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FairPoint hires former Verizon exec as CFO
Independent telco FairPoint Communications, which acquired wireline properties from Verizon Communications this year in a very controversial deal, has named a former international unit CFO from Read more...
Verizon extends 100G-plus transmission distance
Verizon Communications, AT&T, Comcast and other network operators have become very interested in 100 Gbps network transport capabilities within the last year or so. At the upcoming European Read more...
Verizon NY safety issue may result in customer credits
On Aug. 21 Verizon Communications committed to conduct safety checks of all FiOS installations in New York state that had occurred before Aug. 1, in order to satisfy concerns about possible incorrect Read more...
Bell Canada targets MDUs with fiber
Verizon Communications is not the only North American telco that wants to bring its fiber broadband network to the multi-dwelling unit market. Bell Canada has started targeted its ongoing fiber Read more...
Verizon adds voice to customer referral program
One of the most interesting aspects of Verizon Communications' marketing approach for its FiOS broadband service has a been a referral program that gives customer's $50 for each friend they refer who Read more...
Verizon to conduct FiOS safety checks in NY
Verizon Communications will conduct safety inspections of all FiOS installations completed in New York before Aug. 1, after the New York Public Service Commission uncovered electrical code violations Read more...
Verizon CTO: Net neutrality clouds engineering needs
Verizon Communications CTO Richard Lynch, speaking at the Progress and Freedom Foundation's Aspen Summit, told attendees that the over-politicized concept of Net neutrality and paranoic Read more...
Penn. residents criticizing Comcast cabinets
Some Pennsylvania residents are complaining about the deployment of unsightly, above-ground cable TV pedestal boxes near their homes by Comcast. The say the company should deploy its network Read more...
Verizon, unions reach tentative agreement
Verizon Communications reached agreement with the Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers unions on a tentative new three-year contract Sunday, just Read more...
Qwest gets enterprise pricing forbearance
Just days after turning down Qwest Communications' request for forbearance from wholesale pricing regulation, the Federal Communications Commission has partially granted the telco's wish for Read more...