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31 Jan, 2008 12:40 am
It was reported this week that an arbitrator at the American Arbitration Association certified a plaintiff class of 70 million Verizon
Wireless subscribers challenging the $175 early termination fee in their customer agreement. Plaintiffs argue that the fee is an unenforceable
penalty provision. Verizon's customer agreement contains a prohibition on class action lawsuits, which the arbitrator found unenforceable. The
result is the ...
19 Jul 7:06 am
... Mr. Siegler has been smoking; but, there is no way that Apple can dictate anything to Verizon Wireless. Verizon is the biggest, baddest, best cell phone carrier out there. In six months, it will ... but, if
Apple wants to ditch AT&T, it will have to meet Verizon's terms; not the other way around. Verizon Wireless is just sitting back, waiting for all the Sprint and AT&T stories to sink in. Will
Verizon be happy to get the iPhone? Sure, but it doesn't have to have it to remain the best cell ...
31 Oct, 2008 1:47 pm
... Post reports that: The proposed merger between Verizon Wireless and rural carrier Alltel to
create the nation's largest wireless company moved a step closer to reality ... signed off on the deal. …Public interest groups have criticized
the plan to join Verizon, the nation's second-largest carrier, and Alltel, the fifth-largest carrier, ... T-Mobile with 30.8 million.…To
assuage those fears, the Justice Department is requiring Verizon to sell spectrum in 15 more areas than it had previously demanded. ...
9 Dec, 2008 1:03 pm
... tabs on my bank accounts with Quicken, carry a spare battery, connect to the most reliable network on the planet, Verizon Wireless, watch TV from my home on the phone using Sling software, and so forth. However, the IPod Touch syncs with my Outlook Calendar and contacts, has a
big ... . I could use the Palm Centro for music, but the IPod is better for that function. Will I trade the Centro for a Verizon
Wireless IPhone next year? Maybe, but I am having big problems with the tiny ...
25 Sep 4:25 am
... | Signal Strength - CNET News. There are a lot disappointed Verizon Wireless customers who have
been waiting for the Palm Pre to be announced in January on Big Red. We hate Sprint ... big telcos telling us what kind of phone to buy. I would say that I would leave Verizon Wireless if they don't support the Palm Pre; but, where would I ... just Street talk; however, if I have to
stick with the iPod Touch and my Centro, I guess I will live. Verizon Wireless will doom Palm to
bankruptcy if this rumor is true.
14 May, 2007 10:44 am
Link: Verizon Wireless V740 ExpressCard. For about a year, I have been using the Dell Mobile
Broadband 5700 wireless EV-DO antenna built in to my Dell D620 notebook. It is speedy, and available just about everywhere, with speeds
somewhere ... so 2002. Because that is when the wireless broadband EV-DO technology started rolling out. Recently, Verizon has been updating its network to a speedier system, called EV-DO Rev. A. The speeds for Rev A were reported to be DSL or WiFi or ...
3 Oct, 2007 3:56 am
Link: Cellphones: Verizon's LG VX10000 Voyager Revealed and Groped (with Gallery) - Gizmodo. What looks like a Prada phone, acts like an
IPhone, opens up to a keyboard, and uses the best 3G network in the world? Why, Verizon Wireless' new
LG Voyager, of course. This little beauty is going to get She Who Must Be ... mimics the sweeping touch based interface of the IPhone, but uses the 5 times faster Verizon Wireless EvDO network. Now that Apple and AT&T are bricking IPhones that have ...
30 Jul, 2007 5:20 am
Verizon Wireless said it would buy the Rural Cellular Corporation in a deal it valued at $2.67
billion, including assumed debt. Verizon Wireless, a joint venture between Verizon Communications and Vodafone, will pay $45 a share for each share of Rural Cellular, or $757 million in cash. Monday's deal comes as big
wireless providers have [...]
2 Sep, 2008 12:04 pm
Link: Verizon Wireless USB727 is First EVDO USB Modem With Integrated microSD Storage : EVDOinfo.com.
Verizon Wireless really is the most reliable and speedy EvDO provider. I know, because I ran it
alongside Sprint for almost a year, and I just cancelled Sprint. I love the Novatel Wireless USB 727 modem. Being USB, I can use it with
several computers just by plugging it in. Verizon seems to be everywhere, and I have never, in ...
26 Nov, 2007 10:17 am
Verizon Wireless today announced a groundbreaking plan to open its mobile network to devices and
applications developed and sold by third parties. Starting in 2008, in an unprecedented break from industry practice, Verizon ...
wireless network using any device that meets a basic set of productivity standards. This announcement represents a major development in the
evolution of the wireless communications marketplace, and the policy debate over the more closed policies that wireless carriers have ...
27 Sep, 2007 8:48 am
Verizon Wireless has refused to allow an abortion-rights group to send pro-choice text messages to
its members, reports the New York Times. Other carriers have permitted the group, Naral, to do so. Verizon says its position is
viewpoint-neutral, and applies to all "controversial or unsavory" texts, but texting ... - it applies only to government action, not corporate. Let's hope public pressure makes a
difference - and that Congress steps in to amend the law. Shame on Verizon Wireless.
27 Sep, 2007 1:27 pm
Last week, Verizon Wireless blocked text messages from an abortion-rights group (see previous post),
a decision that was widely publicized yesterday. Today, Verizon changed its mind, and called last week's decision an "incorrect interpretation
of a dusty internal policy" (!), reports the New York Times.
9 Jan 10:00 am
Verizon Wireless said Friday that it had completed its $5.9 billion purchase of Alltel, making
Verizon the nation's largest mobile phone company. Verizon said Friday that it would also assume
$22.2 billion in Alltel debt. Verizon said it would retain all Alltel employees below the executive level as the company assesses which
positions need to be cut [...]
27 Nov, 2007 3:40 pm
Verizon press release: "Verizon Wireless today announced
that it will provide customers the option to use, on its nationwide wireless...
8 Aug, 2007 5:25 am
Vodafone committed itself on Wednesday to holding on to its full 45 percent stake in Verizon Wireless, the mobile phone group in the United States, turning down the right to sell back up to $10 billion of shares to its partner in the venture,
Verizon Communications. The mobile phone group had until tomorrow to exercise a [...]
27 Nov, 2007 7:39 am
... left before "short form" applications to be filed in the high-profile US 700 MHz spectrum auction, Verizon Wireless has made a bold move -- announcing Nov. 27 a new open applications, open software, and open handset policy for its existing network effective next
year. Wow... ... appeal of the FCC's decision imposing those conditions on the 700 MHz "C-block". Verizon has since withdrawn that appeal. This
is a game-changing moment for the US mobility industry. Text of the ...
30 Jun 8:31 am
On June 24, 2009, Florida's Attorney General announced a $1.5 million dollar settlement with Verizon Wireless and Alltel over "free" ringtone offers. The settlement, the latest in a continuing series of enforcement action in the mobile space by the Florida
Attorney General's office, is very important to mobile marketers because it require the implementation of a series of detailed "best practices" ...
28 Jul 4:35 am
... at Verizon | Technology | Los Angeles Times. Verizon has confirmed, as of yesterday, that the
Palm Pre will be coming to Verizon early next year. The Web OS upgrade last week is just the first tweaking of the early adopter bugs, and
Verizon, as is its preference, is not the first to offer the phone, but the bugs will be out of it by the time it does. So, in a show of
patience, I shall wait a few more months until my carrier of choice offers it; however, I am waiting with a touch of anticipation ...
11 Jul, 2007 5:09 am
Link: Palm Treo 700p Update for Verizon Users Available from Verizon Stores Only. Well, fool me once,
shame on you. After confirming that a technician at my local Verizon Store could install the Treo 700p MR, and standing in line at the store
yesterday morning, I was confronted with an alleged technician that didn't know what a Maintenance Release was, and who knew less about the Treo 700p than I did. Incompetence in the
cell phone industry; what a concept. Then, the customer service rep blamed ...
17 Oct, 2008 7:56 pm
... opinion, which involves whether uncashed settlement checks (obtained after claim forms were filed) reverted to the defendant -- here, Verizon -- or instead get distributed to charities pursuant to CCP 384. I think that the plaintiffs have the better of the argument here, ... was -- and
somewhat remains (albeit without much research) -- that neither party may be entirely correct here. Verizon argued that it got to keep the
uncashed checks and plaintiffs wanted them to go to charity, but my sense was ...
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