BellSouth customers could eventually see IPTV much faster through AT&T than they ever would have with BellSouth.

Consumers won't actually begin to see any real change in services for at least two to three years. Eventually, an integrated company could introduce new services more quickly. But there is a risk that a bigger AT&T could move slower.

It's a very nice innovation. It's more about retaining customers and giving them more reasons to stick with Yahoo.

Demand is limited, and the use models are at odds with the business goals of device makers' biggest customers: the mobile operators.

This is a fairly significant step ahead for Yahoo.

No question that Microsoft has made significant inroads compared to where they were just a couple of years ago _ which was no where.