12 min ago | Boston Business Journal
Verizon connects, Comcast stalls in Massachusetts cable market
Verizon Communications Inc. 's subscribers for its FiOS television service roughly doubled in 2008 while its two major competitors - Comcast, Charter Communications and RCN - reported drops in paid customers, according to cable subscription figures released by state Department of Telecommunications and Cable Thursday.
8 hrs ago | InformationWeek
FCC To Examine Telephone Access Fees
The telephony issue that won't go away -- special access fees -- is slated to be examined by the Federal Communications Commission, according to an FCC notice.
16 hrs ago | The Post Chronicle
U.S. Bill Would Overhaul Annual Phone Fund
U.S. lawmakers said on Friday they introduced a measure aimed at overhauling an annual fund intended to ensure nationwide telephone service in high-cost, rural areas by including money for high-speed Internet use.
20 hrs ago | Reuters
FCC approves AT&T's bid for Centennial: sources
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission approved AT&T Inc's $944 million bid to buy Centennial Communications Corp , two sources familiar with the decision said on Thursday.
A 17-year-old is in critical condition this evening after being shot in the back of the head by a 15-year-old on the bus this morning tech Nov 6, 2009 Alexandra Micuda waited outside a Verizon store in San Francisco since before 3 a.m. to get the store's very first Google Android phone.
Verizon defeats $1.67 billion pension suit
Verizon Communications Inc. defeated a group lawsuit over pension payments that may have cost the second-largest U.S. phone company about $1.67 billion.
Housing, manufacturing data boost stocks on Wall Street
Fears about the US economic recovery may have been overdone as strong house sales, construction and manufacturing data boosted stocks on Wall Street.
U.S. regulators mull changes to phone access rules
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Thursday said it was mulling whether changes are needed to regulations governing access to telephone lines largely controlled by telecom giants.
Utility regulators challenge Frontier-Verizon deal
Lots of risk, with very little upside. That's how regulatory staff in Oregon and Washington judge Verizon Communications' plan to sell its phone, Internet and cable TV business to Frontier Communications Corp.
Verizon to unveil Droid Eris phone for $99 -- and kills Sprint Nextel's $180 price for the HTC Hero
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Verizon Engages Law Enforcement, Advocacy Groups in Discussions of...
Furthering its commitment to online safety, Verizon is a major sponsor of the 2009 Family Online Safety Institute 2009 conference, Building a Culture of Responsibility from Online Safety to Digital Citizenship, which opens here Wednesday .
Better Business Bureau Refers Comcast 'Fiber-Optic' Claim To FTC
By Todd Spangler -- Multichannel News, 11/4/2009 1:52:33 PM The National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus has referred Comcast's decision to not participate in the industry group's adjudication process involving the advertising claim that the company provides "fiber-optic network" services to the Federal Trade ...
FairPoint files for Ch. 11 bankruptcy protection
FairPoint Communications will continue to expand its broadband service despite filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy this week, company executives said.
Qwest Profits Dip, But Outlook Brightens
Qwest Communications International reported a 6% decline in its third quarter profit as it continued to lose landline subscribers.
Verizon, ConocoPhillips, Coca-Cola are big movers
The following stocks were among those that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange: NYSE: Verizon Communications Inc., up 75 cents at $29.95 Verizon Wireless' Droid will go on sale for $200 next week as the company taps into the growing appetite for smart phones.
AT&T sues Verizon Wireless over 3G ads
AT&T Inc is suing Verizon Wireless in an effort to stop its bigger mobile rival from using "misleading" coverage maps in advertisements that AT&T says are causing it to lose "incalculable market share." According to the lawsuit which AT&T filed in Atlanta federal court, a recently launched ad campaign shows maps with white spaces that mislead ...
Verizon Brings GPON to the Desktop
In a reversal of the usual direction of deployment benefits, technology Verizon Communications Inc.
Verizon pleased with first-day Storm sales, Droid looms
U.S. mobile operator says it sold more of RIM devices than expected, but has plenty of inventory.
Verizon Business Takes Virtual Private LAN Service Global
Enterprises around the world now can seamlessly and cost-effectively transform their Ethernet local area networks into wide area networks, with Verizon Business' global expansion of its Virtual Private LAN Service .
Customer Interaction Solutions
To prepare for the holiday shopping season, many retailers build out their IT systems to accommodate the anticipated increase in online traffic.
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