verizon

Verizon is a broadband and telecommunications company, headquartered in New York City. It was founded in 2000 after one of the original seven Baby Bells that was created after the large break up of AT&T in 1983, Bell Atlantic, acquired the company GTE. It's primary service area is on the east coast of the United States. Verizon is best known for its land line and wireless phone services.

The company is currently in the process of remaking itself as a data and video provider with its service Verizon FIOS. At an estimated cost of $4,000 per household the company is installing fiber-optic cables directly to consumers' homes. This allows the company to give users fiber-optic speeds of up to 50 Mpbs and good HDTV picture quality.

As a large and well known company, Verizon is often covered and discussed on blogs for its wireless product announcements, company privacy practices and customer service issues.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “verizon”

 

• Verizon promises first 4G handset for next summer, foretells end of unlimited data plans

  
  Engadget Mobile — Authority: 142
  Alright, you ultrafast mobile broadband zealots, whip out your calendars and draw a big red tick around the middle of 2011. Verizons CTO Anthony Melone has identified next summer as the carriers release window for its first LTE handset, which should be preceded by the 4G service being rolled out by the end of this ...
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• Verizon promises first 4G handset for next summer, foretells end of unlimited data plans

  
  Tech Tips Today - Gadget and Gizmo News — Authority: 165
  Alright, you ultrafast mobile broadband zealots, whip out your calendars and draw a big red tick around the middle of 2011. Verizon’s CTO Anthony Melone has identified next summer as the carrier’s release window for its first LTE handset, which should be preceded by the 4G service being rolled out by the end of ...
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• Verizon officially launches the rugged, text-friendly Casio G’zOne Brigade

  
  Mobilefunstuff.com — Authority: 138
  Just yesterday we were saying that Casio’s built-to-be-beaten G’zOne Brigade would be launching today — and sure enough, it just went live on Verizon’s web site.As a rugged... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  4 hours ago

• Tumblr takes away blog from blogger?: TechVi Now …

  
  Learn Free Internet Marketing Learn Free Internet Marketing Strategies using Video, Articles, Social Networking, Social Media, Web 2.0, Blogs, Affiliate Marketing — Authority: 168
  Tumblr, the popular blogging service, is under fire after a blogger claims the company gave his subdomain name away. Also, Google dropped a nice surprise for the Wikimedia crew and Verizon will allow free voice calls over Skype. Find out more on techvi Now. ———————– Subscribing to techvi: RSS: ...
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• NFL Mobile Kicks Off With Verizon Wireless in April

  
  Mobility Phones - Mobile Phones — Authority: 136
  The National Football League (NFL) has joined forces with Verizon Wireless, the owner and operator of the nation’s most reliable wireless network, to provide fans with the deepest NFL experience on their mobile phones, it was announced today. The new four-year agreement for NFL Mobile kicks off next month with ...
  5 hours ago

• There’s an Institutional Fight to These ‘Canes

  
  On Frozen Blog — Authority: 604
  A near 100-point team, hosting a hopeless, 60-point team, ought to win comfortably, no? Not when the underdog is the Carolina Hurricanes and the favored adversary is the Caps. The ‘Canes, no matter the month in the calendar, no matter how low the stakes, skate up in the proverbial grill against the Caps just about ...
  6 hours ago

• ‘Bradman the greatest’

  
  teenchennai — Authority: 442
  Sachin Tendulkar can come only second behind legendary Don Bradman in the list of all-time greatest cricketers, feels former Australia captain Steve Waugh. “Don Bradman is the greatest, there is no debate. Don is the number one and then come the rest. And among the rest, Tendulkar probably is as good as anyone. So ...
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• Date Night - Picking Up My Verizon Palm Pre Plus

  
  Mom Knows It All. (I know EVERYTHING - just ask my hubby.) — Authority: 527
  We have date night most Fridays. Sometimes we spend it with LB3 and Diva. Sometimes we spend it with TJ. Sometimes it’s just the two of us. That’s how it was on a Friday night, just the two of us. We were on our way to dinner while TJ was at a play and I told RB that I needed to run into the Verizon Wireless store ...
  7 hours ago

• Verizon Wireless Explains Us How Skype Works

  
  MobileTopSoft news board — Authority: 528
  Found under: Verizon Wireless , Skype , , Following Verizons and Skypes joint announcement at MWC 2010 weve seen the later pull Skype for Windows Mobile and later remove Skype for Symbian phones from the Ovi Store. Sure Skype is still free on these two platforms but Verizon seems really interested in ...
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• Verizon Wireless Explains Us How Skype Works

  
  TOYS and GADGETs | News | Reviews | Videos — Authority: 174
  Found under: Verizon Wireless , Skype , , Following Verizons and Skypes joint announcement at MWC 2010 weve seen the later pull Skype for Windows Mobile and later remove Skype for Symbian phones from the Ovi Store. Sure Skype is still free on these two platforms but Verizon seems really interested in ...
  7 hours ago

• Verizon Wireless Customers Would Able to Watch NFL Games on Their Phones

  
  TOYS and GADGETs | News | Reviews | Videos — Authority: 174
  National Football League (NFL) and Verizon Wireless announced a new partnership to show live games and the NFL popular RedZone channels on Verizon Wireless mobile phones starting next league season. This is a 4-year contract agreement, worth estimated $720 million, that Verizon Wireless signed with NFL. “Our ...
  8 hours ago

• Verizon snatches NFL contract from Sprint

  
  PreCentral.net — Authority: 691
  Sprint users, say goodbye to the NFL app: Sprint has lost their contract with the National Football League. The Wall Street Journal notes that Verizon users have reason to celebrate (if you are into such things), as Big Red has signed a new four-year contract with the NFL to bring all the coverage and the popular ...
  9 hours ago

• NFL Mobile Coming to Verizon Next Month

  
  TeenTechBlog — Authority: 122
  NFL RedZone– coming soon to Verizon Wireless We know, it’s March. All our focus should be on Selection Sunday next week and March Madness (and baseball, for those who only care about the pros) and not so much on football for the next couple of months, with football taking a seat in the way back. (And don’t ...
  9 hours ago

• ($VZ) Verizon-Frontier Communications Deal Blocked by Illinois Judge

  
  Stock Blog Hub — Authority: 502
  Frontier Communications’ ( FTR ) impending acquisition of the rural fixed-line business of Verizon ( VZ ) suffered a major blow as an Administrative Law Judge in Illinois has issued an order to block the transaction in the state. The concerned judge has proposed to the state regulator “Illinois Commerce ...
  9 hours ago

• Verizon.com Special Offers

  
  Site General — Authority: 160
  Get on the net over Fiber when you sign-up for Verizon FiOS Internet Service online. Verizon FiOS Internet - $44.99/mo w/ first month FREE! Verizon High-Speed Internet: Unlimited High-Speed Internet Access. Click here to find out more. Verizon FiOS Internet Service. Want it? Need it? Have to have it? ...
  9 hours ago

• Cable Companies To Government: Make The Mean Old Media Companies Stop Pulling Channels

  
  Consumerist — Authority: 796
  Time Warner Cable, DirecTV, Dish, and Verizon all want the FCC to force the media companies to stop pulling their channels during negotiations or disputes, removing their main bargaining chip from the table. The AP says fourteen companies and a consumer group made the request. Absent, of course, was Comcast which may ...
  10 hours ago

• Top Trending Technology Tags for Mar 10th, 2010 edition

  
  AJB Apps - Technology, Apple, Mac, PC, Microsoft — Authority: 126
  Top Trending Technology Tags is a list of the top 5 tags from multiple top technology sites and the most popular posts for Mar 10th, 2010
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• Verizon Wireless to Show NFL Games on Mobile Phones: Video

  
  Download Full Version Game Downloads Now — Authority: 165
  March 9 (Bloomberg) — Verizon Wireless won an agreement to show live National Football League games on its mobile phones, expanding its video offerings to lure smartphone customers away from rivals. Bloomberg’s Cali Carlin reports. (Source: Bloomberg)
  12 hours ago

• Cox Wireless Service Ads Miss The Mark

  
  Dead Zones — Authority: 425
  Home Coverage Is the #1 Consumer Problem. Not Price! I think the Cox Wireless servicer teaser ads are missing an opportunity and will likely shoot marketing response blanks if this ad launches. Being unbelievably fair is being unbelievably boring and average in the wireless business. Cox has a ...
  12 hours ago

• Skype Mobile coming soon to Verizon Android phones

  
  Android and Me — Authority: 713
  Later this month every Android phone on Verizon’s network will be able to make and receive unlimited free Skype-to-Skype voice calls. Skype has removed the Skype Lite client from the Android Market so it looks like this is an exclusive deal for Verizon in the United States. We don’t have the installation details ...
  12 hours ago

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