Verizon to sell 274 stores, lay off another 500 corporate employees
Verizon said on Thursday it will sell 274 company-owned retail locations and cut about 500 corporate jobs as part of its restructuring.
Verizon cutting 13,000 jobs as it works to ‘reorient’ entire company
Verizon is laying off more than 13,000 employees in mass job reductions that arrive as it says it must “reorient” its entire company.
AT&T activates new sites across MD
AT&T has added new cell sites in a dozen Maryland counties in an effort to enhance the state’s 5G wireless coverage and capacity.
Jay Salkini fled Syria’s Assad regime alone at 17; today he leads Tecore Networks
Tecore Networks CEO Jay Salkini talks about his experiences escaping Syria’s Assad regime and how he worked his way up in telecommunications.
Cable giants Charter and Cox, under assault by streaming services, pursue $34.5B merger
Charter Communications has offered to acquire Cox Communications, a $34.5 billion merger that would combine two of the top three cable companies in the U.S.
Phoning it in: Not the way to mediate
For some time, I have thought about sending a welcome-to-the-litigation letter to opposing counsel when they enter an appearance in a case. The letter would set out my views on the […]
TCS partners on local government
TeleCommunication Systems Inc., of Annapolis, a secure mobile communication technology company, announced a partnership with L.R. Kimball, a public safety and telecommunications consulting firm, to provide network security consulting and […]
Verizon 4Q net income reaches $5.07B
Verizon says it posted fourth-quarter net income of $5.07 billion, helped by the continued addition of more wireless devices to its network.
TCS tasked with Marine Corps work
TeleCommunication Systems Inc., of Annapolis, a provider of secure mobile communication technology, announced that it has received a contract from CACI International Inc., valued at up to $40.5 million, to provide the U.S. Marine Corps with engineering services for its Wireless Point to Point Link systems and commercialization effort.
Dish won’t submit revised bid for Sprint
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Satellite TV operator Dish Network Corp. said Tuesday it would not submit a revised bid for Sprint, leaving the path open for the wireless carrier to accept […]
Softbank sweetens offer for Sprint by $1.5B
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — A month after being challenged by a rival to raise its bid for Sprint Nextel, Japan’s Softbank did just that, by $1.5 billion. That brings Softbank’s […]
$45M award affirmed in Iraqi cell phone suit
A telecommunications company owes its former joint venture partner more than $45 million for fraudulently inducing it to invest in a cell phone network in Iraq, a Maryland appellate court has held.











