April 13, 2016 Thousands of Verizon workers go on strike amid contract dispute About 39,000 Verizon landline and cable workers on the East Coast walked off the job Wednesday morning after little progress in negotiations since their contract expired nearly eight months ago.
March 25, 2016 Verizon says big business customers had data stolen Hackers have stolen contact information of Verizon business customers in the latest breach of a big company or organization.
March 23, 2016 Need to check in with someone in Belgium? Calling and texting is free on most carriers Brussels has been struck. Explosions at the city's international airport and a subway station have claimed an estimated 31 lives, and have left more than 230 wounded.
March 8, 2016 Verizon to pay $1.35M to settle FCC 'super cookie' probe Verizon is now notifying customers about its targeted advertising programs.
February 12, 2016 AT&T says 5G will be 100 times faster than LTE and may even launch this year Remember back when 4G LTE came out and we were all amazed by the super-fast Internet speeds we could get on our phones? Well just wait until you get a look at what you’re going to get with 5G connectivity. AT&T on Friday unveiled its 5G network roadmap for 2016 and if all goes according to plan, the carrier could launch services on a limited basis starting this year.
December 7, 2015 Verizon rolling out Wi-Fi calling this week, but kicks off with Samsung devices only It's been a while coming, but Verizon this week finally flips the switch on Wi-Fi calling, kicking off on Tuesday with the Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge handsets.
November 20, 2015 How to get 2GB of free data from Verizon right now Our Black Friday 2015 hub is boiling over with great holiday deals that will save you tons of money on everything from electronics and appliances to clothing and more, but now it’s time to shift focus to a deal that won’t cost you a dime. If you’re a Verizon Wireless subscriber with an eligible plan, Verizon will give you 2GB of data for free right now as part of its “Thanksgetting” promotion.
November 5, 2015 Verizon raises FiOS upload speeds to match downloads Verizon is boosting the upload speeds of nearly all its FiOS connections to match the download speeds, vastly shortening the time it takes for subscribers to send videos and back up their files online.
November 4, 2015 German government ends contract with Verizon following NSA revelations In the continuing fallout from the NSA affair, the German government announced Thursday it's ending its contract with Verizon and handing over all communications business to German firm Deutsche Telekom.
November 3, 2015 Verizon plans transparency report on phone record requests, working with NSA Verizon Communications Inc. says it will publish information on the number of requests for customer records it received from law enforcement agencies this year.
