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Verizon plans to launch its 4G data network to 38 cities by the end of the year, including New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Verizon plans to cover 38 U.S. cities with its 4G data network before the end of the year Verizon’s fourth-generation network can transmit data 10 times faster than a [...]

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Verizon’s top executive, speaking in San Francisco, declined to confirm a report that Apple is working on an iPhone that can use Verizon’s wireless technology. Citing people briefed by Apple, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday the company plans to begin mass producing the smartphone by the end of the year. However, Verizon Chief Executive [...]

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WASHINGTON – Verizon Wireless said yesterday that it will pay up to $90 million in refunds to 15million cell-phone customers who were wrongly charged for data sessions or Internet use. it is oneof the largest customer refunds by a telecommunications company. The announcement came in a statement from Verizon Wireless as the company held talks [...]

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John Eggerton — Multichannel News, 10/4/2010 8:19:14 AM The Federal Communications Commission says it has been investigating Verizon over "mystery" fees on its wireless bills, and that while it is glad the company will pay them back, agency penalties are still on the table. "we can confirm reports of an FCC investigation into mystery fees [...]

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The carrier will announce next week its plan to open facilities in Palo Alto, California, Tel Aviv and Plano, Texas, where it’ll advise software firms on mobile-application development in a project costing “tens of millions of dollars,” Chief Technology Officer John Donovan said. Photographer: Ronda Churchill/Bloomberg AT&T inc. is ramping up mobile-software development at new [...]

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NEW YORK CITY : Verizon Wireless expects to introduce a form of tiered data pricing over the next four to six months, likely putting a cap on the amount of data that can be used a month by each subscribers, the Wall Street Journal reported. The wireless industry has struggled, in recent times, has struggled [...]

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SOMERSET — Town officials are moving ahead with plans to rezone 180 acres of lakefront property, owned by AES Somerset and adjacent to that company’s power plant, that could become home to a Verizon Communications data center. The Town Board will hold a public hearing Oct. 12 on the rezoning request by AES Somerset because [...]

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The ludicrously drawn out will-they-or-won’t-they rumorfest that is the Verizon iPhone story never ends. the only parallel I can think of that does it justice in comparison is the 14 year wait for the Guns n’ Roses album "Chinese Democracy". Skip to next paragraph Oh, and SPOILER ALERT: by the time that record was actually [...]

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