verizon wireless
With Goat Capital, Justin Kan and Robin Chan want to keep founding alongside the right teams
Justin Kan and Robin Chan have each been angel investing for more than a decade. They’re starting a new fund together now, though, to stay involved as cofounders of more startups. Goat Capital is a
Daily Crunch: Verizon buys videoconferencing company BlueJeans
Verizon makes a move into videoconferencing, Jeff Bezos discusses a plan to test Amazon employees for COVID-19 and Apple is reportedly working on new over-ear headphones. Here’s your Daily Crun
FCC proposes $208M in fines for wireless carriers that sold your location for years
The FCC has officially and finally determined that the major wireless carriers in the U.S. broke the law by secretly selling subscribers’ location data for years with almost no constraints or di
States are looking to jam T-Mobile and Sprint’s proposed $26.5 billion merger
A number of states have filed a lawsuit to block the proposed $26.5 billion merger of T-Mobile and Sprint. The lawsuitm, filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New Yo
Verizon Q1 beats analyst expectations with earnings per share of $1.22
Verizon just released its first quarter earnings report, with earnings per share that came in significantly ahead of analyst expectations, while revenue was right in line with predictions. The company
Apple expands its reach with free Apple Music on Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless is now offering free access to Apple Music. The music streaming service is available on select Verizon Wireless plans starting on January 17, 2019. Previously, Verizon and Apple offer
Oath is dead. Long live Verizon Media Group/Oath
Friends, readers, internet browsers, lend me your ears; I come to bury Oath, not to praise it. The subsidiary brands that companies own live after them; Their terrible rebranding is oft interred with
Verizon stealthily launched a startup offering $40-per-month unlimited data, messaging and minutes
Earlier this year, Verizon quietly launched a new startup called Visible, offering unlimited data, minutes, and messaging services for the low, low price of $40. To subscribe for the service, users s
Former BBC Worldwide exec is taking the reins at mitú, a digital media company focused on the Hispanic audience
Chalk up another coup for digital media hiring as the media company mitú, focused on digitally distributed content for Hispanic audiences, has managed to score the longtime entertainment executive He
Verizon throttles video for good with its not-so-unlimited plan
It turns out that providing unlimited data is quite expensive. Verizon is revamping its plans and now sells you two kinds of unlimited data — Go Unlimited and Beyond Unlimited. And the biggest chang
Lenovo’s gutting of Motorola is nearly complete
My first cell phone was a Sanyo. But only because I couldn’t afford a Motorola. I wanted a StarTAC. All the cool kids had a StarTAC. My Sanyo said loud and clear I was not a cool kid. Sometime l
Verizon is launching virtual network services
Called "Virtual Network Solutions" and announced in a press release filled with so much corporate jargon it's barely understandable, the idea is that spinning up, monitoring, managing, protecting, and
How the tiny startup Phantom Cyber scored big at RSA
According to 451 Research, over 100 new security startups are formed each year. Add that to ~1300 existing security vendors that are shouting each other out in the marketplace. What you have is a lot
Verizon Accused Of Net Neutrality Foul By Zero-Rating Its Go90 Mobile Video Service
Verizon, the parent of TechCrunch's parent AOL, is being accused of violating net neutrality principles by excluding its own mobile video streaming service, go90, from data charges -- thereby creating
Verizon’s Bringing Wi-Fi Calling To Select Samsung Phones Next Week, iPhones “Early Next Year”
Verizon Wireless has announced that it’s turning on Wi-Fi calling for devices starting next week, beginning with the Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge. But iPhone users, as well as non-Samsung Galax
Verizon Beats On Q3 Sales Of $33.2B, EPS Of $1.04 Buoyed By New Device Sales
Verizon Communications — the carrier that acquired AOL (and, as a result, us) earlier this year — reported its Q3 earnings today. The company posted revenues of $33.2 billion, with non-G
70 Percent Of Verizon’s Subscriber Base Own Smartphones, Because Dumb Phones Are Dumb
It wasn't that long ago that smartphones were a niche product. They were bought almost exclusively by nerds and nerdy businesspeople. But that time is long gone. In Verizon's most recent financial ear
Verizon Joins The Early Phone Upgrading Wars With New ‘Edge’ Program
Verizon CFO Fran Shammo confirmed during the company's quarterly earnings call that Verizon Wireless was working on a new, more frequent<a target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2013/07/15/veri
Verizon Reportedly Preparing $100B Bid For Vodafone’s Verizon Wireless Stake
Verizon Communications is preparing a $100 billion cash and stock bid to take full control of Verizon Wireless from Vodafone Group, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/25/u
Nokia’s Verizon-Bound Lumia 928 Spotted In Leaked Images Ahead Of Launch
It's been a long time coming, but Verizon Wireless customers should soon have another high-end Windows Phone 8 device to lust after. After the handset was spotted both in both the FCC's and Verizon's