Verizon Communications News

The quarterly American Customer Satisfaction Index report released Tuesday shows consumers are generally becoming more satisfied with their cable TV companies, in particular the picture quality.

Mobile giant Vodafone Group PLC said Tuesday that it will retain its 45% share of Verizon Wireless's $7 billion dividend payment within the business as it seeks to bolster its flagging operations in Europe, improve its product offering and cover spectrum costs.

Vodafone posted the largest ever fall in its main revenue measure on Tuesday, forcing it to keep a dividend from its healthy U.S. arm to compensate for a slump in southern Europe.

We've covered countless Motorola X Phone rumors here and up till now there has been no confirmation from either Google or Motorola regarding the time frame in which this device will be released.

Verizon's attempt to hang up on their copper networks in Sandy-impacted areas has gotten more complicated after the NY Public Service Commission last week indicated hesitation at letting Verizon disconnect users state wide without first understanding the repercussions.

The Hartford, ranked #131 on the Fortune 500 List,appointed Virginia Ruesterholz to its Board of Directors.

In something of a going-away present to FCC chairman Julius Genachowski, whose last day was today , MetroPCS has dropped its challenge to the FCC's network neutrality rules.

He explains how the ecommerce giant taps into the power of social and mobile to help customers find and purchase exactly what they seek from among millions of sellers.

Such events , thought to have originated a few years ago in Japan, can draw tens of thousands of fans.

Tom Wheeler, nominated to become the new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, pledged to divest stakes in AT&T Inc, Dish Network Corp, Google Inc and dozens of other tech and telecoms companies if he is confirmed.

Chief executive for five years, Colao has said only that he has an "open mind" on Vodafone's 45-percent stake in the U.S. operator, whose majority owner, Verizon Communications according to the consensus.

Verizon's new head of public policy outlined the framework policymakers in Washington should consider in modernizing the nation's outdated telecom rules and regulations.

Verizon's EVP and CFO Fran Shammo, according to a report in FierceCable , said that while the telco anticipates higher churn for FiOS products during the summer months, he is "confident" the telco will achieve its goal of adding 600,000 new subscribers by the end of the year.

A plan to eliminate landline phone service in western Fire Island is scheduled to be voted on by the state Public Service Commission Thursday amid concern it could leave people on the barrier island unable to make calls if a storm knocks out electrical power.

Colocation and cloud hosting provider InfoRelay Online Systems has opened a new data center in New York City, moving into newly-expanded space in a 365 Main data center at 65 Broadway in Lower Manhattan.

While Verizon has been essentially kicking Sandy victims to the curb, Comcast says it's taking great lengths to get them up and running again.

WHAT: Verizon Wireless recently expanded fourth generation Long Term Evolution network coverage in and around Springfield, Massachusetts.

BlackBerry keyboard fans in the U.S. are finally able to own the Q10 this summer when it arrives at T-Mobile, Verzion and Sprint .

Just as promised , Time Warner Cable has delivered a new version of its TWC TV app for Android users that includes access to live TV streams of certain channels while away from home.

Neither parent company has commented on the payout so far, but the decision has surprised analysts and observers who were expecting a "lean" dividend after comments from Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam to that effect.