Verizon Wireless

RIM's BlackBerry 10: All Major U.S. Carriers On Board

There's no confirmation yet on names of devices that will be available right out of the gate, but media reports have centered around the BlackBerry London and the Z10. ...More
January 10, 2013 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News
Pension Costs, Sandy Hit Verizon, Prepping for 'Relatively Flat' 2013

Verizon says pension costs and damage from Hurricane Sandy will cause it to take a one-time charge of between $9 billion and $10 billion in the fourth quarter of 2012. ...More
January 8, 2013 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News
Verizon CEO: 'We Would Love to Own All' of Verizon Wireless

The time might finally be right for Verizon to buy out Vodafone's stake in Verizon Wireless. ...More
January 8, 2013 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News
Verizon Wireless Preps 'Share Everything' for Small Businesses

Small businesses will get up to 25 lines of unlimited minutes, texts, picture and video messages with an allowance of 30 GB ($225 per month), 40 GB ($300) and 50 GB ($375), plus the monthly per-line access cost based on the type of device activated. ...More
January 7, 2013 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News
Is Channel Distribution Merging in the Cloud?

Convergence of IT and telecom technologies as well as the emergence of service delivery models like cloud are making once distinct roles of master agents and distributors less clear. ...More
January 7, 2013 By Khali Henderson
Posted in Articles, Software as a Service/ Cloud Services (SaaS)
Slide Show: Blockbuster M&A — The Channel Impact in Q4

After a relatively quiet Q3, the fourth quarter of 2012 exploded with M&A activity important to both the channel community and the telecom/IT industries as a whole. Sprint-Clearwire; Zayo; T-Mo-MetroPCS; it's all here. Check out the Channel Partners recap. ...More
January 1, 2013
Posted in Galleries
Verizon Wireless, U.S. Cellular Execs Among CTIA Officers for 2013

And by adding new execs to CTIA's executive committee, the organization's president is "confident we will continue to be successful advocates for more critically needed spectrum and for the 'light regulatory touch.'" ...More
December 27, 2012 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News
Slide Show: Channel Partners' Top 20 Stories of 2012

What a year in the channel. We tallied our top 20 stories for 2012 by combining online page views with results from our weekly newsletters. Among the top: awards; big merger rumors; job cuts and channel-program changes. But what was No. 1? ...More
December 21, 2012
Posted in Galleries
Nokia Lumia 920 Sales 'Not Going to Move the Needle'

At least one industry insider doesn't buy the hype surrounding Nokia and its new line of Lumia smartphones based on Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system. ...More
December 18, 2012 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News
Verizon Preps Android-Based LTE Samsung Galaxy Camera for Debut

The Samsung Galaxy Camera has a 4.8-inch HD Super Clear LCD touchscreen. Other features include a 16-megapixel lens, 21x optical zoom lens and optical-image stabilization for clearer pictures, even while moving. ...More
December 11, 2012 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News