Verizon will launch 5G home internet access in 2018

Verizon’s 5G wireless will soon become a practical reality… if not quite the way you might expect. Big Red has announced that it’s launching residential 5G broadband (that is, fixed-in-place wireless) in three to five markets starting in the second half of 2018. Most details aren’t nailed down at this point, but the rollout will […]

Head to Verizon stores to protest the FCC’s anti-net neutrality plans

It’s highly unlikely that the FCC’s latest plan to gut net neutrality won’t go through, thanks to chairman Ajit Pai’s record of consumer-unfriendly viewpoints and a Republican majority on the Federal Communications Commission. Still, advocacy groups and various websites have been pushing to preserve net neutrality for months now. The latest protest is looking to […]

AT&T and Verizon team up to build hundreds of new cell towers

Verizon and AT&T announced today that they will be jointly constructing hundreds of new cell towers across the US. Tillman Infrastructure will build the towers — designed for both companies’ use — and together Verizon and AT&T will lease them. “It is imperative to reduce operating costs,” Verizon’s Chief Network Officer, Nicola Palmer, said in […]

There’s now a really nice Windows phone available on Verizon, and I’m not sure why

HP Elite x3 (credit: HP) Early in 2016, HP announced the Elite X3, a high-end Windows 10 Mobile phone that was, well, actually really nice. A then-current Snapdragon 820, 4GB RAM, dual SIM, 6 inch 2560×1400 AMOLED screen, iris and fingerprint recognition, Qi and PMA wireless charging, waterproof, 16MP rear and 8MP front cameras: it […]

Report: Verizon struggling to launch streaming TV service in crowded field

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Scott Olson) Verizon’s long-rumored live TV streaming service appears to be having some issues. Bloomberg reported this past March that the telecom giant was planning to launch an online TV service that would ostensibly compete with the likes of Dish’s Sling TV and AT&T’s DirecTV Now over the summer. A […]

THE MOBILE CARRIER LANDSCAPE: How AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and Sprint are overcoming slow user growth amid a fierce price war

BI Intelligence This is a preview of a research report from BI Intelligence, Business Insider’s premium research service. To learn more about BI Intelligence, click here. It hasn’t been smooth sailing for telecoms in recent years. Native voice and messaging services, which once accounted for the vast majority of telecoms’ subscriber revenue, are struggling to compete with over-the-top […]

THE MOBILE CARRIER LANDSCAPE: How AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and Sprint are overcoming slow user growth amid a fierce price war

BI Intelligence This is a preview of a research report from BI Intelligence, Business Insider’s premium research service. To learn more about BI Intelligence, click here. It hasn’t been smooth sailing for telecoms in recent years. Native voice and messaging services, which once accounted for the vast majority of telecoms’ subscriber revenue, are struggling to compete with over-the-top […]

Verizon backtracks—but only slightly—in plan to kick customers off network

Enlarge (credit: Verizon) Verizon Wireless is giving a reprieve to some rural customers who are scheduled to be booted off their service plans, but only in cases when customers have no other options for cellular service. Verizon recently notified 8,500 customers in 13 states that they will be disconnected on October 17 because they used roaming data […]