Verizon has announced it will replace its traditional central office switches with packet switches. “Construction of this next-generation wireline network will drive new revenue growth for us as we ...

The new Verizon Business unit created by the merger of Verizon and MCI is expanding its VoIP offerings for enterprises that are planning a gradual migration to Internet-based telephony. “Customers are ...

Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in 2004, covering cellphone services, broadband, citywide Wi-Fi, the Net neutrality debate and the consolidation of the phone companies. The bad news ...

That didn't take long. After less than a day of deliberations, a federal jury found Vonage guilty of infringing on three of seven VoIP-related patents held by Verizon. The jury hearing the case ...

Verizon Communications Inc. on Thursday joined the VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol) crowd, introducing a service that lets broadband users make unlimited phone calls around the U.S. over a data ...

According to a Verizon spokesperson, Verizon is alerting VoiceWing customers via e-mail, letters and outbound calls that the service will be discontinued. Customers have the option to port their phone ...

A federal judge has ordered Vonage to halt its use of three voice over Internet Protocol patents owned by Verizon Communications, but he postponed enforcing the ruling for now. U.S. District Judge ...

Vonage dodged a bullet on Tuesday when an appeals court allowed the company to continue signing up customers while it appeals its loss to Verizon in a patent case last month. The Court of Appeals for ...

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In an effort to rekindle some love for the old-school kitchen telephone, Verizon Wireless is getting set to roll out a brand-new touchscreen VoIP phone that offers visual voicemail, calendaring, text ...

Starting Thursday, Verizon will pre-install a version of Skype Mobile on nine Blackberry and Android handsets. This partnership puts a nice little crack in the wall between traditional telcos and ...

New technologies don't need new regulations, says Verizon Communications Inc., which is pushing a bill in Salem to block state or local regulators from applying their oversight to phone calls made ...