NEW YORK, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Verizon Wireless employees who peeked at U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's phone records have been fired, CNN reported Friday.
CHICAGO, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Verizon Wireless has notified the Obama transition team that Verizon employees accessed records for one of the president-elect's phones, transition aides said.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Justice Thursday approved a merger of Verizon Wireless and Alltel Corp. that would result in the nation's largest wireless company.
SEDONA, Ariz., Oct. 16 (UPI) -- Verizon and AT&T put special towers on U.S. Sen. John McCain's Arizona ranch after his wife, Cindy McCain, requested cellphone service, the companies said.
NEW YORK, July 23 (UPI) -- Growing U.S. telecommunications options are changing the business plans of traditional phone service giants, industry analysts say.
CHICAGO, July 19 (UPI) -- Chicago Transit Authority officials say they've struck a deal with Verizon Wireless to provide cell phone service in the city's subway tunnels.
TORONTO, July 8 (UPI) -- Plans by two of Canada's three biggest telecommunications companies to impose fees for incoming text messages have been met with howls of anger.
OVERLAND PARK, Kan., June 14 (UPI) -- Increased competition in the U.S. wireless communications industry is bringing about cheaper wireless plans from companies, analysts say.
BASKING RIDGE, N.J., June 11 (UPI) -- Pearl Jam has teamed up with Verizon Wireless to offer Verizon customers exclusive mobile access to the U.S. rock band's bootleg recordings.
BASKING RIDGE, N.J., June 5 (UPI) -- U.S. telecommunications giant Verizon Wireless said Thursday it would buy regional wireless company Alltel Corp. and Atlantis Holding LLC for $28.1 billion.
WASHINGTON, March 10 (UPI) -- A 2005 ban of unwanted text messages by U.S. government agencies hasn't worked, The Washington Post said Monday.
NEW YORK, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- Verizon Wireless customers sent a record 10 billion text messages in June alone, and soon the company will charge 5 cents more per message.
BASKING RIDGE, N.J., Nov. 27 (UPI) -- U.S. wireless provider Verizon Wireless said it will open its network to devices, software and applications that the company doesn't offer.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 (UPI) -- Vonage has settled a longstanding patent lawsuit with Verizon Communications but the cost remains uncertain.
BASKING RIDGE, N.J., Sept. 27 (UPI) -- Verizon Wireless, based in Basking Ridge, N.J., has reversed a decision to disallow an abortion rights group from using its network for a text message program.
