{"id":4785,"date":"2009-09-09T10:15:48","date_gmt":"2009-09-09T14:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/?p=4785"},"modified":"2016-09-20T05:00:07","modified_gmt":"2016-09-20T09:00:07","slug":"starent-networks-star-new-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/09\/starent-networks-star-new-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Starent Networks (STAR) &#8211; New Information"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to recent reports, there is the possibility that Apple <span class=\"sb_quote\">(AAPL)<\/span> may be considering offering Verizon <span class=\"sb_quote\">(V<\/span><span class=\"sb_quote\">Z)<\/span> service for the iPhone. In addition, there is speculation that the coming announcement of the new tablet device will have Verizon capabilities as well as AT&amp;T <span class=\"sb_quote\">(T)<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The point is being made that if this is true, Starent <span class=\"sb_quote\">(STAR)<\/span> will be in line to reap some nice <!--more-->benefits as Verizon will need to upgrade their network as discussed below.<\/p>\n<p>(Added 50% to \u00a0 <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/mailbox\/tdi-investment-fund\/\">TDIMG<\/a> <\/strong>position today)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/macbook_tablet1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3899\" title=\"macbook_tablet1\" src=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/macbook_tablet1.jpg\" alt=\"macbook_tablet1\" width=\"495\" height=\"420\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From Forbes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Starent Networks Corp. stands to gain if Apple Inc. picks up Verizon Wireless as a carrier for its popular iPhone or a new portable computer, a CL King analyst said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Verizon would need to add capacity on its network to accommodate the extra Web traffic that would come with Apple customers, CL King analyst Lawrence Harris said in a note.<\/p>\n<p>That would likely mean buying equipment from Starent, a Tewksbury, Mass.-based company that makes technology for connecting cell phones to the Internet.<\/p>\n<p>Along with the iPhone, Apple is rumored to be working on a small \u201ctablet\u201d\u009d-style computer, something like an oversized iPod.<\/p>\n<p>Harris said a decision from Apple to add Verizon as a carrier for one or both \u201cis becoming increasingly likely.\u201d\u009d He said the move makes sense for Apple because it could head off a government investigation of the company\u2018s exclusive deal with AT&amp;T Inc. and boost iPhone sales.<\/p>\n<p>Harris reiterated an \u201cAccumulate\u201d\u009d rating on Starent shares.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/star.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3902 aligncenter\" title=\"star\" src=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/star.png\" alt=\"star\" width=\"503\" height=\"411\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Disclosure: <a title=\"Horowitz &amp; Company\" href=\"http:\/\/www.horowitzandcompany.com\">Horowitz &amp; Company<\/a> clients may hold positions of securities mentioned as of the date published.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to recent reports, there is the possibility that Apple (AAPL) may be considering offering Verizon (VZ) service for the iPhone. In addition, there is speculation that the coming announcement of the new tablet device will have Verizon capabilities as well as AT&amp;T (T). The point is being made that if this is true, Starent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[224,12],"tags":[494,490,484],"class_list":["post-4785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-long-ideas","category-markets","tag-long-ideas","tag-stocks","tag-technology","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4785\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}