Vonage’s first patent lawsuit loss came back in March and was something of a stunner. Verizon Communications had sued the VoIP juggernaut over alleged infringement on seven patents, and though only three of them were found to have been infringed upon, the die was cast for a year in which Vonage also was sued by […]
Verizon Communications and Level 3 Communications each won part of the General Services Administration’s Washington Interagency Telecommunications Systems 3 contract, worth a total of $1.8 billion over several years. For Verizon, it’s a contract extension, since the East Coast telco is the primary contractor on the current WITS contract, which will be up in January.
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Verizon Communications announced this week a symmetrical 20 mbps upstream/downstream broadband access service, the latest move by broadband service providers to redefine their services into speed tiers. The service is $64.99 with VoIP service, and $109.99 is customers sign up for a FiOS TV package, voice service and the new symmetrical plan.
Amid the controversy generated […]
Verizon Communications told Congressional investigators looking into the federal government’s domestic eavesdropping scandal, the telco has provided the government with information about customers’ call patterns hundreds of times since 2005–without requesting the government obtain a court-ordered warrant for the data. Verizon defended its actions by saying it didn’t want to delay security activities in which […]
Verizon Communications has taken a step beyond the single bill for wireline and wireless and a step closer to true wireline/wireless network integration–though it’s certainly not there yet. The company’s newest bundle, starting at $59.99, offers unlimited local and long-distance from a home phone, with free in-network and home phone-to-mobile phone calls, and 200 calling […]
