HopeLine From Verizon Donates $50,000 To Kentucky Commission on Women...
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Nov. 12, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- First Lady Jane Beshear, Lt. Gov. Jerry Abramson and Madeline Abramson, chair of the Kentucky Commission on Women (KCW), as well as more than a dozen...
View ArticleVerizon juices cell phone plans
By Steve Hargreaves @hargreavesCNN February 13, 2014: 11:43 AM ET Verizon Wireless is offering new incentives to keep existing customers happy. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Verizon hatched its latest scheme to...
View ArticleFive Ways U.S. Airwaves Auction May Change Mobile Service
Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) and Dish Network Corp. (DISH) are among 70 companies that can start bidding for blocks of radio airwaves tomorrow in a U.S. auction designed to help get data to your...
View ArticleCalling all T-Mobile users in New York, and all Verizon to T-Mobile Switchers
Calling all T-Mobile users in New York, and all Verizon to T-Mobile Switchers Posted by NuckingFutz on May 26, 2013 12:08 pm 0 Hello Fellow Tech Junkies, I find myself in a...
View ArticleNSA whistleblower reveals himself: 'I don't want to live in a society that...
The Guardian has published an interview with the NSA whistleblower, who revealed himself as a 29-year-old former technical assistant named Edward Snowden. In recent days, Snowden has leaked top secret...
View ArticleContent Provider Vice, Verizon Team on Mobile Video
Verizon Communications Inc. has inked a deal with Vice Media to license content angled toward food, travel and tech programming. The multi-year deal, the terms of which were not disclosed, is the...
View ArticleNSA reportedly collecting millions of email address books and IM contact...
The Washington Post has just published another revealing scoop about the National Security Agency. The paper is reporting that the NSA is currently collecting contact lists from email and instant...
View ArticleBest Mobile Practices: Tips to Help You Stay Secure and Keep Your Identity...
(Source: Verizon Wireless - Cellco Partnership) Are you concerned about identity theft, data breaches or online scamming? Do you find yourself wondering if it's safe to conduct online banking from your...
View ArticlePhone spying and PRISM internet surveillance: what's the difference?
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper briefs President Barack Obama. Image credit: White House Photostream The US government has been spying on millions of people’s phone records and internet...
View ArticleDish Talks for T-Mobile Said to Stall on Structure, Valuation
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter Share on LinkedInShare on RedditShare on Google+E-mail The slow-moving Dish Network Corp. talks to acquire T-Mobile US Inc. from Deutsche Telekom AG have stalled over...
View ArticleVerizon Expands Access to Intelligent Transportation Options With Verizon...
NEW YORK and DETROIT, Sept. 8, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Enterprise Solutions today (Sept. 8) announced that Verizon Auto Share, a convenient and secure way for drivers to rent, experience and...
View ArticleVerizon buys AOL for $4.4 billion in mobile video bet
After selling millions of Americans their mobile phones, Verizon now wants to capture their eyeballs, too. As its phone business slows down, the nation's largest wireless carrier is making a $4.4...
View ArticleVerizon and FireEye Join Forces to Secure Organizations From Advanced Attacks...
MILPITAS, CA and BASKING RIDGE, NJ--(Marketwired - Oct 29, 2014) - FireEye, Inc. (NASDAQ: FEYE), a leader in stopping today's advanced cyber attacks, and Verizon Enterprise Solutions (NYSE: VZ)...
View ArticleExclusive: FCC leans against new limits for Verizon, AT&T in 2016 U.S. auction
WASHINGTON U.S. telecoms regulators are leaning toward rejecting a T-Mobile US Inc (TMUS.N) request that more airwaves be set aside for smaller wireless companies like itself to bid on during a...
View ArticleVerizon, BT, and Vodafone reportedly assisted UK's massive Tempora spying effort
In June, The Guardian reported that Tempora — the surveillance program that is essentially the UK's version of PRISM — was tapping into undersea fiber-optic lines to access massive amounts of emails,...
View ArticleExclusive: FCC poised to side with Verizon, AT&T in airwaves spat
WASHINGTON U.S. telecoms regulators are leaning toward rejecting a T-Mobile U.S. Inc (TMUS.N) request that more airwaves be set aside for smaller wireless companies like itself to bid on during a...
View ArticleThe Obama Administration Is On T-Mobile's Porch With A Shotgun
Regulators have a message for Sprint and T-Mobile: Don't even think about it. T-Mobile might be starting to feel like a teenager with an overprotective father. The nation's fourth-largest cellular...
View ArticleUPDATE 1-T-Mobile US eyes airwaves buy from Verizon Wireless -source
By Sinead Carew NEW YORK Nov 19 (Reuters) - T-Mobile US is looking to buy wireless airwaves from larger rival Verizon Wireless to bolster its mobile network capacity for data services, a source...
View ArticleT-Mobile and Verizon Announce $2.4 Billion Wireless Spectrum Swap
T-Mobile is buying airwaves from Verizon Wireless for about $2.4 billion in cash as part of a spectrum swap. The deal should improve service in areas for both companies, according to Bloomberg. The...
View ArticleThe Administration Is on T-Mobile's Porch With a Shotgun
Regulators have a message for Sprint and T-Mobile: Don't even think about it. T-Mobile might be starting to feel like a teenager with an overprotective father. The nation's fourth-largest cellular...
View ArticleACLU sues US government over metadata surveillance program
The American Civil Liberties Union has announced it is suing the US government to put an end to the National Security Agency's blanket collection of communications records, which was exposed last week...
View ArticleUnprecedented 'black budget' leak reveals the scope of $52 billion US spy...
Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden has leaked documents that map out a $52.6 billion budget for the NSA, CIA, and other security agencies in unprecedented detail. The Washington Post, which reviewed...
View ArticleThe FCC is close to dealing a huge blow to T-Mobile in a fight against AT&T...
Cable broadband company Charter has made a similar request to the coalition's, according to a regulatory filing disclosed this week. AT&T and Verizon have fought against the proposed change....
View ArticleNSA to collect Verizon phone records through July
Molly Ryan Reporter- Houston Business Journal Email | Twitter | Google+ The National Security Agency has been and will continue to collect Verizon phone records of all U.S. customers until July 19. The...
View ArticleWhy AT&T and Verizon Are to Blame for Expensive Mobile Data
Four public interest groups have claimed that AT&T and Verizon have been leveraging their large networks to force competitors to pay them excessive fees for data roaming. This causes the smaller...
View ArticleAT&T, Verizon get more airwaves: Expect more mobile capacity
NEW YORK Consumers may see improved networks after AT&T and Verizon, the two largest U.S. wireless companies, spent billions in the government's latest airwaves auction. The additional airwaves, or...
View ArticleVerizon buys Intel unit, preps mobile TV service
Facebook Follow @washtimes Will it be safe for Americans to attend the Olympics in Sochi next month? Login to Vote View results LOS ANGELES (AP) - Someday, the full lineup of channels from Verizon’s...
View ArticleSurveillance 'partnership' between NSA and telcos points to AT&T, Verizon
Newly disclosed classified document suggests firms allowed spy agency to access e-mail and phone call data by tapping into their "fiber-optic cables, gateway switches, and data networks." by The...
View ArticleVerizon CEO McAdam Foresees Big Profits in Mobile Pay TV
Verizon Chief Executive Officer Lowell McAdam has long wanted to become a force in mobile television. Now he’s poised to make that happen. McAdam already has the technology to stream video to mobile...
View ArticleT-Mobile to buy Verizon spectrum for $3.3 bln, eyes more purchases
By Sinead Carew and Neha Alawadhi Jan 6 (Reuters) - T-Mobile US Inc is buying wireless airwave licenses from Verizon Wireless to improve its high-speed network in a $3.3 billion deal and said it hopes...
View ArticleLeaked secret court order forces Verizon to hand over call records to NSA
The Guardian is reporting that a recent order is forcing Verizon to turn over all records of calls originating in the United States to the US National Security Agency. According to an alleged copy of...
View ArticleNo High Speed Broadband Competition: Blame AT&T, Verizon & CenturyLink's Two...
See: "The Book of Broken Promises: $400 Billion Broadband Scandal & Free the Net" for all of the gory details. This chart is the commitment, the "promise" of a digital future vs what was...
View ArticleVerizon and AT&T grow fatter in America as mobile prices plunge in Europe
AT&T Verizon Monopoly American consumers are sleepwalking into being permanently locked to ever-rising phone bills from monolithic incumbents. This is exactly the scenario that the government tried...
View ArticleFor T-Mobile's wireless ambitions, a make-or-break moment looms
The Uncarrier has the most to win or lose in next year's spectrum auction, including whether it has a chance to be a true competitor to Verizon Wireless and AT&T. by June 23, 2015 7:00 AM PDT...
View ArticleWhy T-Mobile is crusading for a leg up in the wireless wars
The Uncarrier has the most to win or lose in next year's auction, including whether it has a chance to be a true competitor to Verizon Wireless and AT&T. by June 23, 2015 7:00 AM PDT facebook...
View ArticleT-Mobile wants you to tell Washington what matters on wireless
T-Mobile's Legere rallies consumers to his cause as he pressures government regulators to change the rules to favor smaller carriers in wireless auctions. by June 11, 2015 11:20 AM PDT facebook twitter...
View ArticleRegulators nix T-Mobile's hopes for more spectrum in upcoming auction
The FCC says it won't vote to increase the spectrum reserved for smaller carriers in the upcoming wireless auction. by June 25, 2015 2:45 PM PDT facebook twitter linkedin googleplus email more reddit...
View ArticleT-Mobile casts AT&T and Verizon as a two-headed supervillain in this...
T-Mobile hopes America's love affair with superheroes can help it secure a win in one of Washington's wonkiest policy battles. The company's published a three-minute attack video against AT&T and...
View ArticleObama defends phone data collection program
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama urged Americans to “make some choices” in balancing privacy and security, defending sweeping secret surveillance into U.S. phone records and foreigners’ Internet use,...
View ArticleRegulators shut down T-Mobile's push for more wireless spectrum
The FCC votes unanimously to deny T-Mobile's request to include more spectrum reserved for smaller carriers in an upcoming auction. Mobile August 6, 201512:59 PM PDT by Marguerite Reardon...
View ArticleU.S. FCC rejects T-Mobile request to limit spectrum for Verizon, AT&T
By Alina Selyukh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Thursday denied T-Mobile US Inc's request that more airwaves be set aside for smaller wireless companies like...
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