Tag: Verizon

September 11, 2023

Verizon Business’ announcement on August 16 that it was sunsetting BlueJeans came as a blow to many of us in the UC and collaboration industry who have closely followed the service for many years. BlueJeans was a pioneer in delivering […]

August 31, 2023

Campers are already on-site for what’s billed as “America’s biggest Labor Day party”, the three-day rock festival in Pryor, Oklahoma known as Rocklahoma that will draw tens of thousands of people each day this coming weekend. Verizon Business will be […]

August 10, 2023

Several interesting upgrades and deployments of regional interest: Accelecom has picked up a partner in the education vertical. Bellarmine University will be leveraging a 10Gbps link from Bellarmine’s campus to Flexential’s data center, both of which are in Louisville KY. […]

July 27, 2023

Four expansion projects in four geographies in support of four different opportunities: Great Plains Communications is building out some new fiber within the space between Omaha and Lincoln. They have been selected to hook up the Gretna Logistics Park, which […]

May 10, 2023

Digital businesses are more reliant on their networks than ever before. Technologies that enable digital transformation, such as IoT, mobility, and cloud, are all network-centric, and that has raised the bar on the value of the network. My research shows […]

April 5, 2023

Jacksonville, Florida is the latest U.S. city to receive “major” network upgrades from Verizon. The carrier said that the upgrades, which are being systematically rolled out in cities across the country, are part of a larger network architecture redesign effort […]

April 3, 2023

Verizon Business is seeing growth opportunities in the private 5G market in India, said Robert Le Busque, regional VP of Asia Pacific at Verizon Business Group in an interview with The Economic Times. The business unit of U.S. telco Verizon […]

March 30, 2023

Verizon Communications plans to launch a new video service as part of its Go90 platform, and is jump starting its effort by buying a 24.5% stake in AwesomenessTV, a media company controlled by DreamWorks Animation. “AwesomenessTV has demonstrated an ability […]

March 24, 2023

Welcome to this week’s No Jitter Roll, our regular roundup of product news in the communication and collaboration spaces. In our pre-Enterprise Connect 2023 edition, Verizon launched BlueJeans Basic, a free version of its meeting and collaboration platform. Meanwhile, Sprinklr […]

March 13, 2023

In today’s digital world, retailers face many challenges when it comes to disconnected systems and siloed data. Perhaps more than any other industry, retailers are continually looking for the “next big thing” that can help them get a leg up […]

March 8, 2023

Ahead of Super Bowl LVII, Verizon invested more than $100 million in network upgrades and enhancements in and around State Farm Stadium and the greater Phoenix area. Inside the stadium, Verizon installed 490 5G nodes — 66 of which are […]

March 3, 2023

Right up front, let me say that I understand why contact centers exist. But I dislike them intensely. In fact, to me, contact centers, although often providing an acceptable level of service at a higher level of efficiency than traditional […]

March 3, 2023

A shift towards network virtualization and software-defined networking is one of the telecom trends that Corning’s Director of Wireless R&D and Chief Technologist Shirish Nagaraj believes is most impacting the workforce landscape, particularly in the way that it changes how […]

February 17, 2023

Verizon is providing new Wi-Fi connectivity to fans and staff at Florida’s Daytona International Speedway in preparation for the 65th running of the DAYTONA 500. Because NASCAR’s U.S. speedways are some of the largest sports venues in terms of fan […]

February 13, 2023

Early Valentine’s Day greetings from Louisiana, Texas, Kansas, Missouri, and Florida. Hard to believe that two weeks ago we were basking in the glory of another Chiefs AFC Championship win. Today’s game will be tough, but, like the 2022-2023 season, […]

February 8, 2023

T-Mobile US garnered the overall best 5G experience in the second half of 2022, per Rootmetrics, but AT&T also had a strong performance at the state level and Verizon did particularly well at the metro level. That’s a bit of […]

February 3, 2023

When Verizon initially launched 5G in 2018, it was a pre-standard mmWave FWA. Since then, and in line with the articulated plan to provide nationwide broadband using wireless and its fiber-based Fios footprint, Verizon has used its C-Band holdings to […]

February 1, 2023

T-Mobile US rounded out 2022 with postpaid net customer additions of 1.8 million in the fourth quarter and 6.4 million for the year, beating its guidance and recording record-low churn of 0.88%. Q4 2022 — 6.4 million in 2022, exceeded […]

January 30, 2023

Earlier this month, Verizon became the first U.S. operator to launch Microsoft Teams Phone Mobile. It is a new service that integrates an organization’s mobile devices with Microsoft Teams. This is a fairly significant launch, and it should stimulate interest […]

January 23, 2023

Based on commentary from Crown Castle EVP and CFO Dan Schlanger at the Citi 2023 Communications, Media and Entertainment Conference, 2023 will be a big year from small cell densification in the U.S. market. Schlanger said Citi’s Mike Rollins the […]