advised that their reporting is factually incorrect and report it anyway, we feel compelled to set the record straight", while adding, “HBO Europe is a valuable asset for our growth plans in Europe.

Verizon Communications Inc. VZ 0.58% said Wednesday morning it turned on its 5G Ultra Wideband Network a week earlier than previously planned. Read More...

Viacom is set to become T-Mobile’s first media partner for the latter’s new TV service. T-Mobile, the third largest U.S. mobile service, has been planning for its new streaming service for a while, during which it apparently met with delays due to the project’s complexity.Teaming up with Viacom would mean live-streaming channels like MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon as well as offer on-demand shows on its upcoming wireless TV service.

AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson knows his company can’t use Huawei’s gear for high-speed networks, because the U.S. government won’t allow it.But in Europe, the Chinese networking company has dominant market share, which is a problem as the world gears up for the move from 4G to 5G, Stephenson said on Tuesday at the Fintech Ideas Festival in San Francisco. Read More...

According to the company, this broadband service would cost its customers just $50/month and would initially be available for 50,000 select mobile customers. This move is also being telegraphed as rationale for the Sprint acquisition, as the company fights against big cable giants like AT&T (T) and Verizon (VZ).In response, CEO of T-Mobile, John Legere, said that the new company would be a stronger competitor to giants like Verizon Communications and AT&T. He even promised not to raise prices for three years if the deal was approved. According to the company, the pilot program would be available by invitation only and only in the areas where T-Mobile’s LTE 4G network has capacity to deliver high-speed internet access.