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Verizon Marks Down Business Service Unit by $5.8 Billion
Verizon Marks Down Business Service Unit by $5.8 Billion
January 17, 2024  |  Business

Verizon marked down the value of its business services unit by $5.8 billion as clients shun wired communications. The wireless carrier said in a regulatory...

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Will 5G Make 2024 the Industrial Economy’s Most Connected Year Yet?
Will 5G Make 2024 the Industrial Economy’s Most Connected Year Yet?
December 07, 2023  |  Connected Economy

5G broadband networks are viewed by many as a business-first digital innovation and enterprise revolution. And that isn’t because, from a consumer standpoint, 5G networks...

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Verizon Adds Former Peloton CMO Leslie Berland to Leadership Team 
Verizon Adds Former Peloton CMO Leslie Berland to Leadership Team 
December 06, 2023  |  Personnel

Verizon Communications has appointed former Peloton Chief Marketing Officer Leslie Berland as executive vice president and chief marketing officer.  Effective Jan. 9, Berland will oversee Verizon’s global marketing...

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Verizon Hunts for ‘CFO Plus’ Candidate to Succeed CEO as Finance Role Evolves
Verizon Hunts for ‘CFO Plus’ Candidate to Succeed CEO as Finance Role Evolves
June 13, 2023  |  CFO

Today’s chief financial officers aren’t just closing the books; they’re often the ones writing the story. That’s because as digitization continues to sweep across the...

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Telecoms and Amazon Dismiss Notion of Joint Wireless Effort
Telecoms and Amazon Dismiss Notion of Joint Wireless Effort
June 04, 2023  |  Amazon

America’s telecom giants say they have no plans to work with Amazon to offer low-cost wireless to Prime members. A report Friday (June 2) by Bloomberg...

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Amazon in Talks with Wireless Carriers to Offer Low-Cost Mobile Phone Service to Prime Members
Amazon in Talks with Wireless Carriers to Offer Low-Cost Mobile Phone Service to Prime Members
June 02, 2023  |  Amazon

Amazon, the world’s largest online retailer, is reportedly in talks with several wireless carriers to offer its Prime subscribers low-cost or even free nationwide mobile...

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Global 5G Rollout Hampered by Infrastructure and Adoption Roadblocks
Global 5G Rollout Hampered by Infrastructure and Adoption Roadblocks
February 27, 2023  |  Technology

Progress is sequential, and nowhere is that growing more apparent than with 5G’s global rollout. A rollout that’s been plagued by fits and starts. This,...

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Insiders Reveal How Telecom Payments Can Boost Banking Access
Insiders Reveal How Telecom Payments Can Boost Banking Access
December 02, 2022  |  Digital Payments

Individuals with mobile phones outnumber those with bank accounts in the most underbanked regions of the world, offering the telecom industry a prime opportunity to...

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Telecoms Seek to Unlock Financial Services for 1.7B Unbanked
Telecoms Seek to Unlock Financial Services for 1.7B Unbanked
December 01, 2022  |  Digital Payments

The digital banking renaissance has laid out a golden opportunity for telecom companies. Although states have largely eased their pandemic restrictions, many habits consumers picked...

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