Mergers

Verizon / Yahoo!

Verizon / XO Merger 2016

Verizon / AOL 2015

Verizon / America Movil 2007

Verizon / MCI Merger 2005

• CITATION: Verizon Commc'ns Inc. and MCI, Inc. Applications for Approval of Transfer of Control, Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 05-184, WC Dkt. 05-75, 20 FCC Rcd 18433 (2005)
• (see WCOM)
• 11/17/2005 Commission Issues Memorandum Opinion and Order re Verizon Communications Inc. and MCI, Inc. Applications for Approval of Transfer of Control. WC Docket No. 05-75. Memorandum Opinion & Order including Statements of Chairman Martin and Commissioners Abernathy, Copps, and Adelstein: Word | Acrobat
• Para. 221 (network neutrality conditions) 
• Paras. 109 (Internet Backbone)
• Letter from Ann D. Berkowitz, Director, Federal Regulatory Advocacy, to Marline Dortch, Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, WC Docket 05-75, filed January 29, 2009 (compliance letter).
• 05/25/2005 Verizon Communications Inc. and MCI, Inc. Applications for Approval of Transfer of Control.  Order Adopting Second Protective Order . WC Docket No. 05-75. Order: Word | Acrobat
• /24/05 Commission Seeks Comment on Applications for Consent to Transfer of Control; Pleading Cycle Established Word | Acrobat
• 3/10/05 Protective Order Word | Acrobat
• Papers
• John H. Preston, Henry B. McFarland, Stuart D. Gurrea, An Economic Analysis of the Competitive Effects of the SBC / AT&T and Verizon / MCI Mergers on the Internet Backbone Market (July 20, 2005)

Bell Atlantic / GTE 2000 (becomes Verizon)

Bell Atlantic / NYNEX 1997

1984 AT&T Divestiture

Other Proceedings

• Verizon Broadband Fiber Forbearance Petition, 04-242 June 2004
• Verizon Petition for Forbearance (DSL) 04-440
• >FCC AUTHORIZES VERIZON TO PROVIDE LONG DISTANCE SERVICE IN MARYLAND, WASHINGTON, D.C., AND WEST VIRGINIA. News Release. WCB, FCC 3/21/03
• Released: 10/15/2002. PLEADING CYCLE ESTABLISHED FOR VERIZON PETITION FOR PRICING FLEXIBILITY FOR SPECIAL ACCESS AND DEDICATED TRANSPORT SERVICES. (DA No. 02-2667). Comments Due: 10/24/2002. Reply Comments Due: 11/04/2002. WCB. FCC 10/18/02
• FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION AUTHORIZES VERIZON TO PROVIDE LONG DISTANCE SERVICE IN VIRGINIA. News Release. (Dkt No 02-214). FCC 11/1/02

Litigation Enforcement

• FCC SETTLES VERIZON "SUPERCOOKIE" PROBE, REQUIRES CONSUMER OPT-IN FOR THIRD PARTIES.   Verizon Wireless to Obtain Affirmative Consent from Consumers Before Sending Unique Identifier Headers to Third Parties.  EB
• FCC FINDS THAT VERIZON VIOLATED INTERCONNECTION REQUIREMENTS. News Release., FCC 4/28/03
• DSL Kentucky Sues Verizon for Anti-Competitive Practices & Predatory Pricing VerizonPathetic.com

Physical Network

Broadband Measurement

• FCC Measuring Broadband America Participant

Network Management

Data Caps

Open Internet Litigation

• FCC v. Verizon (overturning 2010 Open Internet Rules)

Internet Interconnection Disputes

• Press Release, Cogent and Verizon Enter Into Interconnection Agreement, May 1, 2015
• LEVEL 3 AND VERIZON ENTER INTO INTERCONNECTION AGREEMENT Apr 23, 2015 BROOMFIELD, Colo., and NEW YORK, N.Y.
• 2014 Netflix / Verizon Agreement
• 2013 Cogent (Netflix) / Verizon
• WCOM / Sprint Merger
• WCOM / MCI Merger
• 1998 UUNET Depeerings

Domain Name Dispute

See ACPA discussion of "verizonsucks.com"

• VerizonReallySucks
• Real Cybersquatting Really Sucks, Wired May 9, 2000 ;
• Verizon Attacks Critical Domain Names, 2600 News (May 8 2000) ;
• Verizon Backs Down from Lawsuit Threats, 2600 News (Sept 12, 2000)
• Parody Sites Sucked into Cybersquatting Squabbles, CNET (Aug. 24, 2000)

Applications

Data Centers

• Equinix to buy 29 Verizon Data Centers for $3.6B, USA Today Dec. 6, 2016 ("Redwood City, Calif.-based Equinix will get 24 Verizon customer-facing data sites, which include  29 data center buildings across 15 metro areas in the U.S. and Latin America. Data centers typically store large amounts of data on hard drives.")
• Shira Ovide and Rani Molia, Verizon Finds Only the Biggest Thrive Down on the Data Farm, MSPMentor, Bloomberg, Dec. 7, 2016 ("For Verizon and many of its telecom peers, the data-center business never became as big as they hoped as tech giants such as Amazon.com Inc. fundamentally changed the industry's dynamics. The result is a wave of capitulations by data-center owners. CenturyLink Inc., Windstream Holdings Inc. and India's Tata Communications Ltd. sold all or some of their data-center operations. Rackspace Hosting Inc., one of the biggest independent owners of data centers, agreed to a sale last summer. AT&T Inc. has also been trying to sell its data-center business.")

VoIP

• Verizon Draws More Attention To Telco's Dubious Math Skills, Techdirt 1/12/2007
• Verizon jumps into consumer VoIP with VoiceWing, NWFusion 7/23/2004
• Verizon begins last leg of VoIP journey, CNET 1/8/2004

Cybersecurity

DHS Enhanced Cybersecurity Services (ECS)

Verizon is a Communications Service Provider accredited to provide ECS. [DHS ECS]

Verizon, 2015 Data Breach Investigations Report at 15 (2015)

References

• Verizon Corporate History

Timeline

• 2021: Verizon Divests Yahoo! and AOL
• 2016 Verizon announces intent to acquire XO
• 2015 Verizon acquires AOL Fortune June 24, 2015
• Frontier Communications Corporation and Verizon Communications Inc., WC Docket No. 09-95, Memorandum Opinion and Order, 25 FCC Rcd 5972 (2010).
• 2011 Verizon Challenges the 2010 Open Internet Rules
• 2007 Verizon acquires America Movil
• 2005 MCI Acquisition
  
• 2000 Bell Atlantic / GTE Merger - Becomes Verizon
  
• 1997: Bell Atlantic NYNEX Merger
• 1993: "We will spend $11 billion over the next five years to rapidly build full-service networks capable of providing these services within the Bell Atlantic Region." [Kushnick (quoting 1993 BA Annual Report)]
• 1993: "We're prepared to install between 1.5 and 2 million fiber optic lines through 1996 to begin building our portion of the Information
  Superhighway." [Kushnick (quoting 1993 NYNEX Annual Report)]
• 1984 AT&T Divestiture - creation of the RBOCs

Statistics

• Nearly 1.2 Million Add Broadband in the First Quarter of 2014, Leichtman Research Group (May 20, 2014), ("In 2014, the top 17 BIAS providers represented 93% of the market.  The top providers were Comcast (21 million subscribers), AT&T (17 m), Time Warner Cable (now part of Charter, 12 m), Verizon (9 m), Centurylink, (6 m), Charter (5 m), and Cablevision (3 m).")

News

• s, Techcrunch Sept 1, 2021
• Jordan Valinsky, Verizon Offloads Yahoo and AOL in $5 Billion Deal, CNN BUS. (May 3, 2021)
• Verizon Deploys Packet Backbone, New Telephony 7/21/03
• Verizon Agrees to Buy Intel's OnCue OTT Service, Fierce Online Video January 21, 2014
• Tom Maguire, “Setting the Record Straight on Fire Island and Voice Link,” Verizon Public Policy Blog, July 11, 2013.
• Tom Maguire, “A Fiber Optic Network For Fire Island,” Verizon Public Policy Blog, September 11, 2013.
• Lauren T. Taniguichi, “Stow Creek, Greenwich, and Salem County Residents At Verizon Hearing: Can You Hear Us Now?” South Jersey Times (May 10, 2012)
• Lauren T. Taniguichi, “Verizon Asserts Broadband Commitments Have Been Met Despite Complaints From Stow Creek, Greenwich,” South Jersey Times (April 15, 2012)
• Don E. Woods, “Verizon Promises Fiber Optic Network Will Come To Stow Creek,” South Jersey Times (June 13, 2013) ,
• Verizon’s fiber plan called “haphazard,” leaves many with subpar DSL Ars Technical
• Verizon customers see outages as worker strike continues, WAPO 8/15/2011
• VZ announce bid to acquire XO. WSJ 022316
• Verizon Wireless Falls Flat in Response to Free Press App-Blocking Complaint, Free Press 8/10/2011
• The Internet's Real Strength, Verisign 5/25/2011
• Next Verizon CEO Talks FiOS Expansion - Aiming for 20 Million, Waiting on Housing Reversal, dslreports 5/16/2011
• WATCH: Stewart Rejoices Over Verizon iPhone, Huff 1/12/2011
• Verizon Scraps $3.50 Fee To Simply Pay FiOS Bill - 'Evaluating' program of imposing, dslreports 10/19/2010
• Again: ISPs Can't Force Binding Arbitration Via Fine Print - Verizon Wireless the latest to find this out..., dslreports 6/9/2010
• Verizon Handing Over Names For US Copyright Group's Mass Automated Lawsuits, Techdirt 6/1/2010
• FCC Approves Verizon Frontier Deal With Wimpy Conditions - 4 Mbps DSL by 2015? How about ISDN by 2030? Carrier pigeon by 2040?, dslreports 5/25/2010
• Family disputes Verizon's $18,000 bill, CNET 5/5/2010
• Verizon Gets More Specific About Those FiOS Cutbacks - Millions of users trimmed from planned deployments..., dslreports 4/23/2010
• Don't Actually Demand Anything Of Verizon, Or You Won't Get FiOS - Wilmington, Delaware latest non-FiOS city to wonder what went wrong..., dslreports 4/7/2010
• Verizon's Tauke Proposes Bold Policy Framework for Today's Internet, Nextgenweb 3/26/2010
• Verizon Bills The Dead, Laughs At Relative - Let's play: 'guess the dead man's pin number'..., dslreports 3/9/2010
• Leaked 2010 Verizon FiOS Rate Hike Info - Higher prices, huge early termination fee..., dslreports 12/22/2009
• Verizon Kindly Forgives Kid's $21,917 3G Bandwidth Bill - What, you don't think $20k for 1.4GB of data use is fair?, dslreports 12/15/2009
• FiOS Growth Slows - Wireless hot, DSL and landlines not..., dslreports 10/27/2009
• Verizon revenue up slightly in third quarter, CW 10/27/2009
• Verizon Continues Layoffs - Over 16,000 employees to be cut in two years..., dslreports 10/15/2009
• Metered Broadband Is the Future: Verizon CTO, Gigaom 10/1/2009
• Verizon CFO: More Job Cuts Coming - 16,000 job cuts was only just the beginning, dslreports 9/15/2009
• Newsday Won't Run FiOS Ads - Paper, despite newspaper slump, 'rejects ads at its own discretion', dslreports 9/1/2009
• Verizon Again Threatens Massachusetts Investment - Despite having run out of things to threaten the state about..., dslreports 8/7/2009
• Verizon offers free Wi-Fi to consumer customers, CW 7/27/2009
• New FiOS Speeds A Little Faster Than Promised - 25/15 really 25/25, while 35/20 really 35/35...., dslreports 7/7/2009
• Verizon Announces New FiOS Tiers, Promotions - 10/2 and 20/5 tiers upgraded to 25/15, new netbook offer..., dslreports 6/25/2009
• Verizon Progressive Mark Keam, Open Left 6/9/2009
• Verizon Threatens Massachusetts - If you don't pass franchise 'reform,' you don't get broadband?, dslreports 5/25/2009
• Verizon Of Little Help In Manhunt - Demands $20 from local police to help pinpoint man's cell..., dslreports 5/25/2009
• How to get cheap(er) FiOS: buy it from someone else, Ars Technica 5/19/2009
• Verizon To Finally Crack Down On Spam - After years on Spamhaus top ten list..., dslreports 2/18/2009
• \FiOS Finally Coming To Philly - City unanimously approves citywide franchise, dslreports 2/10/2009
• Verizon Promises FiOS To All Of DC In Ten Years - City close to approving citywide DC FiOS franchise., dslreports 11/25/2008
• Verizon has 31% jump in net income, but faces lower customer spending, CW 10/28/2008
• Verizon Pushes Toward a 100Gbps Core - Announces additional trials with Nortel...., dslreports 10/8/2008
• Who Knew FiOS Installers Used Amazon Kindles? - Verizon's latest salvo in cable ad wars...., dslreports 9/10/2008
• Why we are Bullish on FiOS, Verizon 8/19/2008
• Verizon: Offering FiOS In AT&T Turf 'Logical' - 'I wouldn't call this a major attack on AT&T or anything like that...', dslreports 6/18/2008
• Verizon Bundles Wireless and Home Broadband, Verizon 6/17/2008
• Verizon offers details of Usenet deletion: alt.* groups, others gone, CNET 6/13/2008
• Verizon Wireless to buy Alltel, CNET 6/6/2008
• Verizon May Expand FiOS Deployment Targets - Won't be selling off more rural networks -- for now., dslreports 6/6/2008
• Public Knowledge Raises Concerns Over Verizon Wireless Purchase of Alltel, PK 6/6/2008
• Fios TV moves closer to reality in New York, CNET 5/28/2008
• NYC FiOS Deal Almost Finished - Only NYC Public Service Commission approval left., dslreports 5/28/2008
• Verizon Promises No NYC FiOS Redlining - Time will tell...., dslreports 5/22/2008
• Verizon Confusing FiOS Customers Under Contract - Making them think they're facing rate hikes when they aren't...., dslreports 5/13/2008
• Verizon Raising FiOS Prices Again Soon - Sometime this quarter by an unspecified amount., dslreports 4/29/2008
• 2008 FiOS Fact Sheet, 1st Quarter Edition, Verizon 4/29/2008
• Verizon's Plan for FiOS TV in NYC, Verizon 4/17/2008
• NYC Finally Accepting Verizon FiOS Proposal - Now if they can just get FiOS working in the apartments there, dslreports 4/15/2008
• Verizon's FiOS Snakes Into Massive Manhattan Apartment Complex, Ecommerce Times 3/25/2008
• Verizon Brings FiOS Internet to Major NY Complex, Verizon 3/25/2008
• Verizon Wireless: Open In Name Only?, Techdirt 3/20/2008
• Bits: Verizon Details Its Open Wireless Plans, NYT 3/20/2008
• FiOS Users Not Getting Promised Free TVs - 19 inch sets getting lost in the bureaucratic jungle., dslreports 3/5/2008
• Verizon Aims For 6-7 Million FiOS Users By 2010 - Network passes 9.3 million homes and businesses, dslreports 2/7/2008
• Verizon Faces Largest-Ever Class Action - Those early termination fees will get you every time, dslreports 2/1/2008
• FiOS TV Passes Million Subscriber Mark - Verizon earnings: 8.2 million broadband customers served., dslreports 1/29/2008
• Verizon Profit Up 3.9 Percent, NYT 1/29/2008
• FiOS Might Not Hit NYC Until Summer - Secret city negotiations continue., dslreports 1/24/2008
• FiOS Nets Consumer Reports Top Honors - Charter once again comes in last place., dslreports 1/17/2008
• 400Mbps FiOS Trials - Don't get too excited, kids, DSLreports 11/13/2007
• Couple sues Verizon over flaming fiber optic service install, CW 11/9/2007
• We Knew FiOS Was Fast, But Why Is It Always Setting People's Homes On Fire?, Techdirt 11/9/2007
• Verizon Changes TOS to Define ?Unlimited? - Getting busted does wonders to motivate change, DSLreports 11/5/2007
• FiOS Fact Sheet: Q307 Edition, Verizon 11/1/2007
• Verizon profit drops one-third, Globe and Mail 10/31/2007
• Verizon Agrees to Stop 'Unlimited' Claims, Consumer Affairs 10/26/2007
• Fios in Your Neighborhood? Don't Ask Verizon, Wash Post 10/2/2007
• FiOS Billing Headaches Continue - Phantom charges and no-show bundle discounts..., DSLreports 9/12/2007
• Verizon Offers 'For Life' DSL Pricing - What's 768kbps worth in the year 2048?, DSLreports 8/29/2007
• FiOS is Hot, but not that Hot UPDATED, Verizon 8/20/2007
• Verizon Denies Home Fire - A day in the life of telco damage control, DSLreports 8/15/2007
• Maryland Grills Verizon - Over repair delays and complaint spikes..., DSLreports 8/14/2007
• If Only FiOS Billing Was As Good As FiOS - Phantom charges and months-late bundle discounts..., DSLreports 8/14/2007
• How FiOS Impacts The Cable Market - In Massachusetts, RCN takes bigger hit on the chin..., DSLreports 8/9/2007
• Verizon Faces Hearing on Service Complaints, Ecommerce Times 8/9/2007
• Who's afraid of FiOS?, Gigaom 8/9/2007
• FiOS TV 2.0, an IMG Update, Verizon 8/8/2007
• Verizon-Broadcom deal allows EV-DO imports to continue, CW 7/22/2007
• Verizon FiOS Internet Ranked No. 1 in PC World's Annual 'Best and, CNN Money 7/10/2007
• FiOS Kills Copper (Or Does It?) - Verizon clarifies treatment of POTS, old copper...., DSLreports 7/10/2007
• Verizon copper cutoff worries some users, small rivals, USA Today 7/10/2007
• FiOS Billing Headaches Continue - Phantom charges and no-show bundle discounts..., DSLreports
• When FiOS Customers Want Copper Back - Though it doesn't happen often..., DSLreports 7/5/2007
• FiOS Installs Average 9 Hours - On the east coast anyway...., Broadband Reports 6/13/2007
• FiOS Unphiltered, Light Reading 6/13/2007
• Verizon: We're Not Neglecting Copper - Union allegations 'unfounded' says telco, Broadband Reports 6/13/2007
• CLECs Worry About FiOS 'Copper Retirement' - But would FiOS customers really want to downgrade?, Broadband Reports 5/15/2007
• Verizon FiOS TV Hits 11% Penetration, IP Democracy 5/1/2007
• A Saturday Night With Verizon Techs - David Isenberg blogs his FiOS and DSL adventure, Broadband Reports 4/27/2007
• Warrant Issued For Verizon's Arrest - They can, apparently, hear him now..., Broadband Reports 2/9/2007
• Floridians Lament FiOS Dig Mishaps - Some don't get service because of consistent line breaks..., Broadband Reports 2/9/2007
• Verizon Launches 'Premium' Tech Support - $10 monthly fee nets DSL customers unlimited phone support, Broadband Reports 4/3/2007
• $15 Verizon DSL Returns - For users who order online, Broadband Reports 4/3/2007
• Verizon Gives Alcatel-Lucent $6B Wireless VoIP Mandate, Ecommerce Times 3/27/2007
• Verizon Agrees to Spin Off Local Telephone Business In Northern New England, Wash Post 1/17/2007
• Retired FiberNet chief rips Verizon, Charleston Daily 1/5/2007
• Verizon teams with Asian companies for high-speed cable to China, USA Today 12/19/2006
• Verizon FiosTV Sees First Rate Hike - Not so un-cable-like after all?, Broadband Reports 11/21/2006
• Verizon profit up, Internet additions disappoint, Reuters 10/30/2006
• Verizon Details Its Fiber Optic Spending, NYT 9/29/2006
• Verizon Is Rewiring New York, Block by Block, in a Race for Survival, NYT 8/15/2006
• Verizon prepares for next generation of broadband, CNET 7/28/2006
• Verizon DSL Expanding in West Virginia - All of its switching centers in the state DSL-capable by year end, Broadband Reports 7/10/2006
• Enjoy EV-DO, but not too much - Wireless carrier bandwidth crackdowns and app restrictions, Broadband Reports 5/12/2006
• Fairfax Suspicious of Verizon, Wash Post 8/2/2005
• Verizon Web Site Flaw Allowed Record Access, Yahoo! 8/12/2005
• Verizon CEO ridicules municipal Wi-Fi and demanding customers, Muni 4/19/2005
• Verizon and Yahoo! forge broadband alliance, Register 1/18/2005
• Yahoo, Verizon Join To Offer Broadband Service, Ecom times 1/18/2005
• Verizon SEC Form 10-Q (3Q04), Verizon 11/12/2004
• Man angry at Verizon hurls phones, CNN 5/14/2004
• Verizon taps into speedy wireless network, CNET 3/17/03
• Verizon Roaming data stirs up controversy, CNET 8/16/02
• Verizon to FCC: We need protection, CNET 7/26/02
• Microsoft, Verizon Ink DSL Deal, Internet News 6/20/02
• Justice Department backs Verizon bid, CNET 4/17/02
• Verizon Loses $2 Billion, Internet News 2/1/02
• FCC: Verizon Must Disclose Competition Audit Results, Wash Tech 1/11/02