Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO): Bill Wise, vice president of business development at Yahoo!, will participate in a panel at the UBS 36th Annual Global Media & Communications Conference in New York. The session is scheduled to begin at 3:30pm ET / 12:30pm PT on Monday, December 8, 2008. Neal Sample, chief architect, and Cody Simms, senior director of product management for Yahoo! Open Strategy will pres...

Capital spending among service providers may decrease by more than 10% next year, potentially crimping the sales of major vendors, according to investment firm UBS.

Spending among US telcos could drop 10% or more next year, according to UBS analyst Nikos Theodosopoulos, who had previously predicted only a 5% drop. Looking for our newsletter content? Subscribe now and get access to content not available on our Web site or RSS feeds. Telephony Email Newsletters

UBS analyst Maynard Um has stated that there is a great chance that Nokia might re-enter the notebook computer market, although this was firmly denied by Nokia’s global marketing VP, Anssi Vanjoki in April 2008. “Given the rise of net-books/dongles sales, convergence between high-end mobile phones and laptops, and forays by computer manufacturers (Apple, HP) into

Rumours that Nokia may start production of its own brand laptop computers have resurfaced after UBS analyst Maynard Um issued a research note saying that it was increasingly likely to happen.

Nokia is going to announce a secret device on Tuesday at 12:15 a.m. PST. Nobody knows what it is yet.  There's a countdown site on the Internet where you can register to find out. Some think it's a notebook computer, some think it's a smartphone, others say it's going to be a "huge bomb."  UBS analyst Maynard Um suggests: "Our checks indicate Nokia may be working on a 9"-10" notebook/tab...

Nokia may enter the laptop computer market in 2009, UBS analyst Maynard Um wrote in a report today.

Nokia Corp. posted a 5% drop in revenue and a 21% drop in operating profit over the year-ago quarter, but its profit margin remained strong and the company stuck with its industry projection for 10% annual growth for the global handset market.

The global mobile phone market should grow at much slower-than-expected rates next year as consumers put off buying new devices due to deepening economic concerns, according to forecasts from analysts, reports Reuters. "... UBS analyst Maynard Um halved his forecast for 2009 global handset growth to 3 percent from 6 percent, pointing to particular weakness in Europe and North America."

“The sale of our AWS spectrum is just the first step in maximizing the value of our spectrum portfolio. We will continue to monetize our remaining spectrum assets in the U.S. and are working with Deutsche Bank and UBS Investment Bank to achieve our spectrum sale objectives.” These are the words of Mr. Allen Salmasi,