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Hackers Gain Free Access To MSN Premium
News The exploit takes advantage of a modified installation file in MSN Explorer 8.5 that allows Web surfers to upgrade to MSN Explorer 9 by using fake high-speed Internet accounts from Verizon Communications.
[February 27, 2004, 7:55]
Verizon Scorns Net Neutrality Fight
News C Lincoln "Link" Hoewing, an assistant vice president at Verizon Communications, said the ability to charge for services such as high-quality video is crucial to being able to afford the multibillion-pound price tag of upgrading its network-to...
[May 5, 2006, 11:40]
Philadelphia Pushes On With Wi-Fi Plan
News Verizon Communications supported a Pennsylvania bill barring communities from building their own network, but struck a deal with Philadelphia to allow the city's plans to go forward. I reject the idea that this network has to be built because...
[April 8, 2005, 9:35]
Intel To Publicly Back Municipal Broadband
News Intel's position is partly in response to strong lobbying by Verizon Communications that helped lead to the passage of a law in Pennsylvania that prohibits cities from offering Internet access to their residents for a fee.
[January 12, 2005, 13:00]
Hollywood Chases Down Campus Pirates
News Indeed, the trade groups have rarely targeted Internet service providers with legal action, aside from a recent case in which the RIAA is suing Verizon Communications for information to identify an alleged file-trading subscriber.
[October 11, 2002, 7:54]
US Congress Votes For Net Neutrality
News That vote is a surprise victory for Internet companies such as Amazon.com, Google, Microsoft and Yahoo that had lobbied fiercely in the last few months for stricter laws to ensure that Verizon, AT&T and other broadband providers could not create a...
[May 26, 2006, 9:10]
File-trading Pressure Mounts On ISPs
News Some ISPs, such as Verizon Communications, have refused to go this far, calling it a "drastic remedy that infringes on people's rights and speech. Some, like Verizon, are resisting the demands, saying that copyright law does not force them to...
[July 26, 2001, 11:19]
World's First 3G Phone Network Goes Live
News We'll see after they introduce it, what they actually have," said Jim Gerace, a spokesman for Verizon Wireless, the leading wireless carrier in the United States, which plans on unveiling its own high-speed network by the end of the year.
[October 1, 2001, 9:24]
Nextel Turns Its Back On WiMax
News That's why the US' fifth-largest mobile phone service provider favours either the same mobile phone equipment Verizon Communications now uses to sell broadband in 20 major markets, or even faster but lesser-known wireless equipment using Flarion...
[December 1, 2004, 7:55]
US Telecoms Regulators Reveal Contentious Vision
News We need time to read and understand it," Tom Tauke, senior vice president of Verizon Communications, said in a statement. Six months after first outlining their plans, federal regulators released details on Thursday of controversial new rules that...
[August 22, 2003, 11:20]
US Broadband Population Soars
News DSL providers such as SBC Communications and Verizon Communications have been the most aggressive in introducing price cuts and discounts. Cable and digital subscriber line providers reported their most fruitful quarter ever, adding more than 2...
[November 13, 2003, 8:15]
FCC To Review Firms' Use Of Customer Data
News Both Verizon and phone industry leader AT&T offer high-speed internet and video services that compete with cable, while cable providers sell phone services. The FCC enforcement bureau will recommend that the commission reject a complaint by cable...
[April 14, 2008, 9:22]
Next-generation Wi-Fi Tech To Deliver IPTV
News Carriers, such as AT&T and Verizon Communications, are spending billions of dollars upgrading their networks to deliver Internet Protocol-based TV service to consumers. This speed is enough to transmit three high-definition TV channels, he said.
[May 31, 2006, 13:05]
RIAA Presses Court For Swappers' Names
News Telecommunications companies, such as Verizon Communications, have taken similar measures against the RIAA without success. The Recording Industry Association of America is pressing a federal court to ignore cable Internet provider Charter...
[October 15, 2003, 13:20]
N+I: Alcatel To Expand Into US
News As the Baby Bells moved to offer high-speed Internet access, Alcatel stepped in to satisfy demand for equipment, dominating the niche for DSL (digital subscriber line) gear for companies such as BellSouth and Verizon Communications.
[May 8, 2002, 12:07]
Piracy Battles Have ISPs Stuck In Crossfire
News The new file-swapping services "can't fit under the [copyright law], and the copyright community is very frustrated", said Sarah Deutsch, associate general counsel for Verizon Communications, one of the biggest high-speed ISPs.
[June 8, 2001, 14:45]
VoIP Evades Surveillance
News We don't want terrorists using our networks," said Larry Plumb, a Verizon Communications spokesman. The two providers are prime examples of a problem that the Federal Communications Commission now faces after voting on Thursday to investigate...
[February 16, 2004, 10:15]
Execs Rail Against US Wireless Regulations
News Verizon Wireless, a venture of Verizon Communications and Vodafone Group, has offered to support any device that works on its network so long as manufacturers go through a certification process to meet its requirements.
[April 4, 2008, 10:04]
Tech Heavyweights Team Up On 3G
News Earlier this month, Nortel announced that it had been chosen by Verizon Wireless to expand its 3G wireless network. Specifically, the companies aim to develop the chips and software for "the integration of music, video, broadcasting and other new...
[July 28, 2006, 9:55]
Wireless Execs: We Hate Spectrum Sales!
News One recent auction garnered $18bn in fees from carriers such as Verizon Wireless. Regulators have been auctioning only a small number of the available radio frequencies needed for the high-speed, mobile Internet-access services that network...
[March 22, 2001, 10:09]
