(BANGOR, Maine)FairPoint Communications has met its hiring goal of 280 new workers in Maine, and the company expects that figure to grow by year's end. FairPoint originally said it would hire 125...READ MORE

(NEW YORK)Verizon Communications Inc. has cleared the final regulatory hurdle for providing TV in New York City, a major step in its transformation from a phone company to a fiber-optics-bas...READ MORE

(WASHINGTON)Consumer groups are accusing Broadway actors, mega-church pastors, karaoke DJs and others who use popular wireless microphones of unwittingly violating Federal Communications Commi...READ MORE

(NEW YORK)The weak economy is catching up to the telecom industry, analysts said Wednesday, slashing ratings on half a dozen equipment suppliers and an operator.READ MORE

(FAIRMONT, W.Va.)The Communications Workers of America held a strike-authorization vote in West Virginia and three other states Monday as it continues contract negotiations with Verizon.READ MORE

(NEWARK, N.J.)Basic phone service for Verizon customers in New Jersey is going up. For the first time since 1985, a state utilities board has approved increasing the rate.READ MORE

(DETROIT)For apple growers like Abby Jacobson, making or losing money depends as much on what they don't do as what they do. So when data from Michigan State University's high-tech weather ...READ MORE