philly.com - 12/8/2008
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Philly HD wars. > Facing a threat from Verizon Communications Inc. for pay-TV customers in its home city, Comcast Corp. is attacking some of Verizon's pay-TV claims as misleading and irrelevant to consumers. More than 250 of Verizon's high-definition programming channels or other choices - out ...
tech.yahoo.com - 12/10/2008
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- Verizon Wireless expects to begin deploying next-generation
LTE (Long-Term Evolution) wireless broadband within a year, a...
top executive of the carrier said Tuesday. "We expect that LTE will actually be in service somewhere here in the U.S. probably ...
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Verizon Aims for LTE Deployment in 2009 (PC World) by ...
biz.yahoo.com - 12/10/2008
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NEW YORK (AP) -- The Federal Trade Commission
has removed the last regulatory hurdle for Verizon Wireless'...
purchase of Alltel Corp., which will create the country's largest wireless carrier, the agency said Wednesday. The FTC's antitrust regulators ...
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Verizon Wireless-Alltel deal gets FTC clearance: ...
verizonwireless.com - 12/5/2008
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Comcast Says FiOS HD Is "Mundane," Verizon Says They Kick Comcast "In The Teeth" [Hd Wars]
Consumerist —
... and so on. Then there is the category listed as "HD Empty How To Choices." Comcast said it had zero and Verizon 268. Not listed in the data are HD channels, in which Verizon is a clear leader. It has 104 to Comcast's 37. "We kick them in the teeth," Mitchell said. Comcast snorts that 20 of the Verizon HD channels are so marginal that they're not rated by Nielsen. Know what? Neither of them have NFL Sunday Ticket. Just Sayin'. Who Has Better HD Offerings? ( polls ) Comcast attacks Verizon's HD claims [Philadelphia Inquirer]
Verizon and Comcast exchange words on HD options in Philadelphia
Engadget HD —
... And by "exchange words," we mean "get seriously agitated and spout off at one another." As Verizon comes down the home stretch on a deal that would give it a 15-year agreement to offer programming services in the City of Brotherly Love, rival Comcast is quaking ...
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