Verizon wins video franchise in Maryland county
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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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(InfoWorld) - Verizon Wireless on Thursday unveiled its first deployments of a faster mobile broadband service that multiplies speeds upstream to the Internet. The carrier announced five areas where Revision A of its EV-DO (Evolution-Data Optimized) technology is commercially available. Verizon already has EV-DO in places across the country, but in a version that offers upload speed of less than 100Kbps. Revision A delivers between 300Kbps and 400Kbps upstream, according to Verizon. Downstream speed goes up with the new version, too, but less dramatically: Verizon says 450Kbps-800Kbps, versus about 400Kbps-700Kbps. EV-DO is one of two main families of 3G technology, going up against WCDMA (Wideband CDMA), which is being adopted in increasingly fast iterations by carriers that have used the popular GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) cell-phone system. Both are among a proliferation of emerging wireless technologies, including Wi-Fi and WiMax, that are expected to come in handy for users in different situations. But mobile operators in the U.S. and most other countries are still working on getting users to adopt the new services in large numbers. Verizon's network has the new technology in parts of Massachusetts, including Boston and its suburbs; Chicago, Gary, Indiana, and suburbs; Salt Lake City and other cities in Utah; the Richmond and Hampton Roads, Virginia, areas; and throughout the broadband coverage area in Florida. To take advantage of the new speed, which is offered as part of the carrier's existing BroadbandAccess service, subscribers will need compatible devices, two of which will go on sale Friday at Verizon's Web site. The company will be selling the USB720 modem, which plugs into a PC via a USB interface, and the AirCard 595, which slides into the PC Card slot on a notebook. Both are available immediately through Verizon's business sales channels. Verizon is the biggest U.S. carrier with EV-DO, but rival Sprint NextelÂ is farther along in upgrading to the new, faster version. Sprint said Tuesday it can reach 95 million people in 24 major markets with Revision A. Sprint first rolled out the new technology in October and most recently added South Florida, Portland, Oregon and Puerto Rico to its coverage area. There are several Revision A client devices available for Sprint's network, including three PC Cards and a USB modem, as well as stand-alone modems and a Sony notebook.
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Comcast , the largest U.S.  cable operator, and consumer electronics maker Matsushita  Electric Industrial's (6752.T) Panasonic unit will launch a  co-branded portable digital video player that can show videos  like Apple's  iPod and record shows from any U.S. cable  operator's system.
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WASHINGTON, June 8  /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- FreedomWorks is continuing the fight for choice in video services for Ohio consumers with the release of a new study by Diane Katz that examines the benefits of franchise reform.
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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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By Lisa Smith Daily Herald Staff Writer  AT&T wants to install equipment to offer its controversial Project Lightspeed video-over-Internet service to residents of unincorporated Kane County.
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HARRISBURG, Pa., Nov. 30 -- The city of Philadelphia and Verizon Communications Inc. struck an agreement Tuesday that 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.
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Verizon Wireless, the second-biggest  U.S. mobile phone provider, said it launched the country's  first commercial mobile television service in 20 states with  full-length programs and picture quality similar to regular TV.
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LYNN, Mass., Dec. 12  /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon has introduced FiOS TV to consumers in Lynn, Marlborough and Needham, adding 40,000 more households to its growing list of communities where its revolutionary service is available.
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Verizon Communications Inc., the nation&#39;s largest telephone company, announced yesterday it is digging up streets and stringing wire in six states, including Washington&#39;s Maryland and Virginia
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NEW YORK -- A day after saying it will bring YouTube videos to cell phones, Verizon Wireless is announcing a similar deal with Revver.com, a Web site that shares ad revenue with the people who upload the video clips.
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By JESSE NOYES  Verizon is beginning to sell advertising on its fledgling cable television network in the state, creating new competition for dominant cable provider Comcast.
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Verizon, the largest US phone company, will hire as many as 5,000 workers from Massachusetts to Virginia to build a fiber-optic network to 3 million homes by the end of next year.
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School officials in Harford County, Maryland, are using a robo-dialing service that automatically calls students' homes and plays a prerecorded message if a snowstorm closes schools. By the Associated Press.
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Verizon Wireless, the second-biggest  U.S. mobile phone provider, launched television services on its  phones, run by Qualcomm Inc. unit MediaFlo, in 20 U.S. markets  on Thursday.
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Verizon&#39;s digital subscriber line service is available to 6,600 additional homes and businesses in the Northampton, Nazareth and Bethlehem areas.
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By Tom Sowa, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.  Mar. 2--Verizon Wireless subscribers in Spokane can now watch cable TV programming on their cell phones.