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2 hrs ago | Lake Elsinore Valley News

Temecula nonprofit among those tapping Verizon grants

A Temecula nonprofit agency was tapped as one of seven California groups and 15 domestic violence shelters that will split $1.5 million in grants from the Verizon Foundation.

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Related Topix: Telecom, IT Services, Non-Profit, Temecula, CA, Riverside County, CA, Los Angeles Metro

10 hrs ago | UnionLeader.com

Same chapter, different book in FairPoint, PSNH bankruptcy cases

After PSNH emerged from its January 1988 bankruptcy nearly two years after filing for Chapter 11, ratepayers were hit with seven yearly rate increases of 5.5 percent each, beginning in 1990.

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Related Topix: Economics News, Bankruptcy, Seabrook, NH, Telecom, IT Services, US Politics, Jeb Bradley, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives

Sat Nov 07, 2009

Boston Business Journal

Verizon connects, Comcast stalls in Massachusetts cable market

Verizon Communications Inc. 's subscribers for its FiOS television service roughly doubled in 2008 while its two major competitors - Comcast, Charter Communications and RCN - reported drops in paid customers, according to cable subscription figures released by state Department of Telecommunications and Cable Thursday.

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Related Topix: IT Services, Telecom, Television, Cable & Satellite, Charter Communications

InformationWeek

FCC To Examine Telephone Access Fees

The telephony issue that won't go away -- special access fees -- is slated to be examined by the Federal Communications Commission, according to an FCC notice.

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Related Topix: Business News, Federal Communications Commission, Telecom, Sprint, IT Services, District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals

The Post Chronicle

U.S. Bill Would Overhaul Annual Phone Fund

U.S. lawmakers said on Friday they introduced a measure aimed at overhauling an annual fund intended to ensure nationwide telephone service in high-cost, rural areas by including money for high-speed Internet use.

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Related Topix: Telecom, IT Services, Qwest Communications Intl, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Rick Boucher, US Politics, Lee Terry, Republican, Business News, Federal Communications Commission

Reuters

FCC approves AT&T's bid for Centennial: sources

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission approved AT&T Inc's $944 million bid to buy Centennial Communications Corp , two sources familiar with the decision said on Thursday.

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Related Topix: Business News, Federal Communications Commission, Telecom, IT Services

Fri Nov 06, 2009

NBC Washington

Local Military Bases

A 17-year-old is in critical condition this evening after being shot in the back of the head by a 15-year-old on the bus this morning tech Nov 6, 2009 Alexandra Micuda waited outside a Verizon store in San Francisco since before 3 a.m. to get the store's very first Google Android phone.

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Related Topix: Telecom, IT Services, US Military, US Army, Fort Hood, Walter Reed Army Medical Center

Daily Herald

Verizon defeats $1.67 billion pension suit

Verizon Communications Inc. defeated a group lawsuit over pension payments that may have cost the second-largest U.S. phone company about $1.67 billion.

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Related Topix: Telecom, IT Services, Schaumburg, IL, Chicago Metro

NBR Newsroom

Housing, manufacturing data boost stocks on Wall Street

Fears about the US economic recovery may have been overdone as strong house sales, construction and manufacturing data boosted stocks on Wall Street.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Housing, Telecom, IT Services

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Reuters

U.S. regulators mull changes to phone access rules

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Thursday said it was mulling whether changes are needed to regulations governing access to telephone lines largely controlled by telecom giants.

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Related Topix: Business News, Federal Communications Commission, Telecom, IT Services, Sprint

The Oregonian

Utility regulators challenge Frontier-Verizon deal

Lots of risk, with very little upside. That's how regulatory staff in Oregon and Washington judge Verizon Communications' plan to sell its phone, Internet and cable TV business to Frontier Communications Corp.

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Related Topix: Telecom, IT Services, Cell Phones, Cellphones, Electronics, Economics News, Bankruptcy, Maine

Blogging Stocks

Verizon to unveil Droid Eris phone for $99 -- and kills Sprint Nextel's $180 price for the HTC Hero

Filed under: Competitive strategy , Sprint Nextel Corp , Verizon Communications , Smartphones While Sprint Nextel Corp.

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Related Topix: Sprint, Telecom, IT Services, Cellphones, Google, Startups, Best Buy, Retail, Computers, Apple Computer

M2.com

Verizon Engages Law Enforcement, Advocacy Groups in Discussions of...

Furthering its commitment to online safety, Verizon is a major sponsor of the 2009 Family Online Safety Institute 2009 conference, Building a Culture of Responsibility from Online Safety to Digital Citizenship, which opens here Wednesday .

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Related Topix: Telecom, IT Services, Internet Service Providers, Video Games, Family, Kids

Multichannel News

Better Business Bureau Refers Comcast 'Fiber-Optic' Claim To FTC

By Todd Spangler -- Multichannel News, 11/4/2009 1:52:33 PM The National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus has referred Comcast's decision to not participate in the industry group's adjudication process involving the advertising claim that the company provides "fiber-optic network" services to the Federal Trade ...

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Related Topix: Telecom, IT Services

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Derry News

FairPoint files for Ch. 11 bankruptcy protection

FairPoint Communications will continue to expand its broadband service despite filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy this week, company executives said.

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Related Topix: Economics News, Bankruptcy, Telecom, Maine, Maine Government, IT Services

InformationWeek

Qwest Profits Dip, But Outlook Brightens

Qwest Communications International reported a 6% decline in its third quarter profit as it continued to lose landline subscribers.

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Related Topix: Telecom, Qwest Communications Intl, IT Services

The Oregonian

Verizon, ConocoPhillips, Coca-Cola are big movers

The following stocks were among those that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange: NYSE: Verizon Communications Inc., up 75 cents at $29.95 Verizon Wireless' Droid will go on sale for $200 next week as the company taps into the growing appetite for smart phones.

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Related Topix: Telecom, Oil & Gas, ConocoPhillips, Energy, IT Services, Beverages, CocaCola, US News, US Politics

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Reuters

AT&T sues Verizon Wireless over 3G ads

AT&T Inc is suing Verizon Wireless in an effort to stop its bigger mobile rival from using "misleading" coverage maps in advertisements that AT&T says are causing it to lose "incalculable market share." According to the lawsuit which AT&T filed in Atlanta federal court, a recently launched ad campaign shows maps with white spaces that mislead ...

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Related Topix: Telecom, IT Services, Cellphones, iPhone

Light Reading

Verizon Brings GPON to the Desktop

In a reversal of the usual direction of deployment benefits, technology Verizon Communications Inc.

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Related Topix: Telecom, IT Services, ADC Telecommunications

Total Telecom industry news

Verizon pleased with first-day Storm sales, Droid looms

U.S. mobile operator says it sold more of RIM devices than expected, but has plenty of inventory.

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Related Topix: IT Services, Telecom, Research in Motion, Computers, iPhone

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