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Retail Asia08/03/2024

Have you ever felt the need to use two different phone numbers for various business or, well, personal reasons? Instead of carrying two mobile devices with you all the time, which can be a bit of a hassle, Verizon will let you activate an aptly named Second Number feature on your account for just $10 a month until June […]

Retail Asia10/08/2023

There have been reports about possible price changes of Verizon’s grandfathered plans last month, but the carrier has only confirmed those reports this week. Unfortunately, monthly prices of specific legacy Unlimited and Single Basic Phone plan will be higher beginning August 29. The price increase impacts all of Verizon’s older Unlimited mobile phones, so unless you have […]

Retail Asia30/06/2023

July is almost here already which means that from now through next Wednesday, July 5th, Verizon’s all-digital wireless unit Visible is still offering $5 a month off of its Visible plan for new subscribers. For $25 per month per line (taxes and fees included), you get unlimited talk, text, and data. This plan does support […]

Retail Asia31/01/2020

Verizon’s 5G network covered 31 cities in the United States until recently but starting today, three more cities will benefit from Verizon’s 5G mobility service. The carrier announced its 5G network is now live in three more cities: Little Rock, Kansas City, and Cincinnati. Just like every other city on the list, these three won’t feature […]

Retail Asia23/08/2019

You just can’t escape the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 and Galaxy Note 10+ anywhere after Samsung introduced the new line this past week. And that happens to be true especially if you use an older Samsung Galaxy handset model with Bixby, Samsung Pay and the Samsung Push Service that disseminates updates and notifications meant for Samsung phones only. As […]

Retail Asia05/08/2019

Verizon is taking another small step today towards a nationwide 5G coverage dream that continues to seem so annoyingly distant by expanding the list of cities embracing the next standard in mobile connectivity to five. As expected, St. Paul, Minnesota is joining Denver, Chicago, Minneapolis, and Providence, but fret not, as this sluggish rollout is about to substantially speed up. […]

Retail Asia13/06/2019

Verizon Media has announced an aggressive expansion program for Hong Kong for the next 180 days and the year ahead, including the expansion of its Yahoo Studio in the market. The studio will be equipped with audio-visual production equipment for creating HD videos with virtual settings and advanced motion capture capabilities to deliver broadcaster grade production. The studio […]

Retail Asia14/05/2019

Following the launch of 5G services in Chicago and Minneapolis, US operator Verizon announced 20 new cities where it will turn on its 5G Ultra Wideband network this year. Verizon previously said it will launch 5G services in parts of at least 30 cities in 2019. The new cities include Atlanta, Georgia; Boston, Massachusetts; Charlotte, […]

Retail Asia14/05/2019

Verizon will waive for three months the $10 fee it planned to charge subscribers for accessing its 5G network. After launching in Chicago and Minneapolis earlier this month, the carrier announced an additional 20 cities across the US where it will turn on 5G services this year. Verizon said it’ll waive the charge for subscribers […]

Retail Asia25/04/2019

US-based telecommunications operator Verizon has launched a new collaboration service which will enable the company’s network customers to integrate their voice infrastructure to a Microsoft Teams environment across 80 markets. The new service will take advantage of Direct Routing and Verizon’s SIP Trunk connectivity to give users access to Microsoft Teams’ collaboration features, which include the ability to […]

Retail Asia11/06/2018

Former Ericsson chief executive Hans Vestberg was named Friday as the new CEO of US telecom group Verizon, succeeding Lowell McAdam as of Aug 1. Vestberg, 52, is currently chief technology officer and head of global networks for Verizon, the leading US wireless telecom group which also owns the AOL and Yahoo brands and is […]

Retail Asia15/06/2017

Yahoo’s chief executive Marissa Mayer resigned as Verizon finalized the $4.48 billion deal. Internet pioneer Yahoo ended its two-decade run as an independent company on Tuesday, completing the sale of its core online assets to telecom giant Verizon. Yahoo’s chief executive Marissa Mayer resigned as expected, as Verizon finalized the $4.48 billion deal integrating the […]

Retail Asia16/05/2017

Samsung Electronics America and Cisco are working with Verizon in what they described as the successful deployment of the first multi-vendor end-to-end 5G field trial, which took place in Detroit, Michigan. Earlier this year, Verizon announced plans for customer trials of 5G technology for home broadband service (Fixed Wireless Access). Five US cities are scheduled […]

Retail Asia25/11/2016

Cashless payments are growing rapidly in Asia-Pacific and so is cybercrime, costing the region an estimated $US 81 billion. With new combinations of malware customised for local markets, phishing and social engineering attacks as well increasing e-commerce and ATM fraud, businesses are increasingly at risk for payment data theft, according to the PCI Security Standards […]

Tag: verizon

Blend business and pleasure on the same phone with Verizon’s dirt-cheap new Second Number feature

Verizon confirms price changes for older Unlimited phone plans

Verizon’s all-digital Visible unit has a deal on the Pixel Fold that starts on July 18th

Verizon’s 5G network goes live in three more cities

Samsung angers its customers by advertising the Galaxy Note 10 line in the wrong place

Verizon launches its fifth 5G device in its fifth 5G market

Verizon Media unveils Hong Kong expansion plans

Verizon expands 5G to 20 more cities

Verizon to waive $10 5G fee for three months

Verizon launches collaboration service in 80 markets

Verizon names former Ericsson chief as new CEO

Yahoo signs off, completes sale to Verizon

Samsung, Cisco, Verizon to pioneer multi-vendor 5G Trials

Cybercrime rising Asia as cashless payments rise