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CWA, IBEW countdown to Verizon strike

Talks aimed at averting a strike by 65,000 CWA and IBEW union workers at Verizon are continuing, but prospects for a deal before the Aug. 2 contract expiration look increasingly slim. Unity@Verizon

Ding-dong, is DSL dead?

Has DSL heard its last hurrah in the United States? Second quarter earnings reports from AT&T and Verizon would indicate something’s amiss after the two telcos reported a combined 100,000

Verizon adds 176,000 FiOS TV subs, launches in NYC

As part of its second quarter earnings report, Verizon Communications said it added 176,000 FiOS TV subscribers. That figure is not as impressive as Verizon's first quarter TV customer additions of

Verizon net income up 12% on wireless, FiOS

Wireless and FiOS broadband efforts again proved to be the growth engines for Verizon Communications, as the telco posted second quarter earnings marked by a 12 percent boost in profit over last

Verizon testing online video over TV

The IPTV World Forum North America event last week in Chicago was a cozy little affair (maybe too cozy and little for some, but presentations were well-attended both days). Maybe potential new

Hardware Corner: Verizon deploys Actiontec, Westell home gateways

Verizon Communications has talked about boosting in-home bandwidth capabilities and pushing gigabit passive optical network technology into its FiOS deployments. The company's move to deploy

Verizon continues analog phase-out

Verizon Communications earlier this year began the process of phasing out analog broadcast in some of its East coast markets. On July 21, Maryland and Northern Virginia will be added to the program,

SPOTLIGHT: Verizon CTO Mark Wegleitner talks strategy

Verizon's CTO Mark Wegleitner says rolling out FiOS has given the company a leg up on all the competition, not just telcos. And, unlike cable operators like Comcast, he's not concerned about P2P

Cable companies run fiber fib ad blitz in fight with Verizon’s FiOS

Comcast and its cable allies have lined up a series of broadcast ads belittling Verizon's vaunted FiOS network, claiming to have a larger fiber-optic network. What the ads don't point out is that

Taking Verizon to the house on quality issues

Verizon's drive to establish FiOS and sell TV and broadband packages is getting in the way of what customers traditionally expect from their telephone companies: quality telephone service. The Tampa