August 2011
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Shopping for a New Smartphone Becomes More Social...
Verizon Wireless has turned to Facebook to create a series of unique features that help fans share information and receive feedback from friends before picking up the latest piece of technology. Here’s how it works: By clicking on the “Shop Tips” tab, Verizon Wireless fans can create polls to post on their Facebook walls to quickly receive feedback. “Shop Tips” also has an “Ask a friend”...
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Your Smartphone Or Tablet Now Takes Plastic
Verizon Wireless and Intuit Inc. today announced a strategic alliance to give all small businesses – from the sole proprietor to a medium-sized business – the ability to process credit card payments on smartphones and tablets. The companies are now offering Intuit’s GoPayment app and pocket-sized credit card reader in Verizon Wireless’ 2,300 retail stores and business-to-business sales channels. ...
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Verizon Wireless is expanding 4G service west of...
Verizon Wireless will expand its 4G LTE network service to an additional 29 suburbs of Boston, most of them west of the city, 4G subscribers will get faster Internet surfing and better video streaming on their 4G enabled smartphones, tablets, and other devices.
Communities set to get 4G coverage tomorrow include:
Ashland, Bellingham, Boxborough, Dover, Foxborough, Framingham, Franklin, Groton,...
WatchWhen disaster strikes, Verizon Wireless is there to lend a helping hand. Watch this video to see how Verizon Wireless donated gas, water, generators, and other supplies during times of emergency across the country.
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Video Application Brings Customers More...
Verizon Wireless today introduced Verizon Video, a new version of its video-on-demand application for mobile phones. Verizon Video offers Verizon Wireless customers access to current TV episodes, live streaming of major sporting and news events, and a high-quality video experience, all powered by the nation’s fastest, most advanced 4G network and largest, most reliable 3G network.
Customers who...
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Verizon Wireless Expands 4G LTE Network In...
In real-world, fully-loaded network environments, 4G LTE customers along theI-270 and I-70 corridors can enjoy the fast speeds of the world’s first large-scale 4G LTE network. The company is rapidly building out its 4G LTE network, currently covering more than 160 million Americans, with plans to bring coverage to more than 185 million Americans by the end of 2011. Residents with 4G LTE can...
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Americans and Their Cell Phones
Did you know “83% of American adults own some kind of cell phone—and these devices have an impact on many aspects of their owners’ daily lives”? Check out the latest information found by a nationally representative telephone survey by Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project: * One third of American adults (35%) own a smartphone of some kind, and these users...
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Thinnest BlackBerry Smartphone Features Power and...
Verizon Wireless today announced the new BlackBerry® Bold™ 9930 smartphone is available online at www.verizonwireless.com and will be available in Verizon Wireless Communications stores on August 25. Here’s what you need to know: BlackBerry® Bold™ 9930 smartphone is available for $249.99 with a new two-year customer agreement. The newest release of BBM™ (BlackBerry Messenger) now offers...
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Check Out Video Now Available from the Opening of...
Check Out Video Now Available from the Opening of Verizon’s Application Innovation Center ! The official opening of Verizon’s Application Innovation Center can be viewed here: www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia The Video from the opening presentation, features executives from Verizon Wireless, Qualcomm and Chomp Also find sound bites from: o Dan Mead, president and chief...
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Verizon Application Innovation Center Opens Today
The Verizon Application Innovation Center is a place for developers, network engineers, entrepreneurs and others to work together on innovative applications that take advantage of Verizon Wireless’ leading 3G and 4G LTE mobile networks. The San Francisco facility is connected to Verizon’s LTE Innovation Center, located in Waltham, Mass., to optimize synergies between development activities at each...
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Motorola Solutions, Verizon Wireless Showcase...
Motorola Solutions, Inc. and Verizon Wireless are demonstrating interoperability across private LTE to public LTE with a police patrol vehicle, outfitted with dynamic public safety applications, that maintained its live data sessions while seamlessly switching between the Motorola Public Safety LTE network and the commercial Verizon Wireless 4G LTE network. The applications featured on the...
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New Trip Planner Helps Verizon Wireless Customers...
Verizon Wireless customers now have an online tool that makes it even easier to plan how to make the most of their wireless service when traveling outside of the United States.The Verizon Wireless Trip Planner gives customers information they can use to plan their travels, including details about global calling and data plans, country-specific coverage and pricing, and device functionality in more...
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Verizon To Integrate American Express’ Serve On...
Verizon Wireless Customers To Have Access To Simple And Easy Mobile Payments Powered By Serve, American Express’ New Digital Payment Platform American Express and Verizon Wireless today announced they will integrate Serve, a next-generation digital payment and commerce platform, on many Verizon mobile phones and tablets. Over the coming months, Verizon Wireless customers will be able to establish...
