AT&T Led More to Avoid iPhone 4 Than ‘Antennagate’, Poll Says
PC World About 20 percent of mobile phone users said the antenna problem on the iPhone 4 caused them not to buy one. But more than 60 percent said it was because of Apple’s exclusive carrier contract with AT&T–and that they couldn’t use carrier Verizon Wireless–that they didn’t want the handset. Topics: Verizon, iPhone, carrier, [...]
Verizon Hardware Caused New York City Phone Outage
eWeek Verizon experienced an outage July 26 that knocked out landline calls in a portion of midtown Manhattan. AT&T’s wireless network in the area was also affected. “A piece of communications equipment (a digital cross connect, to be specific) in one of our Manhattan central offices did not operate normally Monday. Verizon technical teams and [...]
AT&T NOT In Talks With India’s Reliance
MarketWatch AT&T Inc. on Monday denied it is holding current talks with Reliance Communications about buying a stake in India’s second-largest wireless-phone company. Topics: AT&T, New York, telecom
Verizon Begins Testing IPv6 on FiOS Services
TMCnet News Verizon has begun testing on its all-fiber FiOS network a new Internet communications protocol that will enable the Internet to continue to expand and facilitate the future development of innovative services. Topics: New York, Verizon, wireless, United States, government, broadband, telecom
Verizon: Call 811 Before You Dig… Or Else
TMCnet News Failure to call 811 contributed to an estimated 75,000 underground utility damages in 2008, according to industry data compiled by the CGA, the international organization dedicated to protecting underground utility lines and the safety of people who dig near them. Topics: New York, government, broadband, telecom, United States, Verizon, wireless
MetTel Wins Appeal of KeaneTel Partial Judgment
Phone+ News, USA A partial summary judgment awarded to master agent KeaneTel, Atco, N.J., against New York-based MetTel (Metropolitan Telecommunications) was, on appeal, vacated Nov. 9, 2009, by the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York, as premature, according to a Jan. 7 press statement released by MetTel. Topics: telecommunications, [...]
New York Court Strikes Down Prison Payphone Lawsuit
The Associated Press New York’s highest court ruled Monday that families forced to pay high phone rates to talk to relatives in state prison won’t receive refunds for the cost. The lawsuit was first brought by the inmates’ families in 2004. Topics: telecom, telephone, telecommunications, New York
Vonage to Pay $3M, Issue Refunds to end Investigation by 32 States
Fox 59 U.S. VoIP service provider Vonage Holdings Corp. has agreed to pay $3 million to Ohio and 31 other states to settle an investigation into some of its business practices. Topics: Vonage, telecom, telecommunications, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, laws, Alabama
Live New York City Traffic Cams at Your Service on Verizon FiOS TV
TMCnet News Verizon customers with combined FiOS TV and Internet in the New York metro area can get ready to dodge tie-ups and bottlenecks in the five boroughs with the push of a button on their FiOS TV remote. Topics: United States, New York, voip, telecom, Verizon
Florida is Biggest Loser in Phone Tax Distribution
TMCnet News Florida customers are the biggest losers in that system, each year sending $300 million more out of state than Florida gets back for local projects, the largest dollar deficit of any state. And the gap is growing. Topics: telecom, broadband, Los Angeles, wireless, fiber optic, tax, New York, United States
Verizon Merges Wireline Units
Wall Street Journal Verizon Communications Inc. said it will eliminate the position of chief operating officer being vacated by Dennis Strigl, part of a broader restructuring that combines two business units and shuffles executives. Topics: Cisco, telecommunications, New York, iPhone, telecom, AT&T, San Francisco, Verizon
AT&T Reaches Deal With 7000 Legacy Workers Under CWA Union
Wall Street Journal AT&T Inc. (T) reached a three-year agreement with 7,000 legacy workers represented by the Communications Workers of America, the union said on Friday. Topics: telecommunications, New York, CWA, AT&T, telecom
Time Warner Cable Offers ‘Fastest Internet Yet’ in New York City
TMCnet News Time Warner Cable announced what it called its fastest Internet experience yet with the launch of Time Warner Cable Wideband Internet and Business Class Wideband Internet in New York City. Time Warner Cable said residential customers can use Internet with speeds up to 50 Mbps downstream and 5 Mbps upstream. Topics: New York, [...]
Vonage Says it Regained Listing Compliance
Forbes Internet phone service provider Vonage Holdings Corp. said it has regained compliance with the New York Stock Exchange’s minimum share price requirement to stay listed on the exchange. Topics: Vonage, telecommunications, telecom, New York
Apple, AT&T Need To Mind The FCC
BNET Apple and AT&T are about to learn that this isn’t their father’s FCC. It’s more like George W. Bush’s father’s FCC, one which still believed that the second C after Communications stands for Castigation. Topics: New York, iPhone, telecom, 3G, AT&T, wireless, FCC, Apple, telecommunications
