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NEW YORK — Striking Verizon employees may be back to work next week after the company and its unions reached an agreement in principle for a four-year contract. About 39,000 landline and cable employees in nine Eastern states and Washington, ...
Read More »How Comcast wants to meter the Internet
NEW YORK — This year marked a turning point for Comcast, the cable giant: It now has more Internet than TV customers. And it’s trying out how to charge you for the amount of data you use, much the way ...
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Read More »MSU, Verizon offering STEM camp for middle schoolers
A summer program at Morgan State University is trying to encourage young, black males to study science and engineering and prepare them for careers in technology and entrepreneurship. The Minority Male Makers program offers more than 40 male students from ...
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Read More »Verizon settles with state, will repay customers $1.4M
Verizon has agreed to a $1.7 million settlement with Maryland over alleged hidden charges to FiOS customers, the Attorney General’s Office announced on Wednesday. Verizon will pay $1.375 million in restitution and $325,000 in penalty and costs to the Consumer ...
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Read More »Verizon expands solar power
Verizon announced on Monday that it will invest nearly $40 million to expand solar energy at its facilities. This year, Verizon will install 10.2 megawatts of new solar power systems at eight Verizon network sites in five states — California, ...
Read More »UMMC expands domestic violence program
The University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore has received $70,000 to expand its domestic violence prevention program.
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Read More »Verizon reports 1,000-1,999 security data orders
WASHINGTON — Verizon Communications Inc. says it received between 1,000 and 1,999 government requests for customer information related to national security last year. The largest U.S. cellphone carrier made the disclosure Wednesday in its first report on law-enforcement data requests. ...
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Read More »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.
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Read More »Verizon has biggest bond sale in history
NEW YORK — Verizon raised $49 billion on Wednesday in the largest corporate bond deal ever. The sale dwarfs the previous record, Apple’s sale of $17 billion in bonds in April, and proceeds from the sale on Wednesday will help ...
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Read More »Verizon sees few changes to U.S. wireless business
Verizon’s $130 billion deal with Vodafone is huge for both companies, although Verizon customers in the U.S. are unlikely to see any big changes to their bills or their service. Verizon is buying the 45 percent of its wireless business ...
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