Verizon Communications Inc.

Verizon Communications Inc.

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) is an American broadband and telecommunications company and a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. It was formed in 1983 as Bell Atlantic as part of the 1984 breakup into seven Baby Bells. Prior to its transformation into Verizon, Bell Atlantic had merged with another Regional Bell Operating Company, NYNEX, in 1997. The name is a portmanteau of veritas and horizon. The company's headquarters are located in the Verizon Building in Lower Manhattan, New York City.

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Verizon Wireless to scrap unlimited plans for 4G users

By Reuters

Verizon Wireless is planning to force customers to give up their unlimited data plans when they move to its high-speed wireless service, a top executive for parent company Verizon Communications Inc said on Wednesday. (May 16)

MORE TOPICS: IPHONE, APPLE INC.

Verizon sees revenue increase from shared plans

By Reuters

Verizon Wireless should see an increase in data revenue after it offers new shared data plans this summer, according to a top executive for parent company Verizon Communications Inc. (May 16)

MORE TOPICS: IPHONE, APPLE INC.

T-Mobile USA scorns Verizon spectrum sale offer

By Reuters

T-Mobile USA CEO Philipp Humm said his company was not interested in wireless airwaves that its biggest rival, Verizon Wireless, has offered to sell. (May 10)

Samsung Focus 2, HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE Both Debut On May 7; 4G Battle Heats up Between AT&T’s Windows and Verizon’s Android Warriors
Samsung Focus 2, HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE Launched: 4G Battle Heats Up Between AT&T’s Windows And Verizon’s Android Warriors

By IBTimes

While Samsung and HTC have already stolen a lot of the limelight with their new Android smartphones, Galaxy S3 and One X respectively, both the tech giants are not done with it and recently have come up with more offerings in the line of 4G LTE smartphones. (May 08)

MORE TOPICS: SAMSUNG, HTC, AT&T, MICROSOFT, TWITTER, FACEBOOK, IPAD, BROADBAND

Exclusive: Ernst, audit clients cut lobbying ties-records

By Reuters UK

Ernst & Young's lobbying unit is no longer listed as a lobbyist for three major U.S. companies, all of whom were 2011 audit clients of the accounting giant. The deregistration follows questions raised by two U.S. (May 04)

MORE TOPICS: SEC, NEW YORK, CONGRESS

HTC Challenger ‘Phablet’ Against Samsung Galaxy Note Coming This Fall on Verizon; Galaxy S3, Motorola RAZR HD And More In The Line
HTC’s Phablet Competitor For Samsung Galaxy Note Coming On Verizon This Fall; Galaxy S3, Motorola RAZR HD And More In The Line

By IBTimes

Wireless communication operators are trying to win the battle against each other by introducing more and more killer smartphones. (Apr 27)

MORE TOPICS: HTC, SAMSUNG, SMARTPHONE, ANDROID

AT&T profit up, helped by iPhone sales drop

By Reuters UK

AT&T Inc <T.N> reported a higher-than-expected quarterly profit on Tuesday, sending its stock up as much as 4 percent, as a decline in iPhone sales reduced the amount of cash it had to pay Apple Inc <AAPL.O> and boosted its margins. (Apr 24)

MORE TOPICS: IPHONE, APPLE INC., AT&T, NEW YORK, SMARTPHONE

Wall Street dips, wrestles with choppy session

By Reuters

Stocks dipped in choppy trade on Thursday as investors grappled with uncertainty in the euro zone, a raft of corporate earnings and economic data that painted a mixed picture of the domestic recovery. (Apr 19)

MORE TOPICS: MICROSOFT, UNEMPLOYMENT, DOW JONES, BANK OF AMERICA, MORGAN STANLEY, FLORIDA

Verizon Wireless data revenue growth impresses

By Reuters UK

Verizon Communications Inc <VZ.N> posted first-quarter earnings and revenue that beat Wall Street expectations as customers increased their spending on services such as wireless data, sending its shares up more than 2 percent. (Apr 19)

MORE TOPICS: IPHONE, APPLE INC., NEW YORK, CREDIT SUISSE, SMARTPHONE, INVESTMENT

Wall Street Edges Higher, Biotechs Lift Nasdaq

By Reuters

Stocks rose slightly in a choppy session on Thursday as investors grappled with euro zone uncertainty, a raft of corporate earnings and economic data that painted a mixed picture of the domestic recovery. (Apr 19)

MORE TOPICS: MICROSOFT, UNEMPLOYMENT, DOW JONES, BANK OF AMERICA, MORGAN STANLEY, FLORIDA

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