10.22.2020 — BASKING RIDGE, N.J. – Today, Verizon and nonprofit organization Generation announced a new multi-year strategic partnership aimed at closing the opportunity gap for American workers and expanding access to digital skills. A commitment of over $44 million from…
With the two largest fiber broadband providers in the country, Verizon and AT&T, reporting on 3Q 2020 results, we get visibility into fiber broadband momentum, or lack thereof. The news looks promising, as those two carriers alone saw close to…
Verizon said it will partner with Microsoft to integrate its 5G Edge network with Microsoft Azure edge services, a move designed to support private 5G networks for enterprise customers. The Verizon news was released around the same time that rival…
Verizon Communications says that it has signed an agreement to acquire “certain assets” of Bluegrass Cellular, a wireless operator in rural central Kentucky with which it has a long relationship. The Verizon Bluegrass deal will bring Verizon 210,000 customers in…
The Social Security Administration has selected Verizon to upgrade and modernize its unified communications and contact center (UC and CC) infrastructure. The initiative is known as the Next Generation Telephone Project, or NGTP. The goal of the Social Security Next…
Verizon said today that its nationwide 5G network is now operational and reaches 200 million people in 1,800 cities around the U.S. The company is using the name Verizon 5G Nationwide for the service, which according to the company “runs…
A new Verizon 5G stadium offer intends to target sports and entertainment venues with a potentially “safer in-person experience” – and hopefully a more fun one. The offering relies on a combination of two technologies that Verizon has been touting…
Basking Ridge, New Jersey — October 6, 2020 — Today, Verizon introduces Push-to-Talk Responder, a mission-critical, interoperable-ready solution that delivers a more efficient way for first responders to seamlessly share and receive data, voice, and, in the future, video content…
Verizon announced today a dramatic expansion of its 4G LTE fixed wireless service, which targets more rural markets. The service is now available in 189 markets across 48 states. Verizon initially launched the 4G LTE fixed wireless service back in…
Verizon will launch 5G Home fixed wireless in Minneapolis and St. Paul on Thursday. And with it comes yet another new customer premises device for use with the service. Verizon initially launched 5G Home fixed wireless in 2018 in four…
Due to the wildfires burning throughout parts of the state of Washington, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) granted a temporary waiver to Verizon subsidiary Skyward to allow pilots to fly drones from their home bases in order to inspect critical…
Verizon said today that it expects to use in-building 5G small cell sites to support private 5G networks for enterprise customers. According to a company spokesperson, the technology will be commercially available before the end of this year. As the…