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HP Will Replace Verizon in Hosting HealthCare.gov Website
The Department of Health and Human Services is going to replace Verizon Communications Inc.’s Terremark subsidiary as its Web-hosting provider for the federal health-insurance marketplace, presenting a new challenge to the rollout of the Obama administration’s signature health-care initiative.Voices
At the Heart Of Verizon-Vodafone, Differing Outlooks for the U.S. Market
At the center of what could be a $130 billion deal between Verizon Communications and Vodafone Group are sharply different views of the U.S. wireless market.News Byte
Verizon Wireless Plans $7 Billion Dividend to Parent Companies
Verizon Wireless said on Monday it plans to pay out $7 billion to its two owners — Verizon Communications, which owns 55 percent of the venture, and Vodafone, which owns 45 percent. The move comes amid renewed talk that Verizon Communications might be interested in buying out its joint venture partner.Voices
Verizon Price Gap: $30 Billion
Verizon Communications Inc. is eager to buy Vodafone Group PLC out of their massive mobile-phone joint venture — but it will have to get over a $30 billion hurdle.Voices
Vodafone CEO Leaves Options Open on Verizon
Vittorio Colao, chief executive of Vodafone Group, left the door open to the possibility of a near-term deal that would change the ownership of one of the most closely watched partnerships in the telecom industry: Mobile-phone giant Verizon Wireless.News Byte
BlackBerry Expands Board, Adds Two Former Telecom Execs
BlackBerry added two seats to its board Thursday, naming a pair of longtime telecom execs as directors. Joining the company’s board: Richard Lynch, formerly an executive vice president at Verizon Communications, and Bert Nordberg, who once served as CEO of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications. Their addition raises the number of directors to an even dozen, and follows calls last year for the company to shake up a board that some critics felt sat idly by while it ceded the smartphone market it helped pioneer to rivals like Google and Apple.Verizon Posts Big Loss, Adds Two Million Wireless Connections
The company activated nearly 10 million smartphones in the fourth quarter, as nearly 10 percent of the company’s retail subscribers upgraded their devices.
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Verizon Wireless Pays Another Big Dividend, Avoids a Tax Hike
Verizon Wireless, the biggest U.S. mobile network, will pay its shareholders an $8.5 billion dividend before the end of the year, after a $10 billion payout in 2011.News Byte
