Posted by Vikrant
Technology
Thursday, May 8th, 2008

Google really wants to push its Android mobile application platform and for that it needs open standards in mobile broadband. With this view in mind, Google had participated in FCC spectrum auction which it eventually lost to Verizon. Though it is true that Google wanted to lose the auction because it will surely not want [...]
Posted by Vikrant
Business
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

AOL has announced a deal with Verizon under which Platform-A will manage Verizon’s online ad inventory. Under the deal, Verizon will get to use Platform-A’s sales force, along with its ad-serving, targeting, and inventory management capabilities. This deal is a major success for Platform-A which is a the centerpiece of AOL’s restructuring. Apart from online [...]
Posted by Vikrant
Business
Thursday, April 10th, 2008

Verizon communication has filed a suit on Wednesday, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, against Time Warner Cable for misguiding the video customers using false advertising. Verizon has claimed in the suit, ads from Time Warner Cable’s TV ads falsely imply that Time Warner’s network is better than Verizon’s [...]
Posted by Vikrant
Business
Friday, March 21st, 2008
In the recently concluded FCC’s auction of its 700 MHz spectrum, Verizon has won highest number of licenses and also the much talked about C-Block of spectrum. The main focus of this entire aution was the C-Block of spectrum which will provide consumers the ability to use any wireless device and application on the network. [...]