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engadgetmobile.com - 10/31/2008

Verizon wants you to know why you shouldn't buy the G1

— engadgetmobile.com — It's not going all-out with a nasty public smear campaign, but Verizon wants its sales reps fully... prepared for the occasional customer (or would-be customer) asking why they shouldn't head across the street to T-Mobile and pick up a G1 instead. To ... (more) Verizon wants you to know why you shouldn't buy the G1

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boygeniusreport.com - 10/31/2008

The real reason the BlackBerry Storm doesn’t have Wi-Fi or tri-band HSDPA

— boygeniusreport.com — You might have guessed it, but the reason is Verizon! We confirmed this a little while back... with one of our really top-level sources (you know who you are!) and they did, in fact, confirm our suspicions — Verizon said hell to the no, we ... (more) The real reason the BlackBerry Storm doesn’t have Wi-Fi ...

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crackberry.com - 11/1/2008

BlackBerry Storm 9530 User Manual Emerges!

— crackberry.com — BlackBerry Storm enthusiast? Didn't get your fill of Halloween goodies last night? No worries, we have got... you covered with an awesome treat that won't cause cavities... Click the image above and you can download the 249 page user ... (more) BlackBerry Storm 9530 User Manual Emerges!

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Verizon third quarter earnings on target; Wireless strong
Between the Lines — ... Verizon’s third quarter results were in line with Wall Street estimates courtesy of a solid performance in the telecom giant’s wireless business. The company on Monday reported third quarter earnings of $1.67 billion, or 59 cents a share, on revenue of $24.8 billion, up 4 percent from a year ago. Excluding charges, Verizon reported earnings of 66 cents a share to match Wall Street estimates. Consistent with recent quarters, Verizon was fueled by its wireless business. Verizon added 1.5 million organic customers and 2.1 million if you include the Rural Cellular acquisition. ...

Earnings: Verizon Earnings Up; Wireless Unit Beats Expectations
mocoNews — ... of total Wireline revenues—were $5.2 billion, an increase of 14.6 percent compared with the third quarter 2007.  This includes revenues from consumer broadband services, wholesale data transport and Verizon Business data services. -- Consumer ARPU up: Consumer ARPU in legacy telecom markets was up 12.8 percent to $66.67. Consumer revenue was up 2.1 percent to $3.8 billion, while consumer broadband and video revenues grew 45 percent to $1.1 billion. Release | Presentation in PDF | Webcast ...

Verizon's FiOS Service Bounces Back
IP Democracy — ... But those fears eased up a little today. Verizon issued its Q3 08 earnings report this morning showing a bounce-back in both FiOS broadband and video customer gains and company execs say that FiOS is already cash-flow positive. During Q3 08, Verizon added 225,000 net new FiOS high-speed subscribers, down only slightly from the comparable 233,000 net gains during the year-ago quarter and up by 20% over the gains posted during Q2 08. ...

Both AT&T and Verizon see very positive Q3s
Engadget Mobile — ... wireless revenues increase by 15.4%. As for Verizon Wireless, it witnessed 1.5 million net customer additions (excluding the 630,000 customers pulled in from its Rural Cellular acquisition), and it noted that data revenues -- which now comprise over a fourth of all service revenue -- shot up 42.5% to $2.8 billion. For numbers galore explaining just how well the pair did this past quarter, mount up your reading glasses and hit the links below. [Via mocoNews] Read - Verizon Q3 2008 earnings report Read - AT&T Q3 2008 earnings report ...