Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on those sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories!
Speculation on Cingular's...
Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on those sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories!
Industry appeals FCC's...
Verizon CEO: 'Verizon Media will take off in its new home'
Anyone who has followed the storyline of Verizon’s media assets knows that it’s been a somewhat rocky, convoluted journey, beginning with the carrier’s purchase of AOL for $4.4 billion in 2015, and then Yahoo...
Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories!
Teens ramp up...
Verizon shareholders are meeting today to approve Yahoo purchase; deal should close next week
Verizon is reportedly planning to cut up to 2,100 jobs as it combines AOL and Yahoo. These would be jobs at AOL and/or Yahoo, not the parent company. The news was...
Sprint introduced something they call the "Magic Box," to speed up wireless data connectivity for customers in their homes, offices or when they travel. Like with other wireless carriers, Sprint customers generally have no problem with speed. However, for the customers who live in...
Connected to the Yahoo hack, can users protect themselves from future attacks and will it affect the sale to Verizon/AOL?
I think you’d have to have been living in a cave if you didn’t see any online news stories or live TV news broadcasts about...
With Verizon acquiring the operating business of Yahoo, the final chapter in the life of a past internet superstar as an independent company has been completed
Back in the late '90s, I started and chaired a company called PortableLife, which was headed by Lou Panetta....
Last week Verizon Communications made a deal to buy some portions of Yahoo's businesses, specifically the troubled internet portal’s operating assets for $4.83 billion in cash.
This builds on Verizon's previous acquisition of AOL, which the carrier said would create a "new rival in mobile media...
Verizon digital content distribution plans in India set to begin with four points of presence in Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore and New Delhi
Verizon Communications’ Digital Media Services in looking to expand its distribution presence announced a partnership with India telecom operator Bharti Airtel to launch...
Yahoo acquisition fuels global ambitions
Verizon Communications has sealed a deal with Yahoo, agreeing to buy the troubled internet portal's operating assets for $4.83 billion in cash. By combining Yahoo with AOL, which it bought last year, Verizon said it will reach more than 1 billion...
As T-Mobile continues its targeted attacks on rivals, Verizon is the latest in the crosshairs. T-Mobile says Verizon is having a "midlife crisis" and "trying to become a cool kid" with a focus on digital content evidenced by recent acquisitions.
From T-Mobile: "Verizon really wants...
5 things to know today ...
1. Sprint parent Softbank is ready to invest billions in India, according to Chairman Masayoshi Son. Softbank's investment has been a critical support for Sprint over the past 12 months, but the Japanese giant appears to have other priorities...
New advertising program set to begin in November
Verizon Communications closed on its $4.4 billion purchase of AOL in June with an eye on boosting its content portfolio, and, based on an Oct. 8 privacy notification, better target consumer advertising via sharing personal data across...
AOL’s $248M offer for Millennial expected to boost Verizon’s Go90 service
AOL, which was recently acquired by Verizon Communications for $4.4 billion, signed an agreement to acquire mobile advertising platform provider Millennial Media for approximately $248 million.
AOL said the acquisition, if approved, will strengthen its...
Reports have circulated that AOL is working on a deal to acquire mobile ad network Millennial Media for an estimated $300 million to $350 million.
Talk of the potential buyout, which was first announced by TechCrunch, has given Millennial Media’s stock a boost. Shares soared...
Microsoft announced it will layoff 7,800 employees as it restructures its phone business to accommodate the $7.6 billion acquisition of Nokia Devices and Services.
In an e-mail to employees, Microsoft CEO Sataya Nadella said the move was in effort to “focus our talent and investments...
AOL to manage Microsoft digital advertising inventory across 9 markets
AOL, which was recently acquired by Verizon Communications for $4.4 billion, scored a deal to assume management and sales responsibility for Microsoft’s display, mobile and video advertising inventory in nine markets.
The deal covers the United...
Verizon closes on AOL, plans for added digital content delivery
Verizon Communications closed on its $4.4 billion acquisition of digital content provider AOL. The deal was consummated June 22, with Verizon announcing it had purchased outstanding AOL shares for $50 per share, with AOL now...
This was a very active week in telecom, with AT&T extending its termination date on its DirecTV merger to the end of June; Charlie Ergen making headlines defending the designated entity structure for the latest wireless auction (CNBC interview here); Google releasing its self-driving car on California...
Carrier fixed problem after being tipped off by BuzzFeed
In response to input from a news outlet, Verizon this week fixed a security gap that left some 9 million home Internet customers open to a relatively simple, but devastating, cyberattack.
BuzzFeed News broke the story on...
Reports indicate content deal, outright acquisition on the table
Verizon Communications has reportedly approached media conglomerate AOL about a possible deal that could include either a content partnership or outright acquisition.
Bloomberg reported that the telecom giant has not yet made a formal proposal to AOL,...
