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Verizon posts 263K TV customer boost

Verizon Communications this week reported a 9.8% increase in profit for the first quarter of 2008. Verizon said net income totaled $1.64 billion, with revenue rising about 5.5%. Much of the growth Read more...

Verizon: High-tech households driving GPON

Michael Daigle, vice president of network planning at Verizon Communications, sees the multi-user, multi-device home as the major driver for the telco's ongoing deployment of gigabit passive optical Read more...
Tags: Verizon   Telco   bandwidth   HDTV   FiOS   Verizon   VC/M&A  

FiOS runs out of televisions

Verizon's high-profile campaign to sign up FiOS subs by offering a free 19-inch Sharp HD television has become an embarrassment after Verizon had to admit the televisions would take up to 15 weeks Read more...

TIA report ignores IPTV

Go to the index of the Telecom Industry Association's latest 378-page market report and you will be surprised to see there is no reference to IPTV under "I" in the index. There are Read more...
Tags: FiOS   Verizon   Video on Demand   IPTV  

Will FiOS be the first victim of a recession?

Verizon's aggressive FiOS roll out could definitely be one of the items COO and President Denny Strigl has to review if his sunny optimism about 2008 proves mis-founded. Verizon was celebrating Read more...
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FiOS TV breaks through one million user mark

Verizon has announced its optic fiber television service now has more than one million customers and is expecting to continue the aggressive roll out with over nine million homes to be passed by end Read more...
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Verizon lifts speed and cost

It has not taken Verizon long to join cable's infamous 10 percent-plus club (average price increase over the last 10 years) with the FiOS premier service set to jump 12 percent to $47.99 from January Read more...
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Verizon and U-verse bump up content

The battle for eyeballs is heating up with Verizon and U-verse bumping up their content on their high speed services, offering multi-angle camera shots of the NFL, customized  traffic, sport and Read more...

Verizon puts the heat on Cable

Verizon's latest results reveal it has added another 202,000 FiOS TV customers, giving it a total of 707,000 customers using its multi-channel service. That's 3,200 new units each working day. Read more...

The next big thing: Plastic fiber for the home

In the cavernous halls of the Georgia World Congress Center at last weeks TelcoTV trade show there was a small stand getting a lot of buzz and corridor talk. Irish photonics company Firecomms was Read more...

Press Releases

Qwest Launches Two New, Super High-Speed Fiber-Optic Internet Services

DENVER, April 24, 2008 — Qwest Communications International Inc. (NYSE: Q) today launched a new generation of fiber-optic Internet services that provide unprecedented speed, value and Read more...

Verizon Purchases Corning(R) ClearCurve(TM) Cable Solution Following Successful Field Trials

CORNING, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW - Read more...

Verizon Tops 1 Million FiOS TV Customers

In less than 28 months, more than 1 million customers have chosen Verizon FiOS TV, making the company the 10th largest cable provider in the United States.    The company announced Monday (Jan. Read more...

Verizon Continues to Dramatically Raise Broadband Upload Speeds in FiOS Internet Service Areas

November 20, 2007 Media Contact: Bobbi Henson, 214-789-6483 Read more...

Verizon Plans Fivefold Increase in HD Channels on FiOS TV in 2008

November 1, 2007 Media Contact: Sharon Cohen-Hagar, 908-559-3470   NEW YORK - Verizon Read more...

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