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AT&T to purchase T-Mobile USA for $39 billion

AT&T (NYSE: T) announced it will buy T-Mobile USA from parent company Deutsche Telekom for $39 billion in cash and stock that will see AT&T Mobility significantly broaden its network Read more...

Motorola (NYSE: MOT) Earnings Q3 2010

View MOT Q3 Earnings Report Highlights: Third-quarter sales up year-over-year; first growth quarter since fourth quarter of 2006 Third-quarter GAAP earnings of $0.05 per share, compared to GAAP Read more...

Verizon (NYSE: VZ) Earnings Q3 2010

View VZ Q3 Earnings Report Highlights: 31 cents in diluted earnings per share (EPS), including 25 cents per share in non-operational items, compared with 3Q 2009 EPS of 41 cents. $25.2 billion in Read more...

Data breach statistics reveal same old problems

Verizon (NYSE: VZ) Business' annual report on data breach investigations, which it released July 28, tells more or less the same old story about online crime, but with a couple interesting twists. Read more...

Get ready for cell phone spam

Anthony Melone, Verizon Wireless's chief technology officer, started getting complaints last March from customers about unsolicited text messages that were flooding the network. He and his Verizon Read more...

Verizon Wireless files FCC suit

Having failed to sway regulators at the FCC, Verizon Wireless has moved their battle to the courts, where they have asked District of Columbia Circuit Judges to review open-access rules on about a Read more...

Google throws hat in wireless spectrum ring

In a move that puts Google in yet another line of business, the company filed paper-work with the Federal Communications Commission to compete in the wireless industry. On Friday, the company sent Read more...

ALSO NOTED: Wireless future for AT&T, CEO says; United planes halted because of computer glitch

> Wireless future for AT&T, CEO says. Article > Head of delayed British IT Read more...

Verizon blunder puts customer data in the wrong hands

The latest data breach, in what's starting to seem like a daily series, took place at Verizon Wireless late last week, when a file housing data on 5,000 customers was inadvertently emailed to Read more...

Tech mix puts customer data within easy reach

In an effort to boost customer relationship management, a mortgage broker firm is mixing technologies that not only puts customer data at the fingertips of sales personnel and brokers but also Read more...

Press Releases

Verizon Wireless Blankets North Carolina with 4G LTE In 2011, Plans More 4G LTE Improvements in 2012

$290 million invested statewide in 2011; 4G LTE network launches and expansions in 2012RALEIGH, N.C., Feb. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Wireless announced today it invested over $290 million in Read more >>

Verizon Wireless Blankets South Carolina With 4G LTE in 2011, Plans More 4G LTE Improvements in 2012

$165 million invested statewide in 2011; 4G LTE network launches and expansions in 2012 GREENVILLE, S.C., Feb. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Wireless announced today it invested over $165 Read more >>

Verizon Wireless Blankets Tennessee with 4G LTE in 2011, Plans More 4G LTE Improvements in 2012

$155 million invested statewide in 2011; 4G LTE network launches and expansions in 2012NASHVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Wireless announced today it invested nearly $155 million Read more >>

Rhode Island Nonprofit Organizations Received More Than $275,000 in Community Grants in 2011 From the Verizon Foundation

Across the Country, Foundation Awards to Nonprofits Totaled More Than $66 Million Last YearPROVIDENCE, R.I., Feb. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Nonprofit groups in Rhode Island that focused on education, Read more >>

Verizon Foundation Provided More Than $3.3 Million in Community Grants in 2011 to Support Nonprofit Organizations in New Jersey

NEWARK, N.J., Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Nonprofit groups in New Jersey received more than $3.3 million from the Verizon Foundation in 2011.The majority of the funds went to organizations that Read more >>