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Despite the economic meltdown, Verizon Communications saw big gains in profits in the third quarter due to its wireless business.

A federal jury in Virginia rules that cable provider Cox Communications did not infringe on Verizon Communications' patents related to Internet telephony.

The reliance of restaurant chains and retail stores on outside companies to handle credit-card processing and other information-technology functions is partly to blame for a rash of consumer data breaches over the last few years, according to data sleuths at Verizon Communications Inc.

Verizon Communications and Google are reportedly close to a partnership that could bring the search giant’s services to its wireless unit and perhaps TV and broadband services too.

According to the Wall Street Journal, Verizon and Google are talking about a partnership.

There's no question that Verizon Communications hit a home run with its aggressive fiber strategy.

The fiber-to-the-home network called Fios has enabled Verizon to supercharge broadband speeds and compete against cable in the TV market.

Verizon Communications is making its 50 Megabit per second service available throughout its entire fiber-to-the-home footprint, while also increasing the speed on lower tiers of service.

Executives from AT&T and Verizon Communications said that the FCC needs to show that its Net Neutrality principles can be enforced to keep future Net Neutrality legislation at bay.

NEW YORK--Verizon Communications plans soon to offer online parental controls for free to all its broadband customers in an ongoing effort to keep kids safe on the Net.

(Credit: Verizon Communications)

The free new perks were announced Tuesday by CEO Ivan Seidenberg during a lunch at WiredSafety's Stop Cyberbullying ...

Verizon Communications' hot streak continues during the first quarter of 2008.

On Monday the company said that first quarter profits jumped about 10 percent to $1.64 billion, fueled by demand for its mobile phone service and fiber-to-the-home service called Fios.

Revenues grew about 5.5 percent to $23.8 ...

Verizon Communications Inc.'s first-quarter earnings met Wall Street expectations Monday on strong growth in sales of domestic fiber-optic services and strong wireless customer additions.