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Free Wi-Fi blinks out in Portland, Ore.; FiOS TV for SMB
Jul. 14, 2008
The vision of free Wi-Fi Internet service throughout Portland, Ore., turned dark just days ago when MetroFi shut down its partially deployed metro wireless network; Verizon is ramping up its competitive battle with ...
Verizon data breach investigations report, Part 1
Jul. 01, 2008
The Verizon Business RISK Team recently published a valuable analysis of four years of data on security breaches among their clients entitled "2008 Data Breach Investigations Report." Today I want to draw readers' ...
Verizon aims FiOS TV at small, midsize businesses
Jul. 11, 2008
Verizon is ramping up its competitive battle with cable companies by offering its fiber optic television services to the small and midsize business markets.
Verizon data breach report, Part 4: Attack vectors
Jul. 10, 2008
In my three most recent columns, I've been looking at the Verizon Business RISK Team's valuable analysis of four years of data on security breaches among their clients, entitled "2008 Data Breach Investigations Report. ...
Verizon data breach report, Part 3: Breach size and source
Jul. 08, 2008
In my two most recent columns, I've been looking at the Verizon Business RISK Team's valuable analysis of four years of data on security breaches among their clients, entitled "2008 Data Breach Investigations Report." ...
Verizon data breach investigations report, Part 2: Outsider attacks
Jul. 03, 2008
The Verizon Business RISK Team recently published a valuable analysis of four years of data on security breaches among their clients. The team said, 'In a finding that may be surprising to some, most data breaches ...
VMs You Can't See Can Definitely Hurt You
Jun. 27, 2008
Recently Verizon Business released its 2008 Data Breach Security Report, summarizing the results of four years of forensic research into more than 500 security incidents. While it doesn't focus on server virtualization ...
FCC, defying Martin, cracks down on Verizon marketing
Jun. 24, 2008
The FCC, rejecting the recommendation of its own Enforcement Bureau, has blocked Verizon Communications marketing efforts aimed at keeping customers from switching to a cable operator for their phone service.
Vendors tout unified communications and FMC advances
Jun. 23, 2008
Today we'll highlight a few announcements made at NXTcomm 2008 which wrapped up last week in Las Vegas. The news comes in separate announcements about unified communications advances from Verizon, Microsoft and Nortel, ...
Firefox frenzy and awesome anniversaries
Jun. 20, 2008
Jason and Keith celebrate two years of Twisted-ness by talking about Firefox 3 fun, why unified communications are confusing, and whether gadget guys are arrogant.
ISPs experimenting with new P2P controls
Jun. 19, 2008
Peer-to-peer traffic management was a hot topic at this year's NXTComm convention in Las Vegas, as several telecom panelists and keynote speakers highlighted new methods for handling P2P traffic crunches.
Verizon expands 50Mbps FiOS footprint
Jun. 19, 2008
Verizon plans to expand its 50Mbps FiOS Internet service to cover all 10 million homes and businesses that are currently within its FiOS network footprint.
Verizon expands global unified communications services
Jun. 19, 2008
Verizon Business is expanding its unified communications services to several European countries in move that the company says will help "advance global collaboration."
Verizon expands FiOS footprint; Philly Wi-Fi saved
Jun. 19, 2008
Verizon plans to expand its 50Mbps FiOS Internet service to cover all 10 million homes and businesses that are currently within its FiOS network footprint; Philadelphia's mayor announced on Tuesday that the city's Wi-Fi ...
WiMAX will get first commercial deployment in September
Jun. 18, 2008
After months of uncertainties, it looks as though Sprint will launch its first commercial WiMAX services this September.
Why Nortel chose LTE over WiMAX
Jun. 13, 2008
Cross WiMAX off the list of hot growth markets Nortel plans to tackle in the coming years to boost its fortunes.
Navigating the wild world of wireless
Jun. 12, 2008
Verizon's proposed $28 billion acquisition of privately held Alltel signals the start of hurricane season for wireless providers. And this season might just include the perfect storm: Technology shifts, consolidation ...
Major ISPs to block online child porn
Jun. 11, 2008
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo signed deals with Verizon, Time Warner Cable and Sprint to shut down major sources of child pornography on the Internet.
Most data breaches discovered too late, study says
Jun. 11, 2008
Most enterprises only learn about data breaches in their networks months after their data has already been compromised, according to a new study conducted by Verizon Business.
Verizon merges Wireless, Business customer portals
Jun. 09, 2008
Verizon today launched its new unified customer portal that gives customers simultaneous access to both their wireless and business accounts.
Verizon-Alltel, fast times at Broadcom
Jun. 06, 2008
Verizon reached a deal to buy Alltel for US$28.1 billion, which would make the combined company the largest wireless carrier in the U.S. over AT&T. While that was, arguably, the week's biggest news, it couldn't match ...
Lots of data, mostly useless
Jun. 06, 2008
Jason and Keith talk aobut ISP bandwidth shaping plans, the most dangerous Web domains and the importance of a study trying to find out how much information is in the world. Plus: Keith loses more weight and we get our ...
Verizon to buy Alltel for $28B; Starbucks free Wi-Fi off to rough start
Jun. 05, 2008
Apparently tired of being the second-largest U.S. wireless carrier, Verizon Wireless is rumored to be working on a deal with Alltel that would vault it way past AT&T and would net it millions of new wireless subscribers ...
Update: Verizon buys Alltel in $28.1 billion blockbuster
Jun. 04, 2008
Apparently tired of being the second-largest U.S. wireless carrier, Verizon Wireless has finalized a deal that will vault it way past AT&T and net it millions of new customers.
Is LTE the next must-have mobile broadband technology?
Jun. 01, 2008
A look at LTE's enterprise potential, and how it stacks up against WiMAX.
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Verizon profile
Overview
2005 NW200 rank: 4
2004 NW200 rank: 3
Revenue
| Total '05 revenue (in $M) |
|
75112 |
| '04-'05 revenue change |
|
5% |
| '01-'05 CAGR revenue |
|
3% |
Profit
| Profit or loss (in $M) |
|
7397 |
| Change from '04 |
|
-6 |
| As percentage of revenue 10 |
|
10 |
| CAGR, '01-'05 |
|
109 |
Employees
| Number of employees |
|
216704 |
| '04 - '05 change |
|
4
|
| Revenue per employee |
|
346611 |
Misc.
| Mkt Cap as of 3/19/05 ($M) |
|
102350 |
| Cash/investments ($M) |
|
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| Year inc. |
|
1983 |
| Fiscal year ends |
|
Dec |
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