verizon wireless in comment and analysis
Tech Visions: Wireless sale of the century
Comment The bidding is expected to raise between $15bn and $20bn from organisations including Apple, AT&T, Cox, Google, NTT DoCoMo and Verizon. It is that shift which has opened up the 700MHz wireless spectrum for auction by the US Federal Communications... [17 Dec 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 21.09.07
Round-Up Meanwhile, in other iPhone-related news, another jilted girlfriend that Jobs left on the other side of the Atlantic seething over what could have been is Verizon Wireless, part owned by Vodafone. Verizon admitted it had taken a hit when the iPhone... [21 Sep 2007]
Editor's Blog: Moving bits
Comment In the US, Verizon Wireless recently dropped the term 'unlimited' from its 5GB-per-month Broadband Access data plan. It's the day before our office move over the long weekend (more on that in a moment) but it seems moving bits of the digital... [05 Apr 2007]
Upwardly Mobile: How the iPhone changed the world
Comment Rival network Verizon Wireless was offered the iPhone deal and shunned it. When Apple unveiled the iPhone, it set the whole mobile industry talking - not just about the device but about the unusual agreement between Apple and mobile operator Cingular. [12 Mar 2007]
Leader: Will the iPhone shake-up the mobile world?
Leader According to reports, Verizon Wireless - the number two player stateside - was originally offered the chance to sign up for the Apple deal but refused, saying it couldn't find a deal that suited both parties. [29 Jan 2007]
Analysis: The 3G world map
Comment Verizon Wireless has an equally straightforward style with CDMA, CDMA2000 and CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - a similar sort of 0.5G jump each time. North America has a large array of operators and mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) but in the US the 'big... [08 Jun 2006]
Leader: Vodafone's Japanese sale
Leader For the US, see what almost happened at the start of last year, where Vodafone risked its existing presence - a minority holding in Verizon Wireless - in its pursuit of AT&T Wireless. Over the weekend it emerged that an agreement between Vodafone... [06 Mar 2006]
Leader: Vodafone escapes bad deal
Leader Make sure the execs at Verizon Wireless know if it's not serious. Now there is widespread speculation that Vodafone won't be able to survive as the 45 per cent stakeholder in Verizon Wireless. Although a sale of that stake would have been a... [18 Feb 2004]
Leader: Friday 13 February unlucky for some - including Vodafone?
Leader It subsequently turned around to Bell Atlantic - which was buying multifaceted telco GTE - to form Verizon Wireless, America's current largest mobile operator and one in which Vodafone is a 45 per cent stakeholder. [12 Feb 2004]
Has push-to-talk got what businesses need?
Comment Subscribers to the networks of Sprint, Verizon Wireless and - most famously - Nextel have been using PTT for some time. Jeremy Green, wireless principal analyst at Ovum, points out that these operators have won custom with PTT but notes: "It's the... [22 Jan 2004]
Wi-Fi versus 3G - will there be a winner?
Comment AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon have all made significant direct or indirect investments in hotspot chains. The rise of Wi-Fi has galvanised some providers - notably operators such as T-Mobile - to offer a dual-pronged approach for wireless data. [10 Apr 2003]
The Ovum View: Colt bondholders bite back
Comment All telcos - from France Telecom to Verizon - have had to confront the same realities as Colt. Colt is one of a select group of telcos, along with behemoth Cable & Wireless, who have cash in the bank. [20 Nov 2002]
First impressions of Microsoft Smartphone 2002 and the Orange SPV
Comment But there are similar announcements on the horizon from operators including T-Mobile, Telefonica and, in the US, AT&T Wireless, Cingular and Verizon Wireless. Anne-Marie Duffy, Microsoft UK Wireless and Mobility marketing manager, told silicon... [23 Oct 2002]
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