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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 Kicks Off Hot Spots
News Verizon said the new service will expand and speed up its wireless data service coverage in high-traffic spots that attract travellers, such as hotels and airports. As Verizon customers increasingly rely on high-speed wireless service to meet their...
[August 6, 2003, 16:00]
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]
Verizon To Launch 3G In US
News Verizon sources said the average Internet cruising speed on the network would be about the same as those offered by America Online and other dial-up service providers. Most Verizon Wireless phones can surf the Internet now, but at a speed about...
[January 25, 2002, 11:45]
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]
Verizon Scorns Net Neutrality Fight
News Hoewing said Verizon is able to slice up bandwidth on its high-speed Fios service based on different lasers and different frequencies. C Lincoln "Link" Hoewing, an assistant vice president at Verizon Communications, said the ability to charge for...
[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]
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]
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]
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 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]
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]
T-Mobile US Bundles Wi-Fi, GPRS, Phone
News Other telecommunications companies such as Verizon and SBC have been bundling DSL (digital subscriber line) Internet access, local and long distance, and cellular into all-encompassing service plans. Most people -- including customers of the Wi-Fi...
[May 8, 2003, 16:16]
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]
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]
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]
Execs Rail Against US Wireless Regulations
News Lowell McAdam, the chief executive of Verizon Wireless, also complained about high taxes on mobile-phone use in the US, where taxes vary depending on the state. Their angst comes against the backdrop of a recently completed government airwaves...
[April 4, 2008, 10:04]
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]
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]
'Noisy Light' Is New Key To Encryption
News In addition, telecommunications giant Verizon Communications is dabbling in quantum cryptography through one of its subsidiaries, BBN Technologies, which is working with Northwestern to develop commercial quantum cryptography prototype systems for...
[November 15, 2002, 14:48]
