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Restaurant Uses Old School Social Media to Complain About Verizon

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:54:56 -0500

Full article: The Consumerist
Chris Morran
It's now commonplace for angry consumers to use Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, or WUPHF to complain that they are being ignored by their phone/cable/satellite provider. But one restaurant in Manhattan decided to voice its opinion of Verizon in a way that doesn't require an Internet connection.

Redbox and Verizon to Launch Video Service This Year

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:00:20 -0500

Full article: Wired
Tim Carmody
Verizon and Coinstar announced a long-rumored joint venture, combining a new video download and streaming service from Verizon with Coinstar's popular Redbox kiosk rentals of DVDs, Blu-rays and video games. The service will launch in the second half of 2012.

FCC Working on Device Interoperability Rules, Girding for Another Battle with Verizon, AT&T

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:35:07 -0500

Full article: Bloomberg News
Paul Barbagallo
The FCC is laying the groundwork for yet another battle with Verizon Wireless and AT&T over competition policy.

Sen. Kohl: Plans Underway for Hearing on Verizon's SpectrumCo. Deal

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:24:25 -0500

Full article: Multichannel News
John Eggerton
Antitrust Subcommittee chair Sen. Herb Kohl says plans are "well underway" on a hearing about Verizon's deal to buy spectrum from cable operators, a spokesperson for the senator confirms.

Verizon Crosses Web Lines

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:59:18 -0500

Full article: Wall Street Journal
Anton Troianovski, Thomas Catan and Sanlini Ramachandran
As Verizon Communications pushes for more cable-television and high-speed Internet subscribers, a new competitor is emerging: its own subsidiary, Verizon Wireless.

More than Half of Verizon Smartphone Sales in Q4 were iPhones

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:36:55 -0500

Full article: CNet
Joe Aimonetti
Holiday earnings reports are being posted, and Verizon's indicates that more than half of its smartphone sales were iPhones. This resulted in a revenue surge for its wireless division, but because of heavy subsidies, an overall decline in profits.

Verizon, Comcast Send Marketing Deals to FCC in Airwaves Review

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:28:10 -0500

Full article: Bloomberg News
Todd Shields
Verizon Wireless and cable companies led by Comcast filed agreements with the U.S. government to sell each other's services, and said the deals shouldn't be part of a regulatory review of their $3.6 billion airwaves sale. The marketing arrangements announced alongside the airwaves sale last month don’t require approval by the FCC, the companies said in a filing posted on the FCC website.

Free Press Pleased That the FCC Will Examine Verizon/Cable Pacts

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:35:45 -0500

Full article: Free Press
Verizon Wireless, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Cox and Bright House Networks announced that they would provide the FCC with copies of the companies' joint marketing agreements to resell each other’s services. The joint marketing arrangements will now be scrutinized as part of the FCC's proceeding examining Verizon's companion deals to buy sizable chunks of wireless broadband spectrum from these same cable companies. These anti-competitive pacts to divide up the broadband market were announced last month.

Sprint, Others Want More Info on Verizon/Cable Deals

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:51:30 -0500

Full article: Vision2Mobile
Josh Long
C Spire Wireless, DirecTV, Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile USA are among a group of companies and organizations that want more information in connection with Verizon Wireless' pending $3.6 billion acquisition of spectrum from cable TV operators and the agreements entered into between the wireless giant and cable companies to jointly market products and services.

FCC Opens Docket on Cable Wireless Spectrum Sale to Verizon

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:41:36 -0500

Full article: Multichannel News
John Eggerton
The FCC has opened the docket on cable companies' sale of wireless spectrum to Verizon. That comes in the wake of the filing of applications by cable joint venture SpectrumCo and Cox to sell spectrum they bought at the FCC's advanced wireless services auction to Verizon.