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• With Verizon pushing more into data caps, Sprint touts unlimited option

  If you're a Verizon customer upset that your next smartphone contract won't include unlimited data, Sprint would like to remind you that you have an alternative.

  By Brad Reed | 18 May, 2012 09:27

  Tags: wireless, verizon, sprint, smartphones, networking, mobile plans, lte, consumer electronics, comcast, at&t

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  Verizon not launching voice over LTE anytime soon

  NEW ORLEANS -- Verizon may be heavily promoting LTE for data, but that doesn't mean it's going to start pushing it for voice services anytime soon.

  By Brad Reed | 09 May, 2012 07:47

  Tags: wireless, WiMAX & LTE, VoLTE, voice services, Verizon VoLTE, verizon, networking, lte, CTIA Wireless 2012, CTIA Wireless, CTIA 2012, ctia

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  Gartner: Multi-device wireless plans on the way

  The days of having to pay for two separate data plans for your smartphone and tablet may soon be at an end, says Gartner analyst Hughes De La Vergne.

  By Brad Reed | 04 May, 2012 04:30

  Tags: wireless, WiMAX & LTE, verizon, sprint, networking, lte, Gartner, data caps, at&t

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  Verizon promoting LTE as home broadband alternative

  If you've ever dreamed of using Verizon's LTE network as your home broadband connection, now you can.

  By Brad Reed | 03 May, 2012 01:21

  Tags: 4g, lte, networking, Telecommunication, verizon, WiMAX & LTE, wireless

• Verizon LTE network now covers two-thirds of U.S. population

  Verizon's LTE network may not be the fastest right now, but it does cover the most people.

  By Brad Reed | 20 April, 2012 05:36

  Tags: 4g, at&t, lte, networking, Telecommunication, verizon, Verizon 4g, Verizon LTE, WiMAX & LTE, wireless

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  Verizon offers to sell some 700MHz spectrum in olive branch to government

  In an effort to save its spectrum deal with major cable companies, Verizon Wednesday said it would be willing to sell off several licenses for spectrum on the 700MHz band.

  By Brad Reed | 19 April, 2012 03:40

  Tags: AWS spectrum, comcast, LTE spectrum, networking, time warner, Time Warner Cable, verizon, Verizon LTE, Verizon LTE spectrum, Verizon spectrum, WiMAX & LTE, wireless

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  New Verizon service brings LTE to private IP networks

  Verizon Business is now offering its customers the ability to have their LTE devices route traffic directly to their private IP networks instead of through the public Internet.

  By Brad Reed | 18 April, 2012 23:32

  Tags: lte, networking, Private IP Wireless, verizon, verizon business, Verizon Business LTE, Verizon LTE, WiMAX & LTE, wireless

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  Terremark launches private cloud edition

  Some enterprise customers just aren't comfortable throwing their data into a public cloud environment, says Ellen Rubin, vice president of cloud products for Terremark, which is owned by Verizon.

  By Brandon Butler | 04 April, 2012 02:43

  Tags: cloud computing, internet, private cloud, terremark, The Cloud, verizon

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  Broadband infrastructure: Time for real policy

  I'm late filing this column. Why? It's my AT&T U-Verse DSL connection again. Make that "yet again." I've been struggling with it all day.

  By Mark Gibbs | 26 March, 2012 15:31

  Tags: ADSL, ADSL+, at&t, broadband, cable, DSL, fcc, Federal Communications Commission, isp, Motorola, National Broadband Plan, NBP, networking, NV, Randall L. Stephenson, satellite, technet, Telecommunication, U-Verse, verizon, wireless

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  7 simple steps for thwarting hactivists

  More data was stolen from corporate networks last year by hactivists than by cybercriminals, according to a new report from Verizon.

  By Carolyn Duffy Marsan | 22 March, 2012 15:22

  Tags: cybercrime, cybersecurity, data breach, hactivism, legal, security, verizon

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  Biggest threat to corporate nets in 2011? Hactivists, not cybercriminals

  Hactivists - not cybercriminals - were responsible for the majority of personal data stolen from corporate and government networks during 2011, according to a new report from Verizon.

  By Carolyn Duffy Marsan | 22 March, 2012 15:22

  Tags: cybercrime, cybersecurity, data breach, hactivism, legal, security, verizon

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  Verizon defends cable spectrum deal at Senate hearing

  Verizon wants to make one thing perfectly clear: Its deal to buy spectrum from several cable companies is different from the failed merger between AT&T and T-Mobile.

  By Brad Reed | 22 March, 2012 09:33

  Tags: at&t, Cable spectrum, comcast, government, industry verticals, networking, senate, verizon, wireless

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  New Verizon CEO got $16 million pay raise in 2011

  Verizon chief Lowell McAdam saw his compensation more than triple after being named CEO last August.

  By Brad Reed | 21 March, 2012 03:40

  Tags: at&t, business issues, corporate issues, executive compensation, financial results, Ivan Seidenberg, Lowell McAdam, personnel, SEC Filings, verizon

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  The new iPad: A roundup of post-release news

  To help you filter through all of the iPad-related headlines floating around the tech press today, we've created a compilation that will keep you up-to-date on the latest developments:

  By Brad Reed | 20 March, 2012 08:24

  Tags: Apple, at&t, Configuration / maintenance, Data Center, hardware systems, iPad, lte, networking, pc, tablets, UBS, verizon, WiMAX & LTE, wireless

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  FCC asks Verizon for more data on plans to use acquired spectrum

  The Federal Communications Commission today asked Verizon to deliver a wide range of information on its spectrum holdings and its attempts to buy spectrum licenses from major cable companies.

  By Brad Reed | 09 March, 2012 10:29

  Tags: fcc, Federal Communications Commission, lte, networking, spectrum, verizon, WiMAX & LTE, wireless