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Verizon Foundation Provides $10,000 Disaster Relief Grant to American Red Cross; Will Match Employees' Donations to Red Cross, Salvation Army COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon is calling on its employees and customers to join in assisting the victims of the historic wildfire in the Black Forest area outside Colorado Springs. The Verizon Foundation is providing a $10,000 grant to the American Red Cross for disaster relief in the area, and the foundation...

New Store Will Showcase Revolutionary Fiber-to-the-Home Communications Network LEOMINSTER, Mass., June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Consumers in the Leominster and Fitchburg areas can get an up-close and personal view of Verizon's FiOS TV, Internet and voice services at the grand opening of a new retail store in town on Wednesday (June 19). WHO: Leominster Mayor Dean Mazzarella Fitchburg Mayor Lisa Wong Verizon Vice...

Wildlife officers use remote HD cameras - HogWatch -- to conserve habitat, protect agricultural crops and save taxpayers money NASHVILLE, Tenn., June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) has turned to innovative technology to assist landowners with controlling wild hogs--a costly nuisance for state residents and a danger to the environment. Frequent trap visits by wildlife officers to monitor hog activity is the most costly phase of the Agency's...

QueenBeeTickets.com has recently increased its inventory of One Direction Verizon Center tickets, and the organization is passing those on to fans at discounted rates. Those looking to purchase tickets for the One Direction Washington DC concert at reduced prices just need to utilize the promo code “DISCOUNT” during the checkout process. Germantown, Wisconsin (PRWEB) June 17, 2013 Famous boy band One Direction will be gracing the stage at the Verizon Center in Washington DC soon, and...

BUFFALO, N.Y., June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- WHO: Verizon Wireless, operator of the nation's largest 4G LTE network and largest, most reliable 3G network WHAT: Verizon Wireless recently activated new 4G LTE coverage on 13 sites in the Buffalo/Niagara area, expanding and filling in coverage on the high-speed data network it launched locally in October 2011. 4G LTE lets...

WASHINGTON, June 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The White House released President Obama's memorandum on spectrum policy today (June 14), and Verizon Communications issued the following statement: "Today's presidential memorandum is another positive step toward setting a national spectrum policy. Further exploring ways for federal government-spectrum users to more efficiently use spectrum they have been assigned, as well as for developing appropriate sharing between commercial- and...

Verizon and Equinix Team to Offer Integrated Secure, Reliable, High-Performance IT Solutions to Customers NEW YORK, June 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon and Equinix announced on Thursday (June 13) that Verizon's Private IP service will be available in Equinix's International Business Exchange(TM) (IBX®) data centers located in major markets around the world. As a result, enterprise customers will gain greater access to global communications solutions that are scalable, secure,...

Cox and Time Warner Cable Rank Highest in Business Wireline Customer Satisfaction WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., June 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Overall satisfaction with their telecommunications service provider is higher among business wireline customers who bundle their voice and data services, according to the J.D. Power 2013 U.S. Business Wireline Satisfaction Study(SM) released today. The study measures customer satisfaction with providers of telecommunications voice and data...

BASKING RIDGE, N.J., June 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Navigating through often conflicting messages about the impact of digital media on the education and development of young people, today's so-called "digital natives," can be daunting for parents and other caregivers. To raise awareness and provide some helpful resources on these topics during Internet Safety Month, Verizon is sponsoring two free, 30-minute webinars in June: June 18 - "Raising Your Digital Natives Responsibly"...

Mike Smith praised for educating seniors on telephone scams SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt., June 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Vermont Attorney General William Sorrell has honored Mike Smith, Vermont state president of FairPoint Communications, with the Attorney General's Pure Vermont award for Smith's "significant efforts to educate Vermonters about telephone scams and to protect them from wire-transfer fraud." The Attorney General's Pure Vermont Awards Program recognizes individuals, businesses...