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Saturday, February 9th
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Verizon Sues Charter Over VOIP Patents
Verizon Communications Inc. has sued yet another service provider for patent infringement related to the intellectual property behind the transmission of VOIP calls. This time the victim is Charter Communications Inc. The suit was filed Tuesday in a federal court in Texarkana, Texas....
Tuesday, May 1st
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Verizon Business Ups Ante with VoIP Application
Verizon Business Private IP Customers that either have or are planning to implement VoIP services will have an edge now. Verizon Business announced today the availability of Network Assessment with Voice, a new reporting service that is part of their Application Aware suite of reporting tools. It will allow customers to manage their LAN and WAN, when deploying VoIP, in a more cost effective manner. And when it comes to business, the bottom line is all too important....
Tuesday, April 17th
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Telecom veteran questions Verizon VoIP patents
Two patents owned by Verizon Communications Inc. in its infringement lawsuit against Vonage Holdings Corp. are invalid, and if allowed to stand, could threaten all competing VoIP (voice over Internet Protocol) services, a telecommunications industry veteran said Tuesday. ...
Thursday, May 4th
Wednesday, May 3rd
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Verizon cuts VoIP charges to match Vonage
Verizon Communications, the second-largest US telephone company, cut the cost of its VoiceWing broadband VoIP (voice over Internet Protocol) service which includes unlimited local and long distance calling by $5 to $24.95 a month – the same price as rival Vonage Holdings, the VoIP pioneer that recently filed for an initial public offering. ...
Tuesday, April 11th
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Verizon Spawns VoIP Competition
In an ongoing effort to provide the best wireless service in Georgia, Verizon Wireless has again expanded its presence in Georgia over the first quarter of 2006 with network enhancements in 23 cities, including the expansion of the company’s Evolution-Data Optimized (EV-DO) third generation wide-area network to additional metro Atlanta locations....
Monday, March 13th
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Verizon wants Vodafone's wireless stake
U.S. telecom giant Verizon Communications has made an informal approach to Vodafone Group Plc about buying the latter’s 45 percent stake in Verizon Wireless for about $40 billion, British newspaper the Business reported on Sunday....
Monday, December 12th
Monday, August 15th
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Verizon says MCI's liabilities could reduce bid
Verizon Communications Inc. said on Monday that the total liabilities of MCI Inc. could reduce Verizon's purchase price for the business telecommunications company by up to $70 million, or 21 cents per MCI share....
Thursday, July 28th
Monday, July 11th
Thursday, June 30th
Friday, May 27th
Wednesday, May 25th
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Verizon to Offer IP-based Call Centers with Genesys
Verizon is planning to launch hosted IP-based services for large contact-center customers, said Mark Wegleitner, Verizon Chief Technology Officer. Verizon is working with Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories to develop the service....
Monday, May 23rd
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The Engadget Interview: Jeffrey Citron, chairman and CEO of Vonage
We recently sat down with Jeffrey Citron, the chairman and CEO of Vonage, to talk about the future of Voice over IP, whether or not Skype is their number one competitor, Vonage’s wireless strategy, and how they’re responding to the recent controversy over VoIP and E911 calling. Oh, and for all the Treo fans out there, we also asked them how much longer we’re going to have to wait until we see a version of Vonage’s softphone client for the Palm OS....
Monday, May 2nd
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Qwest bows out of bidding war for MCI
Just hours after again being trumped in a battle for MCI Inc., Qwest Communications International Inc. said Monday it was ending its months-long pursuit for the telecom firm, saying the back-and-forth bidding war with rival Verizon Communications Inc. had been skewed....
Tuesday, April 26th
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Verizon Dials Up 911 VoIP Solution
Verizon Communications said it will provide VoIP providers with a solution that will let them use Verizon's enhanced 911 emergency calling system. Problems handling 911 emergency numbers have been a major hurdle for VoIP providers, but positive movement in recent days by major landline carriers is being hailed by VoIP companies....
Thursday, April 21st
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Verizon Corrects 'Naked' DSL Reports
Telecommunications giant Verizon has been forced to break some bad news to customers - they cannot simply drop their phone service while keeping Verizon DSL. Instead, subscribers can port their number to another telephone service provider. The clarification comes after news reports said Verizon would begin offering 'naked' DSL....
Tuesday, April 19th
Monday, April 18th
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Verizon offering 'naked" DSL in Northeasy
Verizon Communications said Monday that some customers who already subscribe to its phone and high-speed Internet service can drop their local calling plans but still keep their speedy Web connection.
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Wednesday, April 6th
Thursday, March 31st
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Verizon Talks Cellular VOIP
Verizon Wireless chief technology officer, Dick Lynch, has outlined plans to launch mass-market mobile VOIP over the carrier’s CDMA network, with services expected to come online sometime in 2008 or 2009....
Monday, March 14th
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Verizon to hike DSL price for month-to-month
Verizon Communications on Friday confirmed it will raise the price of its DSL subscriptions for month-to-month users by $3 to drive customers toward cheaper one-year contracts. ...
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