International Business News - VZ http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Shares of Anadigics Inc. sank Wednesday after the company reported better-than-expected earnings in the second quarter, but a disappointing third-quarter outlook, and an analyst downgraded the stock. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/anadigics-down-after-2q-beats-but-outlook-misses.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:11:42 EDT Verizon Wireless has offered to sell cellular operations in North Dakota, South Dakota and parts of 16 other states to win regulatory approval of its proposed purchase of Alltel Corp. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/verizon-wireless-offers-divestitures-to-buy-alltel.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:34:11 EDT AT&T Inc.'s second-quarter financial results Wednesday indicated that the weak economy is catching up to the nation's largest telecommunications company, but investors were largely satisfied with what they saw. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/at-t-2q-profit-up-30-pct-matching-streets-view.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:17:35 EDT Cell phone service provider Verizon Wireless said Tuesday it added 1.5 million net new subscribers during the second quarter, bringing its total to 68.7 million. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080722/verizon-wireless-adds-1-5m-new-subscribers-in-2q.htm Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:27:53 EDT New York's attorney general notified Comcast Corp. on Monday that the state will take legal action if the company--the nation's second-largest Internet service provider--doesn't agree to eliminate access to child pornography. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080721/cuomo-pushes-comcast-to-block-access-to-child-porn.htm Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:40:40 EDT 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 workers apiece in Portland and in Bangor, with another 30 jobs scattered across the state. But the company now says the total number will climb to approximately 400 as the hiring process continues through the year. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080718/fairpoint-plans-to-exceed-hiring-goals-in-maine.htm Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:18:19 EDT 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-based carrier. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080717/verizon-gets-final-clearance-for-tv-service-in-nyc.htm Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:38:08 EDT Consumer groups are accusing Broadway actors, mega-church pastors, karaoke DJs and others who use popular wireless microphones of unwittingly violating Federal Communications Commission rules that require government licenses for such devices. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080717/wireless-microphones-flap-causing-static.htm Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:46:28 EDT The weak economy is catching up to the telecom industry, analysts said Wednesday, slashing ratings on half a dozen equipment suppliers and an operator. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/sector-snap-telecom-suppliers-downgraded.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:36:28 EDT 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. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080714/cwa-locals-voting-on-verizon-strike-authorization.htm Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:46:33 EDT 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. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080711/verizon-allowed-to-raise-basic-phone-rates-in-nj.htm Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:31:26 EDT 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 monitoring network helped her decide to skip four costly chemical sprayings this spring, she considered it an unqualified success. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/89681-farm-scene-wireless-technology.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080711/remote-weather-stations-give-farmers-timely-advice.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080711/remote-weather-stations-give-farmers-timely-advice.htm Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:22:10 EDT Two more Internet access providers have agreed to eliminate certain newsgroups that contain child pornography and purge their servers of child pornography Web sites in an agreement with state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080711/cuomo-at-t-and-aol-block-child-porn-newsgroups.htm Fri, 11 Jul 2008 02:42:58 EDT When Verizon Wireless announced in November that it would open up its network to any company that wanted to make a device for it, industry watchers had visions of innovative features like cheap international calls and Google applications. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/89359-verizon-wireless-open-development.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080710/verizon-open-network-gets-first-unsexy-device.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080710/verizon-open-network-gets-first-unsexy-device.htm Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:18:54 EDT After Wednesday's decline, shares of telecommunications companies were mixed in Thursday morning trading as the broader market fluctuated as worries about the financial sector overshadowed better-than-expected sales from discount retailers. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080710/sector-glance-telecom-services.htm Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:47:59 EDT Verizon Wireless has agreed to pay $21 million to settle a lawsuit filed by California customers upset with the company's early termination fees, a lawyer on the case said Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080710/verizon-settles-suit-over-early-termination-fees.htm Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:05:12 EDT President Bush signed a bill Thursday that overhauls rules about government eavesdropping and grants immunity to telecommunications companies that helped the U.S. spy on Americans in suspected terrorism cases. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/88923-bush-terrorist-surveillance.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080710/senate-bows-to-bush-approves-surveillance-bill.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080710/senate-bows-to-bush-approves-surveillance-bill.htm Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:12:52 EDT Verizon Wireless has agreed to pay $21 million to settle a lawsuit filed by California customers upset with the company's early termination fees, a lawyer on the case said Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080709/verizon-settles-suit-over-early-termination-fees.htm Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:01:03 EDT Shares of the largest telecommunications companies declined Wednesday as Wall Street tumbled, with tech bellwethers Cisco Systems and Microsoft both hitting year lows, along with AT&T. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080709/closing-glance-telecom-services-fall.htm Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:33:29 EDT Shares of the largest telecommunications companies fluctuated in morning trading Wednesday as the broader market inched lower after oil prices, which have been on the decline, rebounded. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080709/opening-glance-telecom-services.htm Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:40:52 EDT