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Verizon to extend phone-upgrade waiting period

...Of those, two-thirds were iPhones.Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of New York-based phone company Verizon Communications Inc., which owns 55 percent, and British cellphone company Vodafone Group PLC.Customers at No. 2 carrier AT...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-04-12/verizon-extend-phone-upgra
Business briefs

...adjustment to reflect a weak online ad business led to its first quarterly loss in its 26 years as a public company.VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS Inc., parent of the country's largest cellphone carrier, on Thursday said its net income rose 13 percent in...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2012-07-19/business-briefs
Companies start to add up losses from Superstorm Sandy

...Friday it lost $45 million in sales from canceling more than 3,500 flights in the final days of October.Verizon Communications Inc. said Friday that it is still working to restore services for many of its customers. It warned that Sandy...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2012-11-02/companies-start-add-losses
AT&T to expand wireless, wired broadband reach

...After reviewing its options, AT&T concluded that it won't sell off phone lines in outlying areas like Verizon Communications Inc. did. Instead, it will pursue a split strategy of upgrading some areas to higher speeds and abandoning phone...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2012-11-07/att-expand-wireless-wired-
Justice Department approves Verizon-cable deals

...broadband service.When it comes to home broadband, Verizon Communication Inc.'s FiOS provides the only significant competition...while cable companies kept posting increases.Verizon Communications Inc., the New York-based phone company that operates...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2012-08-16/justice-department-approve
Business news

...Virginia, fighting management demands for contract givebacks and disputing that their work is unprofitable.Verizon Communication Inc. countered that its 45,000 unionized workers in the East should not expect the kind of compensation they...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2011-08-08/business-news
Verizon to pay $3.6 billion to cable providers for wireless airwaves

...held Bright House Networks, a 5.3 percent owner, will receive $189 million.Verizon Wireless is owned by Verizon Communications Inc and Vodafone Group Plc. T-Mobile USA is owned by Germany's Deutsche Telekom.

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2011-12-02/verizon-pay-36-billion-cab
Biz bits

...passing through their domestic facilities.Defendants included the government, AT&T, Sprint Nextel and Verizon Communications Inc.In 2008, Congress granted telecoms immunity for cooperating with the government's intelligence-gathering...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2011-12-29/biz-bits
Verizon to set up video streaming service with Redbox

NEW YORK - Phone company Verizon Communications Inc. will challenge Netflix and start a video streaming service this year with Redbox and its DVD rental kiosks.Verizon and Coinstar...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2012-02-06/verizon-set-video-streaming-service
Business briefs

...and Atlanta.Several of AT&T's competitors, including cable TV company Comcast Corp. and phone company Verizon Communications Inc., have ventured into the home automation and security field.In other newsBEEF PRODUCTS INC. will close...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2012-05-07/business-briefs