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Verizon gets final clearance for TV service in NYC

AP — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:38:08 +0000

Verizon Communications Inc. has cleared the final regulatory hurdle for providing TV in New York City, a major step in its transformation from a phone company to a fiber-optics-based...

Motorola developing new roaming device Napoleon Q9

Arpita Mukherjee — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:32:05 +0000

Who said Motorola does not know how to be different from others. Look for instance the new features it is packing into its new Q9 device codenamed Napoleon. Equipped with GSM, CDMA, quad-band EDGE and EV-DO this would be one of the best...

Verizon Wireless gets Rhapsody music subscriptions

AP — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:01:13 +0000

Cell phones are becoming more useful devices for listening to music.

Hating Your Cellphone Company Forbes.com

Laura — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:38:33 +0000

For good reason, the wireless phone industry is ranked as one of the worst in the U.S. for customer satisfaction. Technical support calls can take hours with endless transfers from one customer rep to another. Then there\’s the endless pile...

Cable ads attacking Verizon confuse consumers

AP — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:17:52 +0000

Avery Axel was annoyed with his cable company, Comcast, and was considering switching to Verizon’s new FiOS fiber-optic TV and Internet service.

FCC expected to rule Verizon violated privacy laws

AP — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:53:33 +0000

The Federal Communications Commission is expected to rule that Verizon Communications Inc. violated privacy laws when it tried to keep phone customers from switching providers, a person at the agency who is familiar with the issue said...

Verizon to offer visual voicemail

Leena Komarraju — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:48:39 +0000

Not to be outdone by AT&T and Sprint, Verizon has decided to launch the visual voice mail technology on its phones. The decision came the same day on which Apple and AT&T licensed the technology for the iPhone. Sprint will follow suit by...

Verizon Communications Inc. speeds up FiOS Internet

AP — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 04:53:50 +0000

Verizon Communications Inc. is boosting the speed of its FiOS fiber-optic Internet service in 10 states.

Nokia 6205- Budget Mobile With Great Features

Mayuri Majumdar — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 08:48:49 +0000

Just when I thought that Apple would be sweeping away headlines from Nokia for quite a long time, I am proved to be wrong. The 6205 black knight edition from Nokia is actually something bright to babble about. It is a CDMA phone launched...

Verizon to give discounts for landline-less bundles

AP — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:01:22 +0000

For the first time, Verizon Communications Inc. is set to give discounts to wireless customers who don’t have landlines but order Internet or TV service from the phone...