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37 min ago | KXMA-TV Dickinson

Verizon opposes Sprint's "Most Dependable" claim

USSprint Nextel-Ads,0133 Verizon opposes Sprint's "Most Dependable" claim Eds: APNewsNow.

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Related Topix: Sprint, IT Services, Telecom, Overland Park, KS

8 hrs ago | TMCnet

Verizon's FiOS TV service set to enter Bedford, New York

Verizon Communications has been authorised to offer its FiOS TV service to the town of Bedford in Westchester county, New York.

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Related Topix: IT Services, Telecom, Bedford, NY, Westchester County, NY

Thu Nov 26, 2009

TELEPHONY Online

Defining open mobile

There's no doubt mobile operators, led by Verizon Wireless, are opening up their networks.

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Related Topix: IT Services, Telecom

TechCrunch

Google Turning Times Square Into A Giant Voice Search Experiment On Black Friday

There are few things more terrifying to me than the idea of going anywhere near a shopping establishment on Black Friday.

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Related Topix: Google, Startups, Software, Life, Holidays, Day after Thanksgiving, US Travel, Travel, New York City Travel, Telecom, IT Services

San Diego Daily Transcript

Best products of 2009

Thousands of new gadgets are introduced each year, but few rise above blandness and mediocrity.

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Related Topix: Sprint, Telecom, IT Services, Wireless, Emerging Technology, Science / Technology, Wi-Fi, Laptops/Notebooks, iPhone

Wed Nov 25, 2009

TMCnet

TV Choice and Competition Near for Residents of Bedford, N.Y.

Residents of the Town of Bedford in Westchester County are a major step closer to having a real choice for their cable television service, thanks to a newly approved agreement authorizing Verizon to offer its FiOS TV service, delivered over the most advanced fiber-optic network straight to customers' homes.

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Related Topix: TV, Electronics, Bedford, NY, Westchester County, NY, Telecom, IT Services, Digital Video Recorders

MELODIKA.net

Just in Time for Thanksgiving, Verizon Launches a New Era of Television Entertainment in Philadelphi

Just in time for Thanksgiving and its related activities, Verizon's award-winning FiOS TV is now available in parts of Philadelphia.

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Related Topix: TV, Electronics, Telecom, IT Services, Life, Holidays, Thanksgiving, Philadelphia, PA, Cable & Satellite, Comcast, Advertising

Xchangemag.com

Verizon Report Re-Awakens Copper Retirement Questions

Verizon Communications Inc. may be reviving the copper retirement debate, whether it means to do so or not.

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Related Topix: Telecom, IT Services, Charleston Metro

Tue Nov 24, 2009

Wireless Week

AT&T and Verizon ads duel on airwaves and in court

What would the holidays be without bickering between siblings? AT&T and Verizon are swamping TV with ads attacking facets of each other's wireless networks.

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Related Topix: Telecom, IT Services, Wireless, Emerging Technology

ABC News

Bankrupt FairPoint Hires Ad Firms

FairPoint Communications, struggling to emerge from bankruptcy, has hired two Maine firms to beef up marketing and communications.

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Related Topix: Telecom, Marketing, IT Services

BNET

Verizon Victory Over Sprint Follows Defeat of AT&T in Legal War Over Ads

NAD rules on disputes between advertisers over the truthfulness of their claims.

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Related Topix: IT Services, Telecom, Cellphones

CNET News.com

Ciena buys Nortel's Metro Ethernet business

Telecommunications equipment maker Ciena won an auction to acquire a division of Nortel Networks that develops equipment for transmitting data and voice traffic for about $769 million in cash and stock.

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Related Topix: Nortel Network, Telecom, IT Services, Emerging Technology

TELEPHONY Online

Verizon to Hulu: You'll be dead in two years, anyway

Media giants always underestimate the upstarts, but it doesn't mean they are right.

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Related Topix: IT Services, Telecom

Mon Nov 23, 2009

The Globe and Mail

Smart phone war heats up in U.S.

Sinead Carew - Reuters Published on Monday, Nov. 23, 2009 3:11PM EST A s U.S. consumers compile their holiday shopping lists, the Droid smartphone from Motorola Inc.

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Related Topix: Wireless, Telecom, Motorola, Marketing, iPhone, Computers, Apple Computer, IT Services, Vodafone Group

Xchangemag.com

AT&T Crushed: Court Won't Pull Verizon 'Map' Ads

The folks in AT&T Inc. 's marketing department undoubtedly will spend this weekend hatching new ideas to combat Verizon Communications Inc.

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Related Topix: Telecom, IT Services, Marketing, iPhone

Online Journal

NSA eavesdropping more widespread than reported

National Security Agency sources have reported to WMR that the signals intelligence agency's warrantless wiretapping program was more widespread than originally reported and that it began shortly after the 2001 inauguration of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, some six months prior to the 9/11 attacks.

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Related Topix: George Bush, Dick Cheney, Telecom, Qwest Communications Intl, IT Services, San Antonio, TX, Prison

Sun Nov 22, 2009

Hampton Roads Daily Press

Verizon plans to cut 8,000 jobs, some in Hampton Roads

Verizon Communications Inc. said Thursday it began offering severance packages and one-time payments this month to some of its nonsalaried workers in an effort to trim its payroll by 8,000 jobs by the end of January.

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Related Topix: IT Services, Telecom

BNET

In Ad Fight, AT&T Admits Its Coverage Is Inferior to Verizon's, But Sues Anyway

By Jim Edwards In a legal fight over the advertising for Verizon and AT&T 's rival 3G cellphone networks, AT&T has admitted that its 3G network is smaller and that Verizon's ads are "literally true based on square miles." It's an odd - and possibly suicidal - legal strategy for AT&T, which brought the suit in the first place.

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Related Topix: Telecom, IT Services, Cellphones, iPhone

Sat Nov 21, 2009

CNET News.com

What's new in the latest Apple iMac?

We've detected that you need to upgrade or install Flash 8 or later to view CNET TV and our library of thousands of tech videos.

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Related Topix: Laptops/Notebooks, Science / Technology, Apple, iPhone, Telecom, IT Services, Electric Vehicle, Computers

WebWire

Verizon Business Sparks Improved Security Posture for Electric Utilities

The utility industry's ongoing adoption of smart grid digital technology is bringing many conservation and cost-saving benefits, and with them some unprecedented cyber security threats.

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Related Topix: IT Services, Telecom

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