Council Committee OKs Verizon Cable Deal: Next, Full Council Will Consider Company's Pact With Richmond
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By Michael Martz, Richmond Times-Dispatch  Feb. 16--A City Council committee voted unanimously last night to let the state's largest telephone company bring cable TV competition to most homes in Richmond.
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By Fred O. Williams  Buffalo residents appear to be next in line for lightning-fast Internet hookups, as Verizon prepares to extend its fiber-optic service into the city for the first time.
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SBC Communications today became the second major local phone carrier to unveil plans to offer cable-like television services. Earlier, the company said it agreed to use new technology by Microsoft for delivering
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roundup Plus: Verizon sets up home in Circuit City...3i's Gagen resigns...Unify updates Java tool...IBM posts documentation for Cloudscape...Phone defect could affect hearing.
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PERRIS, Calif., June 8  /PRNewswire/ -- Consumers in Perris now finally have a choice of cable TV providers, with the launch of Verizon's FiOS TV in their community.
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Verizon Wireless said Tuesday it won&#39;t oppose the Federal Communications Commission&#39;s decision to grant Nextel Communications Inc.
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Verizon Wireless of Bedminster, NJ, announced a partnership with Circuit City Stores Inc. of Richmond, Va., to create Verizon Wireless shops in 570 of its Circuit City superstores.
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By Peter Barnes, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.  Dec. 12--Efforts by a local nonprofit group and the City of Spokane to help keep a community-access cable channel on the air took a step forward Monday as the City Council approved $50,000 to operate Channel 14.
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MCI Inc. board members accepted an offer Sunday night from Verizon Communications Inc. valued at $6.6 billion to $6.8 billion after rejecting a sweetened bid from Qwest Communications, sources close to the negotiations said.
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Verizon Communications Inc.   said on Tuesday it won approval to offer television service in  the key, wealthy Washington suburb of Montgomery County,  Maryland.
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OCTOBER 12, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - SAN FRANCISCO -- Cable met telecommunications yesterday at the Telecom &#39;04 trade show in Las Vegas as the top executives of Verizon Communications Inc.
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The agreement would allow the city to provide wireless Internet access as a municipal service even if Gov. Edward G. Rendell (D) signs legislation to give Verizon the power to scuttle the project.-washingtonpost.com
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Cellular industry arch-rivals Nextel Communications Inc. and Verizon Wireless reached an accord yesterday, with Verizon Wireless agreeing not to sue to block regulators from giving Nextel control of airwaves worth billions of dollars.
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By Hannah Mitchell, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Sep. 15--HICKORY -- City Council members may have come up with a compromise to protect homes from business encroachment without stifling development.
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By Larissa Chinwah  lchinwah@@dailyherald.com  Residents in Lake in the Hills soon could have another option when it comes to cable television service.
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Verizon Communications Inc. said on  Tuesday it won approval to offer television service in the key,  wealthy Washington suburb of Montgomery County, Maryland.
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By JEFFREY KELLEY  Verizon Communications Inc. will start selling its new television service in Richmond by early February. Some residents can pre- register for the service.  Company spokesman Harry J.