Verizon turns down abortion rights group
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Saying it had the right to block "controversial or unsavory" text messages, Verizon Wireless has rejected a request from NARAL Pro-Choice America, the abortion rights group, to make Verizon's mobile network available for a text-message program.
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Verizon Wireless, the largest US mobile-phone operator, said a four-year agreement that would have made it easier for workers to join unions has expired.
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The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal by commercial telemarketers opposed to the popular program, in which consumers can put their names on a list if they do not want to be called.
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Sticking to its knitting Vodafone this morning rejected calls for changes to its debt structure and holdings in Verizon Wireless from rebel investors.â¦
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Blog: Advocacy group intends to argue against judge's decision to force companies to turn over RAM information. Group fears digital phone conversations may not longer be private.
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Verizon Wireless and Nextel Communications, two of the country&#39;s biggest cell phone operators, said yesterday that they planned to drop their lawsuits against each other.
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Verizon Wireless has rejected a request from Naral Pro-Choice America to make Verizonâs mobile network available for a text-message program.
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Nextel agreed not to oppose Verizon Wireless&#39; use of the term &quot;push-to-talk&quot; when marketing a competing walkie-talkie service.
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England-based Vodafone Group Plc yesterday denied a report that it was backing partner company Verizon in a bid to block the possible merger between Sprint and Nextel, which analysts expected to be announced today.
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Verizon Wireless will allow an  abortion rights group to set up a text message system for its  subscribers after initially refusing the request based on what  the company called an outdated screening policy, a spokesman  said on Thursday.
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In Congress and states nationwide, anti-abortion activists are broadening efforts to support hospitals, doctors and pharmacists who &#151; citing moral grounds &#151; want to opt out of services linked to abortion and emergency contraception.
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The Supreme Court turned away a challenge Monday to the federal do-not-call registry, ending telemarketers' bid to invoke free-speech arguments to get the popular ban on unwanted phone solicitations thrown out.
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NEW YORK, December 15  - The worldâs leading mobile-phone operator, Vodafone Group Plc, denied yesterday that it had approved a bid by its partner, Verizon Communications Inc, for Sprint (FON.
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Christian groups go after Crest, Tide due to company&#39;s opposition to Cincinnati anti-gay statute. NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Conservative Christian groups are urging a boycott of two of consumer product maker
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A federal judge temporarily blocked a new Missouri abortion law Monday after Planned Parenthood said the law would harm women by dramatically reducing the clinics available to provide the procedure.
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NEWARK, N.J. -- Reversing course, Verizon Wireless on Thursday said it will allow an abortion rights group to use its mobile network for a sign-up text messaging program.
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British-based mobile phone group  Vodafone  said on Monday it had no plans to bid for U.S.  group Verizon Communications Inc , denying a media  report.