Verizon Wireless settles N.Y. probe into marketing
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Verizon Wireless has agreed to settle a probe into the marketing of its Internet usage plans and reimburse $1 million to customers for wrongful account termination, the New York attorney general said on Tuesday.
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Qwest has agreed to pay $250 million to settle financial and disclosure fraud charges, a source familiar with the matter said today.
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million for new Cingular and 40.4 million for Verizon Wireless. ADDS new final graf with stock prices. By CURT ANDERSON. WASHINGTON-- Justice Department antitrust regulators cleared the way Monday for Cingular
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Verizon Wireless will expand its fastest wireless data service to New York City and 13 other markets Monday, but Boston will probably have to wait until winter.
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The dispute appeared to center on interpreting Verizon's use of Marley's image either as promotional or as a paid endorsement.
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Verizon Wireless says it will offer its customers a mobile payment service that lets them use their cell phone as a credit card.
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TRENTON, NJ - Verizon Wireless is buying wireless-spectrum licenses covering 23 US markets from bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc. for $3 billion.
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The regional telecommunications company Qwest agreed Thursday to pay $250 million to settle allegations that it improperly booked millions in revenue and that senior managers sought to cover it up.
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The wireless phone provider's focus on business spills over into the consumer market.
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Philadelphia and Verizon Communications Inc. were nearing an agreement Tuesday that would allow the city to provide wireless Internet access as a municipal service, even if Gov. Ed Rendell signs legislation to give Verizon the power to pre-empt the project.
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Qwest Communications International Inc., the regional telecommunications company, agreed Thursday to pay $250 million to settle allegations that it improperly booked millions in revenue and that senior managers sought to cover it up.
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Settlement is latest in a string of patent cases against Internet phone company. Vonage has settled disputes with Sprint, Verizon in recent months.
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Broadcom Corp and Verizon Wireless  said on Thursday they had reached a licensing deal to allow  Verizon to continue to import and sell mobile phones that are  the subject of a patent dispute with Qualcomm.
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Qwest Communications has agreed to pay $250 million to settle a wide-ranging fraud investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission, The Associated Press has learned.
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Verizon Wireless, a joint venture of British telecom giant Vodafone Group PLC and Verizon Communications Inc., said late Thursday that it agreed to purchase all of NextWave Telecom Inc.
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InfoWorld - Broadcom&#160;and Verizon Wireless have reached a deal that will allow Verizon to continue importing and selling phones that are the subject of continuing litigation between Broadcom and Qualcomm.
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(InfoWorld) - Cingular Wireless, Priceline.com, and Travelocity.com have settled with New York State's attorney general after the state accused them of contributing toÂ the spread of adware. The companies agreed to pay fines and take steps to help keep adware off users' PCs but did not admit guilt in the case. It marked the first time law enforcement had held advertisers responsible for ads delivered via adware, according to a statement by Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's office. DirectRevenue actually installed the adware, which monitored users' Web activity and collected data they typed onto Web forms in addition to delivering ads, the attorney general's office said. The adware was very hard to remove from PCs, it alleged. The stateÂ sued DirectRevenueÂ in April 2006 but found that the three big-name companies and others had paid the third party hundreds of thousands of dollars to have their ads delivered via adware, it said. The attorney general found the companies engaged in deceptive business practices. "Advertisers can no longer insulate themselves from liability by turning a blind eye to how their advertisements are delivered," Cuomo said in a prepared statement. Under the agreement reached Monday, the advertisers will have to ensure any company that delivers their ads online does the following: -- discloses the name of any adware program and bundled software; -- brands each ad with a prominent brand name or icon; -- describes the adware and gets the user's consent to download and run it; -- makes it practical for users to remove the adware; -- obtains consent to keep sending ads to users who used to have the adware on their systems; -- make their affiliates meet all these requirements. The three companies also will make payments for penalties and investigatory costs, the state said: Priceline and Cingular will each pay $35,000 and Travelocity will pay $30,000.