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InternetNews April 27, 2004 Colin C. Haley	Wireless, DSL Fuel VZ's Revenue Growth Business booms in two key areas, but pension and early retirement costs eat into Verizon's Q1 profits.
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InternetNews January 6, 2006 Roy Mark	Verizon Completes MCI Takeover Verizon completed its $8.4 billion purchase of MCI today, creating the nation's second largest telecom carrier behind the new AT&T, which itself is a newly formed merger between the former long distance carrier and SBC.
The Motley Fool July 29, 2008 Dave Mock	Not So Fast, Verizon Verizon's second quarter numbers show that it is not immune to the challenges of the current economy.
InternetNews July 26, 2004 Colin C. Haley	BellSouth Realignment Continues The carrier's Q2 profits rise amid a shift from traditional phone service to wireless and broadband offerings... company adds satellite service from DirecTV to better compete against Comcast, Time Warner.
InternetNews May 21, 2004 Colin C. Haley	VZ's FTTP Foray Forces Hard Look at Technology Verizon takes the fiber-to-the-premises from test to rollout, potentially shaking up the broadband business.
The Motley Fool June 29, 2007 Dave Mock	Top or Flop: Verizon Communications' Midyear Update Shares in Verizon Communications have lumbered to a slightly market-beating 11% gain this year, as the company has shown steady improvements in two important areas of business -- wireless and next-generation broadband.
BusinessWeek May 24, 2004 Steve Rosenbush	Verizon: Take That, Cable The nation's largest telecom provider is preparing to seek cable-TV franchises in parts of Texas and eight other states so that it can offer video in head-to-head competition with cable companies.
InternetNews October 27, 2004 Colin C. Haley	Verizon Wants Motorola Gear Verizon has tapped Motorola for video network infrastructure and customer premises equipment related to the carrier's fiber-to-the-premises push, the companies announced today.
InternetNews January 8, 2004 Colin Haley	Verizon's Big Broadband Bet The telecom carrier and its wireless subsidiary will spill $3 billion on major network upgrades for a variety of high-speed connections -- and services: Wi-Fi, 3G and more.
BusinessWeek August 4, 2003 Steve Rosenbush	Verizon's Gutsy Bet Will its massive rollout of fiber-optic cable -- right to customers' homes and offices -- keep it ahead of the pack?
InternetNews June 20, 2007 Sean Michael Kerner	Verizon: Lay The Broadband; They Will Come Verizon's Chairman and CEO Ivan Seidenberg is confident that his company's broadband and wireless strategy will win. And he's not afraid of the iPhone.
InternetNews July 20, 2004 Colin C. Haley	Verizon's FTTP Plan Takes Shape Emerging details of the carrier's fiber plan could create ripples in the broadband market.
BusinessWeek November 7, 2005 Ante & Crockett	Rewired And Ready For Combat SBC and Verizon are spending billions to stay competitive in the broadband era.
InternetNews April 19, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Verizon Offers DSL Straight Up The carrier allows existing subscribers to switch to mobile or VoIP providers for voice service while retaining Verizon DSL.
InternetNews July 30, 2004 Colin C. Haley	Broadband Battles Bring Benefits Consumers see high-speed access rates drop as cable and DSL companies look to lock-in subscribers.
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InternetNews October 27, 2004 Colin C. Haley	Comcast: What Fiber Threat? In recent months, regional telecoms Verizon and SBC have taken direct aim at cable giant Comcast, earmarking hundreds of millions of dollars for fiber-to-the-premises rollouts.
The Motley Fool October 28, 2004 Alyce Lomax	Is Verizon's Call Waiting? Wireless revenues make up for lackluster landlines, but the industry at large is still on hold. The company's third-quarter net income was flat, at $1.8 billion, or $0.64 per diluted share.
InternetNews December 22, 2003 Colin Haley	Verizon Weaves Fiber-to-Home Plan The telecom's effort to eliminate the last-mile slowdown advances with the selection of four more equipment vendors. Fiber-to-the-premises technology can transfer data at speeds up to 622 megabits per second to the user and 155 megabits per second to the network -- far faster than cable modems or today's DSL.
InternetNews August 29, 2005 Colin C. Haley	VZ Wireless Slashes Broadband Price Hoping to entice voice customers to add data service, Verizon Wireless has cut the price of its broadband service by 25 percent.
InternetNews September 16, 2004 Colin C. Haley	VZ Switches On TV Strategy With Hire Verizon taps a TV programming vet as it readies its video over fiber offerings to battle cable.
InternetNews May 19, 2004 Colin C. Haley	Texas is Locus of Verizon's Fiber Focus The carrier begins an aggressive fiber-to-the-premises rollout in the Lone Star State.
BusinessWeek September 29, 2003	Ivan Seidenberg, Verizon Verizon is making investments to provide broadband connections to every home and business in its 29-state territory.
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The Motley Fool April 24, 2007 Dave Mock	Foolish Forecast: Verizon Jumps to Light Speed The telecom giant is set to report its most recent quarterly earnings. Investors, here is what you can expect to see.
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InternetNews April 25, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Qwest For MCI Rewarded Qwest's $9.7B offer is one MCI can't refuse, but Verizon may not be done.
InternetNews July 7, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Verizon Looking to Disconnect Directory Pages Verizon announced plans by year's end to shed its domestic yellow pages business to concentrate on its Internet endeavors. The split allows the telecom to focus on FIOS and other Internet services.
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InternetNews May 12, 2004 Roy Mark	EarthLink: Telecom Reform Unnecessary Nation's third largest ISP tells Congress it should focus on enforcing current law, while broadband providers Verizon and Comcast argue for new ones.
InternetNews July 22, 2004 Colin C. Haley	Verizon Flies into VoIP Service VoiceWing takes the company to new heights in consumer VoIP market.
InternetNews May 4, 2004 Colin C. Haley	Verizon to Enhance DSL Service Carrier plans to boost speeds and add VoIP to bundles to build on a record quarter for broadband sign-ups.
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InternetNews July 22, 2004 Colin C. Haley	AT&T Out of Consumer Long Distance Markets Ma Bell will stop marketing to new long-distance customers and focus on businesses.
InternetNews October 16, 2008 Judy Mottl	FCC Green Lights Wireless Mergers The Federal Communications Commission will approve Verizon Wireless' acquisition of rural carrier Alltel and the proposed Sprint-Clearwire WiMAX venture at its next monthly meeting on Election Day.
InternetNews September 8, 2004 Colin C. Haley	VOD: Video-On-DSL? Alcatel and Concurrent debut a product to help telecoms counter cable. It combines network access and distribution gear with video server systems.
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InternetNews June 7, 2005 Jim Wagner	Verizon Calls For Telecom Reform The rules should to be changed so telecoms can better compete with cable operators, says Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg.
InternetNews August 23, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Verizon, Yahoo To Offer Cut-Rate DSL Verizon and Yahoo will offer a low-cost broadband service.
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