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(AP) -- Telecommunications services provider FairPoint Communications filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday after agreeing on a deal with key lenders that will help lower its debt by about 62 percent. http://www.physorg.com/news175767231.html Technology Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:21:34 EST news175767231 (AP) -- Verizon Communications Inc. reported a 30 percent drop in third-quarter earnings Monday as it couldn't sign up enough new subscribers to offset higher costs from laying off workers and absorbing an acquisition. http://www.physorg.com/news175765924.html Technology Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:52:32 EST news175765924 (AP) -- The federal government will soon start handing out the first $4 billion from a pot of stimulus funds intended to spread high-speed Internet connections to more rural communities, poor neighborhoods and other pockets of the country clamoring for better access. The challenge is that the government has received $28 billion in requests. http://www.physorg.com/news174489571.html Technology Sun, 11 Oct 2009 14:20:12 EST news174489571 (AP) -- DirecTV Group Inc. is in talks with the TBS and TNT cable networks to offer their shows online, according to two people familiar with the discussions. http://www.physorg.com/news170613468.html Technology Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:38:28 EST news170613468 (AP) -- TiVo Inc. on Wednesday sued AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. for patent infringement, including one covering the ability to pause and rewind live TV. http://www.physorg.com/news170604787.html Technology Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:20:02 EST news170604787 (AP) -- AT&T Inc. has started offering its first bundle discount for customers who combine its U-Verse TV service with wireless and broadband. http://www.physorg.com/news170349161.html Technology Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:13:28 EST news170349161 (AP) -- Verizon is giving some of its home broadband customers free access to thousands of Wi-Fi hotspots in airports and other public places, taking a page from competitors that already offer wireless Internet access. http://www.physorg.com/news167924374.html Technology Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:40:04 EST news167924374 (AP) -- Verizon Communications Inc., the nation's largest wireless carrier, said Monday its second-quarter profit fell 21 percent as cost-cutting in its wireline business failed to keep pace with falling revenues. http://www.physorg.com/news167905764.html Technology Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:50:01 EST news167905764 (AP) -- Setting aside their rivalry in the interests of business, Comcast Corp. said Wednesday it will sell advertising for Verizon Communications Inc.'s FiOS television service in 10 markets where they both compete. http://www.physorg.com/news165038126.html Technology Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:55:57 EST news165038126 (AP) -- Verizon Communications Inc. said Wednesday it reached a deal to sell scattered phone service areas outside its main Northeastern and Californian territories for $5.3 billion in stock. http://www.physorg.com/news161437187.html Technology Wed, 13 May 2009 12:40:07 EST news161437187 (AP) -- Verizon Communications Inc. shareholders have overwhelmingly endorsed the pay package for its top executives. http://www.physorg.com/news160920667.html Technology Thu, 07 May 2009 13:11:51 EST news160920667 (AP) -- A movement to give shareholders influence over compensation awarded to company executives gets an early test Thursday as Verizon Communications Inc. becomes the latest to hold a "say on pay" vote. http://www.physorg.com/news160846985.html Technology Wed, 06 May 2009 16:45:06 EST news160846985 (AP) -- Cablevision Systems Corp. is set to unveil Tuesday the fastest Internet speeds available from any cable or phone company. http://www.physorg.com/news160127021.html Technology Tue, 28 Apr 2009 08:44:30 EST news160127021 Verizon Communications Inc. and Apple are discussing the possible development of an iPhone for the US telecom giant to be introduced next year, USA Today reported on Monday. http://www.physorg.com/news160054606.html Electronics Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:37:06 EST news160054606 (AP) -- Hackers made off with at least 285 million electronic records in 2008, more than in the four previous years combined, according to a new study that shows identity thieves are getting better at exploiting careless mistakes that leave companies vulnerable to attack. http://www.physorg.com/news158991588.html Technology Wed, 15 Apr 2009 05:20:16 EST news158991588 (AP) -- Cablevision Systems Corp. should stop saying its Internet service is "the fastest around," the advertising industry's self-regulatory body said Thursday, in response to complaints from competitor Verizon Communications Inc. http://www.physorg.com/news157372389.html Technology Fri, 27 Mar 2009 11:33:43 EST news157372389 (AP) -- Phone companies fear that customers will increasingly switch off their landlines in favor of wireless phones or phone service from cable TV providers. So the last thing FairPoint Communications Inc. needed was to send subscribers fleeing with a botched technical transfer. http://www.physorg.com/news156094215.html Technology Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:30:48 EST news156094215 Microsoft Corp. has bested rivals Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc. by securing an agreement to become the default provider of Internet search service to mobile phone customers of Verizon Wireless, a Verizon executive said Wednesday. http://www.physorg.com/news150653373.html Technology Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:09:33 EST news150653373