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  • Verizon Seeks Tier 2 Ethernet Biz With CENX Exchange
    With an agreement now in place, Verizon will start building its network-to-network interface to the CENX Carrier Ethernet Exchange while ramping up its wholesale marketing to Tier 2 and Tier 3 providers.If all goes well with its trial in New York City, Verizon will extend ...More
    January 26, 2010 By Tim McElligott
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  • Report: AT&T Wants To Dump iPhone Exclusivity
    While many would argue that opening the iPhone up to other carriers would benefit Apple with additional sales, an inside source at AT&T is saying that it’s the telecom giant that’s looking to end the exclusive deal for the device. Problems with data overload on ...More
    January 25, 2010
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  • Wireless Carriers Slash Voice, Tap Data For Growth
    It’s true that voice continues to become commoditized, but a decrease in unlimited voice packages by $30 each might mean an increase in revenue for Verizon Wireless and AT&T. Initiatives to steer subscribers toward data plans – which, of course, are more ...More
    January 20, 2010
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  • Did Verizon Wireless Hurt Man's Hopes of Buying House?
    In an era of increasing scrutiny over consumers’ ability to buy big-ticket items (mortgages, cars), the last thing a guy needs is for a cell phone company to wrongly ding his credit score.That happened to Jim Henning in Knotts Island, Va., after Verizon Wireless ...More
    January 20, 2010
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  • AT&T Wastes No Time Cutting Rates After Verizon's Chop
    Just hours after Verizon Wireless announced it was making significant cuts to its wireless pricing plans, AT&T did the same Friday afternoon.AT&T said it would cut $30 off the price of its unlimited plans, effective today. Earlier Friday, Verizon announced plans to ...More
    January 18, 2010
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  • Verizon Wireless Rolls Out Cheaper Pricing Plans
    If those AT&T and Verizon Wireless television commercials were fighting words, the fight may now have really begun with the announcement that Verizon has cut rates on its wireless plans, effective Monday.The company’s nationwide unlimited voice plan has been ...More
    January 15, 2010
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  • Survey Says: Verizon Wireless Is Top Carrier
    The first-ever wireless carriers survey from Zagat puts Verizon at the top of the heap. The company got feedback from more than 2,300 wireless customers who rated Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile on key performance aspects: reliability, coverage, products, value and ...More
    January 14, 2010
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  • Google: Nexus One Support Issues to Be Resolved ‘Quickly’
    Trouble with getting support from Google Inc. for that Nexus One handset? Never fear, Google said on Wednesday. It’s working to make sure issues will be resolved “quickly.” It’s unclear if consumers will buy that promise. Google has had a rough first ...More
    January 13, 2010
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  • B/OSS Poll: Is Frontier Paying the Price for FairPoint’s Mistakes?
    Is Frontier paying the price for FairPoint’s mistakes?(answers) ...More
    January 13, 2010
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  • Verizon Wireless: Metered 3G, LTE Billing ‘the Future’
    Metered billing for wireless data, be it 3G or 4G, is not only the future, but it’s simply more fair. That’s the latest word from the ever-quotable Verizon Wireless CTO, Dick Lynch. He pointed out to the Washington Post that the end of flat-rate pricing is ...More
    January 13, 2010
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