28.07.2008
Verizon net income up 12% on wireless, FiOS
Wireless and FiOS broadband efforts again proved to be the growth engines for Verizon Communications, as the telco posted second quarter earnings marked by a 12 percent boost in profit over last year`s second quarter to $1.88 billion, or 66 cents per share. Revenue hit $24.1 billion. Verizon... |
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26.03.2009
Verizon promos wholesale backhaul to wireless carriers
If you are a cellular company, Verizon wants to put its wholesale backhaul capacity to work for you - regardless of who you are. As carriers look to make deals at CTIA next week, will this not-so-subtle pitch them over - or is Verizon suggesting that other backhaul options don`t have the... |
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12.11.2009
Verizon reaches settlement with Florida PSC
Verizon Florida said it will now return $1.75 million to the region`s customers and pay the state an additional $250,000 in a settlement with the state`s Public Service Commission (PSC) for poor service.This settlement comes after Florida`s Attorney General and the AARP lodged a complaint with the... |
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07.01.2009
Verizon seeks CDN partner links
Verizon Communications and AT&T during 2008 became two of the most aggressive new players in the content delivery network business, joining network operators such as Level 3 Communications and other traditional CDN firms. Now, Verizon is launching a new discount partner program designed to woo... |
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19.03.2010
Verizon sues Cablevision over set-top box patents
Verizon`s ongoing rivalry with New York-based Cablevision became even more contentious this week as the telco, which has been aggressively attacking the MSO`s hometown New York market with FTTP services, filed a patent-infringement case with the U.S. International Trade Commission to prevent... |
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17.04.2009
Verizon sues John Does over CA AT&T cut cable
Legal fallout from the vandalism of four AT&T fiber optic cables around Silicon Valley and the San Francisco Bay area continues. Verizon Wireless and Verizon California filed suit in Santa Clara County Superior Court on Thursday against John Doe and Does (plural, up to 100), citing... |
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10.04.2008
Verizon sues Time Warner Cable over ads
Verizon Communications has filed a lawsuit against Time Warner Cable in the U.S. District Court of Southern New York claiming false advertising by the cable TV company. Verizon says that in Time Warner`s ads, the cable TV firm insinuates that Verizon`s FiOS broadband TV service requires a satellite... |
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11.02.2008
Verizon targets Charter with VoIP lawsuit
Verizon Communications has filed a lawsuit against cable TV company Charter Communications alleging infringement of eight VoIP-related patents. Charter is the second cable player Verizon has sued over VoIP patents, Cox Communications having been the first. So, who`s next on the list?After having... |
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20.01.2010
Verizon temporarily waives charges on calls made to Haiti
Verizon is expanding its support to earthquake victims in Haiti by waiving both wireless and wireline long-distance residential voice charges through the end of January.Beginning this Wednesday, any call made from a residential wireline or Verizon Wireless phone to Haiti will be rated at $0.00 per... |
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21.08.2008
Verizon to conduct FiOS safety checks in NY
Verizon Communications will conduct safety inspections of all FiOS installations completed in New York before Aug. 1, after the New York Public Service Commission uncovered electrical code violations during routine inspections of some deployments. The carrier said its installations are... |
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