Verizon is a broadband and telecommunications company and a corporate component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. What eventually became Verizon was founded as Bell Atlantic, which was one of the seven “Baby Bells” that were formed after AT&T Corporation was forced to relinquish its control of the Bell System. In 2000 Bell Atlantic merged with GTE, which operated telecommunications companies across most of the rest of the country that was not already in Bell Atlantic’s footprint. Verizon Communications’ operations are divided into three business units: wireless, residential and small business services, and enterprise services.
Based on data from tracking iPhone 6 and 6 Plus pre-order shipments, Slice says AT&T accounted for nearly half of the pre-orders for Apple’s new phones. One in five paid full… Read more »
Verizon is now offering what it calls a Secure Cloud Interconnect service between Verizon Cloud and Amazon Web Services. You can probably guess why. Read more »
After 3.7 million public comments and an orgy of lobbying, do we know what the FCC will decide on net neutrality? No, but here are five things we’ve learned so far. Read more »
Last month, Verizon said it was bringing VoLTE and HD Voice calls in the “coming weeks” and now we know why: The timing of the carrier’s Advanced Calling 1.0 function coincides… Read more »
At $399, the new version of the Shield gaming tablet is $100 more expensive than its Wi-Fi-only predecessor, but it will come with 32GBs of memory and 4G connectivity. Read more »
Carriers are fiercely competing for new iPhone customers and the lucrative two-year contracts that come with them. The latest carrier deal comes from Verizon, which confirmed to Gigaom that all existing postpaid… Read more »
While Intel was never able to get its ambitious OnCue OTT service off the ground, Verizon, which acquired the OnCue assets in January, may be closer to succeeding by refocusing the… Read more »
It’s like it’s 2010 all over again as the FCC indicates it may take a second look at bringing the idea of network neutrality to the wireless networks as part of… Read more »
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler wants small carrier support for the the upcoming 600 MHz auction, but those carriers are reluctant to give it. They trusted the FCC in the 700 MHz… Read more »
According to an FCC filing, a Motorola device named Quark is most likely headed to Verizon soon. The device will support Motorola’s new Turbo Charging feature. Read more »