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<item><title><![CDATA[ Verizon, Unions Agree on New Contract ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/10/AR2008081002499.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/10/AR2008081002499.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK -- Verizon Communications and two unions representing 65,000 workers who had threatened to strike agreed Sunday on a new three-year contract that provides 10.5 percent wage increases and changes in retirement benefits. ]]></description><dc:creator>Richard Pyle</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Verizon,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Unions]]></category><category><![CDATA[Agree]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[New]]></category><category><![CDATA[Contract]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Verizon Strikes Deal to Bring Fios Service to the District ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/07/AR2008080703273.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/07/AR2008080703273.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The District and Verizon Communications have reached an agreement that would bring the company's Fios service to the city. ]]></description><dc:creator>Mike Musgrove</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Verizon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Strikes]]></category><category><![CDATA[Deal]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bring]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fios]]></category><category><![CDATA[Service]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[District]]></category><category><![CDATA[Verizon Communications Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Verizon FiOS]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category><category><![CDATA[Comcast Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Eric E. Richardson]]></category><category><![CDATA[Harry Mitchell]]></category><category><![CDATA[Council of the District of Columbia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jaye P. Linnen]]></category><category><![CDATA[D.C. Office of Cable Television]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mary M. Cheh]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York City]]></category><category><![CDATA[Committee on Public]]></category><category><![CDATA[Maryland]]></category><category><![CDATA[Virginia]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ As Boy Sank in Pool, a Number of Calls to 911 Went Unanswered ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072601744.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072601744.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A 14-year-old boy had passed out in a Prince William County swimming pool and was sinking to the bottom of the deep end. A nearby swimmer yelled for help, and a lifeguard dived in to save him. Two people grabbed phones and called 911. Then called again. And again. ]]></description><dc:creator>Ben Hubbard</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[As]]></category><category><![CDATA[Boy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sank]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pool,]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Number]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Calls]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[911]]></category><category><![CDATA[Went]]></category><category><![CDATA[Unanswered]]></category><category><![CDATA[Verizon Communications Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Maddox]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kevin J. McGee]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cindy Watson]]></category><category><![CDATA[Roger Hixson]]></category><category><![CDATA[Prince William County]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gainesville]]></category><category><![CDATA[Peter Lucht]]></category><category><![CDATA[Woodbridge (Virginia)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Frank J. Principi]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Emergency Number Association]]></category><category><![CDATA[Prince William County Office of Public Safety Communications]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Washington Post Company]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Pr. William 911 Failures Cited ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/22/AR2008072202701.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/22/AR2008072202701.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Prince William County residents were without reliable 911 emergency service during four periods in the past two months, Fire Chief Kevin J. McGee told county leaders yesterday.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/technology/special/03;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=33144005415" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/technology/special/03;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=33144005415" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Ben Hubbard</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Pr.]]></category><category><![CDATA[William]]></category><category><![CDATA[911]]></category><category><![CDATA[Failures]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cited]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kevin J. McGee]]></category><category><![CDATA[Verizon Communications Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Maureen Caddigan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Catherine Hogan Lewis]]></category><category><![CDATA[Corey Stewart]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dale City]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jennifer Meyer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Prince William County]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kristen Mack]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Controlling A Hole in The Ground ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/16/AR2008071601325.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/16/AR2008071601325.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A Fairfax County supervisor wants power at the local level to regulate projects such as Verizon Communications' dig to lay a fiber-optic network, which county officials say has been badly managed and has resulted in a flood of customer complaints. ]]></description><dc:creator>Karin Brulliard</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Controlling]]></category><category><![CDATA[A]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hole]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[The]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ground]]></category><category><![CDATA[Verizon Communications Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Harry J. Mitchell]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fairfax]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kenneth J. Schrad]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fairfax County]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jeff C. McKay]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mitsuko R. Herrera]]></category><category><![CDATA[Richmond]]></category><category><![CDATA[Springfield]]></category><category><![CDATA[Department of Cable Communications and Consumer Protection]]></category><category><![CDATA[Virginia State Corporation Commission]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Former Customers Off Limits To Verizon ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/23/AR2008062301975.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/23/AR2008062301975.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Verizon, it's over. No more letters. No more presents. No more anything. ]]></description><dc:creator>Cecilia Kang</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Former]]></category><category><![CDATA[Customers]]></category><category><![CDATA[Off]]></category><category><![CDATA[Limits]]></category><category><![CDATA[To]]></category><category><![CDATA[Verizon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Verizon Communications Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kevin J. Martin]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Federal Communications Commission]]></category><category><![CDATA[Michael Copps]]></category><category><![CDATA[Robert M. McDowell]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tom Tauke]]></category><category><![CDATA[American Express Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[AT&T Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kyle McSlarrow]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sprint Nextel Corporation]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Verizon to Press Contractors On Immigrant Workers' Pay ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/23/AR2008062302065.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/23/AR2008062302065.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Verizon Communications said yesterday it might withhold work from some of its contractors if it finds that immigrant laborers who dug ditches for the company's next-generation fiber-optic cables in the Washington area were not paid for their work. ]]></description><dc:creator>Alejandro Lazo</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Verizon]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Press]]></category><category><![CDATA[Contractors]]></category><category><![CDATA[On]]></category><category><![CDATA[Immigrant]]></category><category><![CDATA[Workers']]></category><category><![CDATA[Pay]]></category><category><![CDATA[Verizon Communications Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Verizon FiOS]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category><category><![CDATA[Legal Aid Justice Center]]></category><category><![CDATA[Maryland]]></category><category><![CDATA[Charlottesville]]></category><category><![CDATA[Laura E. Varela]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sandra Arnette]]></category><category><![CDATA[Silver Spring]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tim Freilich]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington Lawyers' Committee]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ FCC Chief Pushes New Rules on Phone Fees ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/12/AR2008061203783.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/12/AR2008061203783.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The nation's chief telecommunications regulator said yesterday that he will push to establish a federal policy on the early cancellation fees charged by cellphone and other services as early as July.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/technology/special/03;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=33144008075" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/technology/special/03;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=33144008075" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Cecilia Kang</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[FCC]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chief]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pushes]]></category><category><![CDATA[New]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rules]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[Phone]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fees]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kevin J. Martin]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sprint Nextel Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Verizon Communications Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jerry Deganos]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Federal Communications Commission]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chris Murray]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Taylor]]></category><category><![CDATA[Michael Copps]]></category><category><![CDATA[AT&T Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[T-Mobile International AG & Co. KG]]></category><category><![CDATA[California]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alameda County]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gary Forsee]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jacqueline Mottek]]></category><category><![CDATA[Las Vegas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Loma Linda]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tom Tauke]]></category><category><![CDATA[Comcast Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Consumers Union of U.S. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Time Warner Cable Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Verizon to Buy Alltel, Form Top Wireless Carrier ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/05/AR2008060500876.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/05/AR2008060500876.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Verizon Wireless agreed yesterday to buy the rural carrier Alltel for $28.1 billion, a deal that would vault Verizon past AT&T to create the nation's largest cellphone service provider, with 80 million customers. ]]></description><dc:creator>Cecilia Kang</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Verizon]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Buy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alltel,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Form]]></category><category><![CDATA[Top]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wireless]]></category><category><![CDATA[Carrier]]></category><category><![CDATA[Verizon Communications Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alltel Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sprint Nextel Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Goldman Sachs Group Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ivan Seidenberg]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Federal Communications Commission]]></category><category><![CDATA[T-Mobile International AG & Co. KG]]></category><category><![CDATA[AT&T Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Basking Ridge]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ed Markey]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gigi Sohn]]></category><category><![CDATA[Patrick Comack]]></category><category><![CDATA[New Jersey]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Department of Justice]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ It's Not The Money, Can You Hear Me? ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/28/AR2008052803089.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/28/AR2008052803089.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The wireless-phone business is one of the most competitive stretches of the telecommunications universe, but in one way that competition may be working too well. ]]></description><dc:creator>Rob Pegoraro</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[It's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Not]]></category><category><![CDATA[The]]></category><category><![CDATA[Money,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Can]]></category><category><![CDATA[You]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hear]]></category><category><![CDATA[Me?]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sprint Nextel Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[T-Mobile International AG & Co. KG]]></category><category><![CDATA[Verizon Communications Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Apple iPhone]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[BlackBerry Bold]]></category><category><![CDATA[Microsoft Windows Mobile]]></category><category><![CDATA[Virgin Mobile Telecoms Ltd.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Clearwire, Sprint Nextel Set Course for WiMax ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/07/AR2008050703741.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/07/AR2008050703741.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ If the $12 billion venture formed by Sprint Nextel and Clearwire yesterday works out, your cellphone may turn into a far more powerful, versatile and perhaps costlier mobile device. ]]></description><dc:creator>Cecilia Kang and Kim Hart</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Clearwire,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sprint]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nextel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Set]]></category><category><![CDATA[Course]]></category><category><![CDATA[for]]></category><category><![CDATA[WiMax]]></category><category><![CDATA[AT&T Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sprint Nextel Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Verizon Communications Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dan Hesse]]></category><category><![CDATA[Google Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Intel Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Benjamin Wolff]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chris Murray]]></category><category><![CDATA[Michael Thelander]]></category><category><![CDATA[Comcast Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Time Warner Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Baltimore]]></category><category><![CDATA[Craig Mathias]]></category><category><![CDATA[Craig McCaw]]></category><category><![CDATA[Craig Moffett]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gary Forsee]]></category><category><![CDATA[Consumers Union of U.S. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dancing with the Stars]]></category><category><![CDATA[Danny Locklear]]></category><category><![CDATA[eBay Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Farpoint Group LLC]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. LLC]]></category><category><![CDATA[Skype Ltd.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stifel, Nicolaus & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Federal Communications Commission]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dominican Republic]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nortel Networks Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Silicon Valley]]></category><category><![CDATA[Eastern Europe]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ An Outbreak of Caring ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/29/AR2008042902886.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/29/AR2008042902886.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Tom Maguire, Verizon Communications' new Customer Care Czar, is one tough customer. When served chicken tacos without the chicken recently, he first complained to his waitress, then went online to the restaurant's Web site to fill out a survey with scathing remarks about his experience.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/technology/special/03;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=33144010597" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/technology/special/03;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=33144010597" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Cecilia Kang</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[An]]></category><category><![CDATA[Outbreak]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Caring]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tom Maguire]]></category><category><![CDATA[Verizon Communications Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Verizon FiOS]]></category><category><![CDATA[Luchanda Briggs]]></category><category><![CDATA[AT&T Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Comcast Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sprint Nextel Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Leslie Rogers]]></category><category><![CDATA[Virginia]]></category><category><![CDATA[New Jersey]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bowie (Maryland)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bangalore]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ivan Seidenberg]]></category><category><![CDATA[Manassas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Philip Doriot]]></category><category><![CDATA[Seattle]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tami Erwin]]></category><category><![CDATA[Consumerist.com]]></category><category><![CDATA[India]]></category><category><![CDATA[T-Mobile International AG & Co. KG]]></category><category><![CDATA[University of Michigan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Vodafone Group plc]]></category><category><![CDATA[YouTube Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[D.C. Metro Area]]></category><category><![CDATA[Florida]]></category><category><![CDATA[Long Island]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Verizon Adds Customers; Profit Rises 10% ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/28/AR2008042802487.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/28/AR2008042802487.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, April 28 -- Verizon Communications on Monday reported steady earnings in a stormy economy. ]]></description><dc:creator>Peter Svensson</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Verizon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Adds]]></category><category><![CDATA[Customers;]]></category><category><![CDATA[Profit]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rises]]></category><category><![CDATA[10%]]></category><category><![CDATA[Verizon Communications Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[AT&T Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Christopher King]]></category><category><![CDATA[Doreen Toben]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ivan Seidenberg]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Hodulik]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stifel, Nicolaus & Co. Inc.]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ AT& T, Verizon Plan Wireless Future ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/04/AR2008040403508.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/04/AR2008040403508.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Verizon Wireless and AT&T said they plan to create faster and more robust networks with a new chunk of radio spectrum they won at a recent federal auction of airwaves. They also talked about moving toward more "open" networks, offering consumers the ability to use a greater number of devices and... ]]></description><dc:creator>Cecilia Kang</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[AT&]]></category><category><![CDATA[T,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Verizon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Plan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wireless]]></category><category><![CDATA[Future]]></category><category><![CDATA[Verizon Communications Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Google Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ralph de la Vega]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Federal Communications Commission]]></category><category><![CDATA[Skype Ltd.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Markham Erickson]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lowell McAdam (Executive)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stifel, Nicolaus & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jeffrey Nelson]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kevin J. Martin]]></category><category><![CDATA[Las Vegas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rebecca Arbogast]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rick Whitt]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association]]></category><category><![CDATA[Open Internet Coalition]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Verizon Asks FCC to Help Ease Switches From Cable ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/26/AR2008032603002.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/26/AR2008032603002.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Verizon Communications asked the Federal Communications Commission yesterday to take steps that would make it easier for cable subscribers to switch to Verizon's competing subscription-television service. ]]></description><dc:creator>Cecilia Kang</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Verizon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Asks]]></category><category><![CDATA[FCC]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Help]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ease]]></category><category><![CDATA[Switches]]></category><category><![CDATA[From]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cable]]></category><category><![CDATA[Verizon Communications Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Verizon FiOS]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Federal Communications Commission]]></category><category><![CDATA[AT&T Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Comcast Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. LLC]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sprint Nextel Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Time Warner Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Brian Dietz]]></category><category><![CDATA[Craig Moffett]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Cable & Telecommunications Association]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Verizon Works to Let Other Devices on Network ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/19/AR2008031903649.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/19/AR2008031903649.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Verizon Wireless may start approving new gadgets usable on its network as early as June.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/technology/special/03;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=33144012531" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/technology/special/03;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=33144012531" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Crayton Harrison</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Verizon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Works]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Let]]></category><category><![CDATA[Other]]></category><category><![CDATA[Devices]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[Network]]></category><category><![CDATA[Verizon Communications Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[AT&T Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alltel Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sprint Nextel Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ivan Seidenberg]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lowell McAdam (Executive)]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ System Would Allow Use of All Cellphones ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/12/AR2008031203763.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/12/AR2008031203763.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Metro is taking the first step toward building a new wireless system that would let all riders talk on their cellphones while riding the subway after years of customer complaints that only Verizon users can get reception underground. ]]></description><dc:creator>Lena H. Sun</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[System]]></category><category><![CDATA[Would]]></category><category><![CDATA[Allow]]></category><category><![CDATA[Use]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[All]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cellphones]]></category><category><![CDATA[Verizon Communications Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Suzanne Peck]]></category><category><![CDATA[Boston]]></category><category><![CDATA[Motorola Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sprint Nextel Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[T-Mobile International AG & Co. KG]]></category><category><![CDATA[Joe Pesaturo]]></category><category><![CDATA[Manhattan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Meg Smith]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York City]]></category><category><![CDATA[Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority]]></category><category><![CDATA[Metro Transit Police]]></category><category><![CDATA[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Bush Moves to Shield Telecommunications Firms ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/01/AR2008030101556.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/01/AR2008030101556.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ President Bush said last week that telecommunications companies that helped government wiretapping efforts need protection from "class-action plaintiff attorneys" who see a "financial gravy train" ahead. Democrats and privacy groups responded by accusing the Bush administration of trying to shut... ]]></description><dc:creator>Dan Eggen and Ellen Nakashima</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Bush]]></category><category><![CDATA[Moves]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Shield]]></category><category><![CDATA[Telecommunications]]></category><category><![CDATA[Firms]]></category><category><![CDATA[AT&T Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Verizon Communications Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[George W. Bush]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Ashcroft Group LLC]]></category><category><![CDATA[San Francisco]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Court of Appeals]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Department of Justice]]></category><category><![CDATA[AT&T Mobility LLC]]></category><category><![CDATA[BellSouth Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[MCI Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Motley Rice LLC]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sprint Nextel Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jeffrey H. Birnbaum]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Ashcroft]]></category><category><![CDATA[Julie Tate]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kurt Opsahl]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mark Klein]]></category><category><![CDATA[Peter Eliasberg]]></category><category><![CDATA[Providence (Rhode Island)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Al Qaeda]]></category><category><![CDATA[American Civil Liberties Union]]></category><category><![CDATA[Electronic Frontier Foundation]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Security Agency]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Picture Imperfect ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/12/AR2007121202343.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/12/AR2007121202343.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ This time of year, people's thoughts of TV-watching often turn to large screens -- bright, flat-panel displays that dominate walls. ]]></description><dc:creator>Rob Pegoraro</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Picture]]></category><category><![CDATA[Imperfect]]></category><category><![CDATA[Verizon Communications Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[NBC Universal Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Verizon V-Cast]]></category><category><![CDATA[CBS Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Comedy Partners LLC]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Apple iPod]]></category><category><![CDATA[Maryland]]></category><category><![CDATA[Virginia]]></category><category><![CDATA[CNBC Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[ESPN Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[MSNBC Interactive News LLC]]></category><category><![CDATA[MTV Networks Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nickelodeon Networks]]></category><category><![CDATA[QUALCOMM Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[YouTube Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alex Besen]]></category><category><![CDATA[Arlington]]></category><category><![CDATA[Asia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stephen Colbert]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Verizon To Open Its Wireless Network ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/27/AR2007112701077.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/27/AR2007112701077.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Verizon Wireless said yesterday that it would allow customers to use any compatible device or software on its network, responding to growing pressure on the wireless industry to give people more control over how they use their phones.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/technology/special/03;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=33144014377" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/technology/special/03;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=33144014377" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Kim Hart</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Verizon]]></category><category><![CDATA[To]]></category><category><![CDATA[Open]]></category><category><![CDATA[Its]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wireless]]></category><category><![CDATA[Network]]></category><category><![CDATA[Verizon Communications Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[T-Mobile International AG & Co. KG]]></category><category><![CDATA[Apple iPhone]]></category><category><![CDATA[Google Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sprint Nextel Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Amol Sarva]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Federal Communications Commission]]></category><category><![CDATA[AT&T Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Current Analysis Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Forrester Research Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Avi Greengart]]></category><category><![CDATA[Charles Golvin]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ed Markey]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kevin J. Martin]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lowell McAdam (Executive)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Shahid Khan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sterling (Virginia)]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Lansdowne Vote Comes as News To Many Residents ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/16/AR2007111602401.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/16/AR2007111602401.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Living in LoCo is Tammi Marcoullier's blog devoted to all things interesting in Loudoun County. You can find it at http://www.loudounextra.com . This column of highlights from the blog appears in this space every Sunday. ]]></description><dc:creator>Tammi Marcoullier</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Lansdowne]]></category><category><![CDATA[Vote]]></category><category><![CDATA[Comes]]></category><category><![CDATA[as]]></category><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[To]]></category><category><![CDATA[Many]]></category><category><![CDATA[Residents]]></category><category><![CDATA[Verizon Communications Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Verizon FiOS]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lansdowne]]></category><category><![CDATA[Charles Collora]]></category><category><![CDATA[Loudoun County]]></category><category><![CDATA[Loudoun Youth Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[George Pitiera]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Caron]]></category><category><![CDATA[Organizer Carol Kost]]></category><category><![CDATA[Vivian Zoakos]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gatehouse Networks]]></category><category><![CDATA[Candy Murphy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dave Nemetz]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fulvia DeBenedetto]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jeff Brown]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Whitbeck]]></category><category><![CDATA[Raj Amin]]></category><category><![CDATA[Richmond]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tammi Marcoullier]]></category><category><![CDATA[Brambleton Community Association]]></category><category><![CDATA[Brambleton Town Center]]></category><category><![CDATA[Grounds Committee]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Department of Justice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sterling (Virginia)]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Fast Forward's Help File ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/17/AR2007111700206.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/17/AR2007111700206.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Q I've got an HDTV with a CableCard slot. Can I use that with Fios TV, or do I need to rent Verizon's tuner? ]]></description><dc:creator>Rob Pegoraro</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Fast]]></category><category><![CDATA[Forward's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Help]]></category><category><![CDATA[File]]></category><category><![CDATA[Verizon Communications Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Verizon FiOS]]></category><category><![CDATA[TiVo Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Washington Post Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rob Pegoraro]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Verizon Says It Turned Over Data Without Court Orders ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/15/AR2007101501857.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/15/AR2007101501857.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Verizon Communications, the nation's second-largest telecom company, told congressional investigators that it has provided customers' telephone records to federal authorities in emergency cases without court orders hundreds of times since 2005. ]]></description><dc:creator>Ellen Nakashima</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Verizon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Says]]></category><category><![CDATA[It]]></category><category><![CDATA[Turned]]></category><category><![CDATA[Over]]></category><category><![CDATA[Data]]></category><category><![CDATA[Without]]></category><category><![CDATA[Court]]></category><category><![CDATA[Orders]]></category><category><![CDATA[AT&T Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Verizon Communications Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Federal Bureau of Investigation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Electronic Frontier Foundation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kurt Opsahl]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Security Agency]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Department of Justice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Qwest Communications International Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[The New York Times Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[USA TODAY]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bart Stupak]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ed Markey]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Dingell]]></category><category><![CDATA[Randal S. Milch]]></category><category><![CDATA[San Francisco]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wayne Watts]]></category><category><![CDATA[American Civil Liberties Union]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Senate Committee on Intelligence]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Sprint Attacks Phone Giants on Access ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/02/AR2007100201973.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/02/AR2007100201973.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Sprint Nextel chief executive Gary D. Forsee locked horns with executives from the country's largest phone companies at a congressional hearing yesterday, continuing his push to reduce prices that high-volume users like Sprint pay for communication services.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/technology/special/03;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=33144016008" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/technology/special/03;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=33144016008" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Kim Hart</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Sprint]]></category><category><![CDATA[Attacks]]></category><category><![CDATA[Phone]]></category><category><![CDATA[Giants]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[Access]]></category><category><![CDATA[AT&T Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sprint Nextel Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Verizon Communications Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Embarq Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Time Warner Telecom Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gary Forsee]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ed Markey]]></category><category><![CDATA[William Cheek]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Federal Communications Commission]]></category><category><![CDATA[Iowa]]></category><category><![CDATA[Massachusetts]]></category><category><![CDATA[Michigan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cavalier Telephone LLC]]></category><category><![CDATA[MCI Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fred Upton]]></category><category><![CDATA[Larissa Herda]]></category><category><![CDATA[Parley Casto]]></category><category><![CDATA[Reston]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tom Tauke]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Sprint Presses for Cheaper Access to Broadband Lines ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/01/AR2007100101655.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/01/AR2007100101655.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Sprint Nextel is picking a fight with the country's largest phone companies over the price it pays for access to their fastest networks. ]]></description><dc:creator>Kim Hart</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Sprint]]></category><category><![CDATA[Presses]]></category><category><![CDATA[for]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cheaper]]></category><category><![CDATA[Access]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Broadband]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lines]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sprint Nextel Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Federal Communications Commission]]></category><category><![CDATA[Verizon Communications Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[AT&T Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Maryland]]></category><category><![CDATA[Level 3 Communications Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Qwest Communications International Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[T-Mobile International AG & Co. KG]]></category><category><![CDATA[XO Communications Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Anna Gomez]]></category><category><![CDATA[Colleen Boothby]]></category><category><![CDATA[Deborah Taylor Tate]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ed Markey]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gary Forsee]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jonathan S. Adelstein]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kevin J. Martin]]></category><category><![CDATA[Michael J. Copps]]></category><category><![CDATA[Philadelphia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Randy May]]></category><category><![CDATA[Reston]]></category><category><![CDATA[Robert M. McDowell]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tom Tauke]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ad Hoc Telecom Users Committee]]></category><category><![CDATA[Free State Foundation]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Government Accountability Office]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Fios in Your Neighborhood? Don't Ask Verizon ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/26/AR2007092602468.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/26/AR2007092602468.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ You'd be a little crazy to shop for a home without considering the Internet, phone and TV options awaiting in a new neighborhood. But good luck finding that out, especially when it comes to new services. ]]></description><dc:creator>Rob Pegoraro</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Fios]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Your]]></category><category><![CDATA[Neighborhood?]]></category><category><![CDATA[Don't]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ask]]></category><category><![CDATA[Verizon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Verizon Communications Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category><category><![CDATA[Walter Forlini]]></category><category><![CDATA[Virginia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Comcast Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Burke]]></category><category><![CDATA[Elizabeth A. Noel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Montgomery County (Maryland)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Office of Cable Television]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Patent Rulings Against Vonage Upheld ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/26/AR2007092602142.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/26/AR2007092602142.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Verizon Communications won an appeals court ruling yesterday upholding most of a patent verdict over smaller rival Vonage Holdings, the second legal setback for the Internet phone company in as many days. ]]></description><dc:creator>Jeff St. Onge and Susan Decker</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Patent]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rulings]]></category><category><![CDATA[Against]]></category><category><![CDATA[Vonage]]></category><category><![CDATA[Upheld]]></category><category><![CDATA[Vonage Holdings Corp.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Verizon Communications Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sprint Nextel Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Claude Hilton]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kansas]]></category><category><![CDATA[New Jersey]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alexandria]]></category><category><![CDATA[Arthur Gajarsa]]></category><category><![CDATA[Charlie Sahner]]></category><category><![CDATA[David Fish]]></category><category><![CDATA[Holmdel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jeffrey Citron]]></category><category><![CDATA[Michael Snyder]]></category><category><![CDATA[Paul Michel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Timothy Dyk]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Court of Appeals]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Telecom Changes Put Competition on the Line ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/05/AR2007090502320.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/05/AR2007090502320.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ For most of the industrial age, homes primarily communicated to the outside world through a basic copper phone wire.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/technology/special/03;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=33144017465" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/technology/special/03;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=33144017465" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Kim Hart</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Telecom]]></category><category><![CDATA[Changes]]></category><category><![CDATA[Put]]></category><category><![CDATA[Competition]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Line]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Md. Panel Grills Verizon Over Delays in Repairs ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/08/AR2007080802295.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/08/AR2007080802295.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Maryland regulators demanded an explanation from Verizon officials yesterday of why hundreds of customers have waited days and even weeks for telephone repairs this year, exceeding the state standard for missed service appointments for five months running. ]]></description><dc:creator>Lisa Rein</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Md.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Panel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Grills]]></category><category><![CDATA[Verizon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Over]]></category><category><![CDATA[Delays]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Repairs]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Verizon Changes Course, Supports Open-Access Plan ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/25/AR2007072502554.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/25/AR2007072502554.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ In a last-minute policy shift, Verizon Wireless said yesterday that it would support a plan requiring a portion of airwaves to be available to any wireless device. But the company that builds the network on those airwaves, Verizon said, shouldn't have to guarantee that all applications, such as g... ]]></description><dc:creator>Kim Hart</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Verizon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Changes]]></category><category><![CDATA[Course,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Supports]]></category><category><![CDATA[Open-Access]]></category><category><![CDATA[Plan]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Manassas Cable Service Is Poised for Upgrade ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/26/AR2007062602606.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/26/AR2007062602606.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Comcast customers in Manassas and Manassas Park are finally getting what they wanted -- competition. ]]></description><dc:creator>Christy Goodman</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Manassas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cable]]></category><category><![CDATA[Service]]></category><category><![CDATA[Is]]></category><category><![CDATA[Poised]]></category><category><![CDATA[for]]></category><category><![CDATA[Upgrade]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Judge Offers Plan to Keep Vonage Afloat ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/25/AR2007062501789.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/25/AR2007062501789.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Vonage, an Internet phone company, may receive a temporary lifeline as it struggles to survive a patent dispute with Verizon Communications.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/technology/special/03;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=33144018373" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/technology/special/03;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=33144018373" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Kim Hart</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Judge]]></category><category><![CDATA[Offers]]></category><category><![CDATA[Plan]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Keep]]></category><category><![CDATA[Vonage]]></category><category><![CDATA[Afloat]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Wireless Choice Is Far From Clear ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/20/AR2007062002114.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/20/AR2007062002114.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Picking a wireless-phone service is supposed to have gotten easy. Competition and consolidation over the past couple of years have led most companies to adopt the same basic price structure, making it easy to compare rates. Two-week trials are standard. And, in the biggest improvement the busines... ]]></description><dc:creator>Rob Pegoraro</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Wireless]]></category><category><![CDATA[Choice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Is]]></category><category><![CDATA[Far]]></category><category><![CDATA[From]]></category><category><![CDATA[Clear]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Shareholders At Verizon Back Vote on Executive Pay ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/18/AR2007051801726.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/18/AR2007051801726.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Verizon Communications investors approved a proposal that would give them a nonbinding vote on executive pay, the second time such a measure has been approved by a U.S. public company. ]]></description><dc:creator>Crayton Harrison</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Shareholders]]></category><category><![CDATA[At]]></category><category><![CDATA[Verizon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Back]]></category><category><![CDATA[Vote]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[Executive]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pay]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Verizon Vote on Pay Too Close to Call ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/03/AR2007050302037.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/03/AR2007050302037.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, May 3 -- Shareholders of Verizon Communications voted on a proposal Thursday that would give them an annual vote on pay packages of top executives, but the result is too close to call. ]]></description><dc:creator>Tomoeh Murakami Tse</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Verizon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Vote]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pay]]></category><category><![CDATA[Too]]></category><category><![CDATA[Close]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Call]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Vonage Wins Stay in Verizon Dispute ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/24/AR2007042401034.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/24/AR2007042401034.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A federal appeals court ruled yesterday that Vonage Holdings, the leading Internet telephone provider, can continue doing business as usual while it seeks to overturn a lower-court ruling that it violated three patents belonging to Verizon Communications.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/technology/special/03;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=33144022556" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/technology/special/03;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=33144022556" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Alan Sipress</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Vonage]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wins]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stay]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Verizon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dispute]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ AFL-CIO Goes After 6 Verizon Directors ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/19/AR2007041902367.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/19/AR2007041902367.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, April 19 -- The AFL-CIO has launched a campaign to unseat six members of Verizon Communications' compensation committee, saying they rewarded chief executive Ivan G. Seidenberg with generous pay even as the company's stock languished. ]]></description><dc:creator>Tomoeh Murakami Tse</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[AFL-CIO]]></category><category><![CDATA[Goes]]></category><category><![CDATA[After]]></category><category><![CDATA[6]]></category><category><![CDATA[Verizon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Directors]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Verizon Center Ticket Tax to Rise to 10% ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/19/AR2007041902588.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/19/AR2007041902588.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The tax rate on tickets and merchandise at Verizon Center will increase to 10 percent, part of a plan to pay for $50 million in renovations at the sports arena under a bill approved yesterday by the D.C. Council. ]]></description><dc:creator>Nikita Stewart</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Verizon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Center]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ticket]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tax]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rise]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[10%]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Patent Ruling Impact ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/05/AR2007040502116.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/05/AR2007040502116.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Verizon has thrown a lifeline to rival Vonage Holdings, suggesting that the Internet phone provider could continue serving its customers despite a judge's ruling ordering it to stop using a crucial technology connecting its network to the public telephone system. ]]></description><dc:creator>Alan Sipress</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Patent]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ruling]]></category><category><![CDATA[Impact]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Verizon Center Operator Presents Case for D.C. Aid ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/19/AR2007031901727.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/19/AR2007031901727.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Washington Wizards owner Abe Pollin is asking for taxpayers' help because he still owes $110 million on Verizon Center and cannot easily raise ticket prices to pay for much-needed improvements to the downtown sports and entertainment arena, his attorney said yesterday.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/technology/special/03;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=33144024289" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/technology/special/03;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=33144024289" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Nikita Stewart</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Verizon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Center]]></category><category><![CDATA[Operator]]></category><category><![CDATA[Presents]]></category><category><![CDATA[Case]]></category><category><![CDATA[for]]></category><category><![CDATA[D.C.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Aid]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Vonage Ordered To Pay Verizon In Patent Case ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/08/AR2007030801199.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/08/AR2007030801199.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A federal jury in Alexandria yesterday ordered Vonage Holdings, an Internet telephone company, to pay $58 million to Verizon Communications for infringing its patents in a case that raised the possibility that Vonage could be barred from conducting much of its business. ]]></description><dc:creator>Alan Sipress</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Vonage]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ordered]]></category><category><![CDATA[To]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pay]]></category><category><![CDATA[Verizon]]></category><category><![CDATA[In]]></category><category><![CDATA[Patent]]></category><category><![CDATA[Case]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ District May Fund Arena Upgrades ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/20/AR2007022000873.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/20/AR2007022000873.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  ]]></description><dc:creator>Nikita Stewart</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[District]]></category><category><![CDATA[May]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fund]]></category><category><![CDATA[Arena]]></category><category><![CDATA[Upgrades]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Cable War Fails to Offer Rate Relief in Montgomery ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/17/AR2007021701334.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/17/AR2007021701334.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 18 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Bills for thousands of Montgomery County cable viewers will increase by 4 percent starting March 1, when Comcast Corp., suburban Maryland's largest cable television provider, raises rates throughout the Washington region. ]]></description><dc:creator>Ann E. Marimow</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Cable]]></category><category><![CDATA[War]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fails]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Offer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rate]]></category><category><![CDATA[Relief]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Montgomery]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Fiber-Optic Focus, Asset Sales Trim Verizon's Profit ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/29/AR2007012901862.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/29/AR2007012901862.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Verizon Communications, the second-largest U.S. telephone company, said fourth-quarter profit declined 38 percent because of costs to build a fiber-optic network and shed assets.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/technology/special/03;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=33144025492" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/technology/special/03;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=33144025492" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Crayton Harrison</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Fiber-Optic]]></category><category><![CDATA[Focus,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Asset]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sales]]></category><category><![CDATA[Trim]]></category><category><![CDATA[Verizon's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Profit]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Verizon Agrees to Spin Off Local Telephone Business In Northern New England ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/16/AR2007011601488.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/16/AR2007011601488.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Verizon Communications said yesterday that it planned to sell its local consumer telephone business in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont to FairPoint Communications for $2.72 billion. ]]></description><dc:creator>Bruce Meyerson</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Verizon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Agrees]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Spin]]></category><category><![CDATA[Off]]></category><category><![CDATA[Local]]></category><category><![CDATA[Telephone]]></category><category><![CDATA[Business]]></category><category><![CDATA[In]]></category><category><![CDATA[Northern]]></category><category><![CDATA[New]]></category><category><![CDATA[England]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ For Now, a Cingular Sensation ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/12/AR2007011202080.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/12/AR2007011202080.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The sleek new iPhone being developed by Apple is getting early rave reviews for its innovation, elegance and all-around coolness. Analysts say it potentially could become a breakthrough product that thrusts pricey "smart phones" -- now primarily a tool of business people -- deep into the American... ]]></description><dc:creator>Charles Babington</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[For]]></category><category><![CDATA[Now,]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cingular]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sensation]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Verizon Store Follows Apple's Example ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/27/AR2006122701646.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/27/AR2006122701646.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Dec 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The battle between cable and telephone operators to snag customers in one of the most competitive markets in the country is playing out in a Fairfax mall, where shoppers lounged in front of high-definition televisions, surfed the Web and fiddled with the latest cellphone yesterday. ]]></description><dc:creator>Kim Hart</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Verizon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Store]]></category><category><![CDATA[Follows]]></category><category><![CDATA[Apple's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Example]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Hookups That Let You Violate Service Terms Anywhere ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/16/AR2006121600034.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/16/AR2006121600034.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 17 Dec 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Nobody laughs at the idea of replacing a land-line phone with a cellphone, so why should the idea of ditching a ground-bound broadband Internet connection in favor of a high-speed data service from your cellphone provider seem ridiculous?<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/technology/special/03;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=33144027282" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/technology/special/03;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=33144027282" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Rob Pegoraro</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Hookups]]></category><category><![CDATA[That]]></category><category><![CDATA[Let]]></category><category><![CDATA[You]]></category><category><![CDATA[Violate]]></category><category><![CDATA[Service]]></category><category><![CDATA[Terms]]></category><category><![CDATA[Anywhere]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Missing the Big Picture ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/27/AR2006112701309.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/27/AR2006112701309.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 28 Nov 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ We're supposed to be excited that our mobile phones are getting to be more and more like mobile TVs, thanks to developments like Verizon Wireless's just-announced deal to bring YouTube videos to its V Cast service. ]]></description><dc:creator>Rob Pegoraro</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Missing]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Big]]></category><category><![CDATA[Picture]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Hello, Cellphone? YouTube Calling ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/27/AR2006112701413.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/27/AR2006112701413.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 28 Nov 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Internet video service YouTube is going mobile for the first time, launching a television-like channel featuring its most popular videos on Verizon Wireless cellphones. ]]></description><dc:creator>Yuki Noguchi</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Hello,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cellphone?]]></category><category><![CDATA[YouTube]]></category><category><![CDATA[Calling]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Horse Show's Close May Be the End of Its Tenure in D.C. ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/29/AR2006102900924.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/29/AR2006102900924.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Oct 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Financial pressures may force the Washington International Horse Show to end its 48-year tenure in Washington following its most recent event. ]]></description><dc:creator>Ryan Mink</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Horse]]></category><category><![CDATA[Show's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Close]]></category><category><![CDATA[May]]></category><category><![CDATA[Be]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[End]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Its]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tenure]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[D.C.]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Verizon, Montgomery Reach Tentative Deal ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/13/AR2006091301956.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/13/AR2006091301956.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Sep 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Verizon Communications Inc. and Montgomery County officials said yesterday that they have reached a tentative agreement that could allow the telecommunications giant to sell its new fiber-optic cable television service in an area heavily dominated by Comcast Cable Communications Inc.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/technology/special/03;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=33144029988" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/technology/special/03;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=33144029988" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Michael S. Rosenwald</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Verizon,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Montgomery]]></category><category><![CDATA[Reach]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tentative]]></category><category><![CDATA[Deal]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Still Called by Faith To the Phone Booth ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/02/AR2006090200843.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/02/AR2006090200843.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 03 Sep 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Off the side of a dirt road in Southern Maryland stands an odd answer to the swiftly changing telecommunications industry. ]]></description><dc:creator>Dan Morse</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Still]]></category><category><![CDATA[Called]]></category><category><![CDATA[by]]></category><category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category><category><![CDATA[To]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Phone]]></category><category><![CDATA[Booth]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Verizon Drops DSL Fee After FCC Query ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/30/AR2006083003212.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/30/AR2006083003212.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Aug 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Verizon Communications Inc. said yesterday that it was dropping a "supplier surcharge" on its high-speed Internet service for retail customers, less than a week after the Federal Communications Commission wrote the company, asking it to explain the reasoning for the charge. ]]></description><dc:creator>John Dunbar</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Verizon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Drops]]></category><category><![CDATA[DSL]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fee]]></category><category><![CDATA[After]]></category><category><![CDATA[FCC]]></category><category><![CDATA[Query]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Verizon Loses Land-Line Customers, Profit ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/01/AR2006080101540.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/01/AR2006080101540.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Aug 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Verizon Communications Inc. said yesterday that its profit fell 24 percent and it lost 1 million land-line phone customers during the second quarter. ]]></description><dc:creator>Arshad Mohammed</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Verizon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Loses]]></category><category><![CDATA[Land-Line]]></category><category><![CDATA[Customers,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Profit]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Verizon Overbills 11,000 Customers ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/18/AR2006071801371.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/18/AR2006071801371.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jul 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Verizon Communications Inc. said yesterday that it overbilled about 11,000 customers in the Washington region and West Virginia by $200 to several thousand dollars each because of a software error.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/technology/special/03;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=33144032228" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/technology/special/03;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=33144032228" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Arshad Mohammed</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Verizon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Overbills]]></category><category><![CDATA[11,000]]></category><category><![CDATA[Customers]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ USA Today Takes Back Some of NSA Phone-Record Report ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/30/AR2006063000692.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/30/AR2006063000692.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 01 Jul 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ USA Today has acknowledged that it cannot prove key elements of a blockbuster May 11 story in which it reported that several telecommunications companies were handing over customer phone records to the National Security Agency. ]]></description><dc:creator>Frank Ahrens and Howard Kurtz</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[USA]]></category><category><![CDATA[Today]]></category><category><![CDATA[Takes]]></category><category><![CDATA[Back]]></category><category><![CDATA[Some]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[NSA]]></category><category><![CDATA[Phone-Record]]></category><category><![CDATA[Report]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Verizon Brings Antitrust Suit ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/29/AR2006062901966.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/29/AR2006062901966.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Verizon Communications ratcheted Montgomery County's cable war up a notch yesterday by filing a federal lawsuit alleging that the county's franchise approval process violates federal communications and antitrust law and the First Amendment. ]]></description><dc:creator>Cameron W. Barr</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Verizon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Brings]]></category><category><![CDATA[Antitrust]]></category><category><![CDATA[Suit]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Verizon Wireless To Lower Exit Fee ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/28/AR2006062802202.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/28/AR2006062802202.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Verizon Wireless said yesterday that it would reduce the $175 in fees its customers pay to get out of cellphone contracts, setting a precedent among major carriers at a time when consumers and regulators are putting pressure on the industry to change its practices. ]]></description><dc:creator>Yuki Noguchi</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Verizon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wireless]]></category><category><![CDATA[To]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lower]]></category><category><![CDATA[Exit]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fee]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Verizon Bias Suit Deal Sets Record ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/05/AR2006060501195.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/05/AR2006060501195.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Verizon Communications Inc. will pay almost $49 million to 12,326 current and former female employees as part of a landmark class-action lawsuit alleging pregnancy discrimination.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/technology/special/03;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=33144035342" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/technology/special/03;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=33144035342" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Amy Joyce</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Verizon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bias]]></category><category><![CDATA[Suit]]></category><category><![CDATA[Deal]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sets]]></category><category><![CDATA[Record]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Taking On Telecom Goliaths ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/04/AR2006060400536.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/04/AR2006060400536.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Peter D. Aquino's company is a dwarf in a land of cable TV and telephone giants, but the chief executive of RCN Corp. does not lack for confidence or aggressiveness. ]]></description><dc:creator>Arshad Mohammed</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Taking]]></category><category><![CDATA[On]]></category><category><![CDATA[Telecom]]></category><category><![CDATA[Goliaths]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Smartphone Challengers Fail to Displace the Treo 650 ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/03/AR2006060300149.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/03/AR2006060300149.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Apparently, history in the smartphone business stopped in late 2004. It's not that manufacturers haven't come out with anything new since then. But none of these hybrids of cellphone and handheld organizer has had the appeal of Palm's Treo 650. ]]></description><dc:creator>Rob Pegoraro</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Smartphone]]></category><category><![CDATA[Challengers]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fail]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Displace]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Treo]]></category><category><![CDATA[650]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ BellSouth Wants Story Retractions ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/18/AR2006051802300.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/18/AR2006051802300.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 May 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ BellSouth Corp., the nation's third-largest telephone company, yesterday took a further step to distance itself from reports that it gave domestic calling records to the National Security Agency, demanding that USA Today retract parts of a story that disclosed the program. ]]></description><dc:creator>Arshad Mohammed</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[BellSouth]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wants]]></category><category><![CDATA[Story]]></category><category><![CDATA[Retractions]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Verizon Says It Did Not Give Customer Records to NSA ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/16/AR2006051601749.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/16/AR2006051601749.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 May 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Verizon Communications Inc. yesterday denied that its local and mobile phone businesses had turned over customer calling records to the National Security Agency but did not address whether MCI Corp., the long-distance company it bought in January, may have done so.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/technology/special/03;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=33144037528" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/technology/special/03;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=33144037528" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Arshad Mohammed</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Verizon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Says]]></category><category><![CDATA[It]]></category><category><![CDATA[Did]]></category><category><![CDATA[Not]]></category><category><![CDATA[Give]]></category><category><![CDATA[Customer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Records]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[NSA]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ NSA Program Further Blurs Line on Privacy ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/12/AR2006051202048.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/12/AR2006051202048.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 13 May 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Phone companies know every number we dial. Grocery stores watch what we buy, search engines track what we look for on the Internet, banks count each penny we deposit or withdraw. ]]></description><dc:creator>Arshad Mohammed and Terence O'Hara</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[NSA]]></category><category><![CDATA[Program]]></category><category><![CDATA[Further]]></category><category><![CDATA[Blurs]]></category><category><![CDATA[Line]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[Privacy]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Verizon Fined by District for Chalk-on-Sidewalk Advertising ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/31/AR2006033101792.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/31/AR2006033101792.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 01 Apr 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The District said yesterday that it fined Verizon Communications Inc. $1,050 for stenciling orange-red chalk ads on sidewalks across the city to promote its Yellow Pages. ]]></description><dc:creator>Arshad Mohammed</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Verizon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fined]]></category><category><![CDATA[by]]></category><category><![CDATA[District]]></category><category><![CDATA[for]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chalk-on-Sidewalk]]></category><category><![CDATA[Advertising]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Verizon High-Speed Services Deregulated ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/20/AR2006032001527.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/20/AR2006032001527.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 Mar 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The Federal Communications Commission yesterday deregulated a host of high-speed data services that Verizon Communications Inc. offers to business customers, a move critics said could sweep away decades of rules governing the company's pricing and practices. ]]></description><dc:creator>Arshad Mohammed</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Verizon]]></category><category><![CDATA[High-Speed]]></category><category><![CDATA[Services]]></category><category><![CDATA[Deregulated]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Va. Law Aims to Widen Field of Cable Providers ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/10/AR2006031001930.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/10/AR2006031001930.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 11 Mar 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ RICHMOND, March 10 -- Gov. Timothy M. Kaine (D) signed legislation Friday that supporters say will increase competition in the television cable business and potentially reduce monthly cable bills for consumers.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/technology/special/03;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=33144039781" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/technology/special/03;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=33144039781" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Chris L. Jenkins and Rosalind S. Helderman</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Va.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Law]]></category><category><![CDATA[Aims]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Widen]]></category><category><![CDATA[Field]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cable]]></category><category><![CDATA[Providers]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ The Titans Of Telecom Face Off ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/06/AR2006030600748.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/06/AR2006030600748.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Mar 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ One started out as an engineer in Lubbock, Tex.; the other as a cable-splicer's assistant in the Bronx. ]]></description><dc:creator>Arshad Mohammed</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[The]]></category><category><![CDATA[Titans]]></category><category><![CDATA[Of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Telecom]]></category><category><![CDATA[Face]]></category><category><![CDATA[Off]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Pay Fight in Tech's Trenches ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/15/AR2006021502499.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/15/AR2006021502499.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Nerbin Rodriguez spent weeks digging ditches near Chantilly last summer for the benefit of Verizon Communications Inc., part of the estimated $20 billion fiber-optic cable system the company is building to bring its next-generation phone, television and Internet service to American homes. ]]></description><dc:creator>Elissa Silverman</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Pay]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fight]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tech's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Trenches]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Charge E-Mailers, but Keep Pipeline Open ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/09/AR2006020902141.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/09/AR2006020902141.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A lot of the companies involved in our online experiences must be running short on pocket change this month, because so many of them have been doing the equivalent of looking under the sofa cushions for quarters. To be exact, they're looking under each other's sofa cushions. ]]></description><dc:creator>Rob Pegoraro</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Charge]]></category><category><![CDATA[E-Mailers,]]></category><category><![CDATA[but]]></category><category><![CDATA[Keep]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pipeline]]></category><category><![CDATA[Open]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Service Call ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/02/AR2006020202472.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/02/AR2006020202472.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The Satellite Guy showed up at 3:20 last Friday at our new residence in Northwest D.C. The morning appointment had been set weeks before, and since noon we'd received a series of calls from the dispatcher promising Satellite Guy would be there within the hour to install the DirecTV dish. Instead, he...<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/technology/special/03;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=33144041372" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/technology/special/03;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=33144041372" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Steven Pearlstein</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Service]]></category><category><![CDATA[Call]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Verizon Lays It on the Line ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/31/AR2006013101670.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/31/AR2006013101670.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ His company's stock has sunk, its debt has been downgraded, and its investment in a new fiber-optic network is regarded by some as a pipe dream, but Verizon Communications Inc.'s chief executive is certain he is doing the right thing. ]]></description><dc:creator>Arshad Mohammed</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Verizon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lays]]></category><category><![CDATA[It]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Line]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Ivan G. Seidenberg Interview Excerpts ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/31/AR2006013101647.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/31/AR2006013101647.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2006 22:03:19 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Text excerpts from a Washington Post interview with Verizon Communications Inc. chief executive Ivan G. Seidenberg.  ]]></description><dc:creator>Post</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Ivan]]></category><category><![CDATA[G.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Seidenberg]]></category><category><![CDATA[Interview]]></category><category><![CDATA[Excerpts]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ The Treo With the Right Number? It All Depends ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/28/AR2006012800136.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/28/AR2006012800136.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ For the last few years, Palm's Treo smartphone has been the iPod of the phone world -- an instantly recognizable gadget that all the cool kids seem to clutch, and which competitors have vainly struggled to catch up with. ]]></description><dc:creator>Rob Pegoraro</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[The]]></category><category><![CDATA[Treo]]></category><category><![CDATA[With]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Right]]></category><category><![CDATA[Number?]]></category><category><![CDATA[It]]></category><category><![CDATA[All]]></category><category><![CDATA[Depends]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Verizon Targeting Customers of MCI ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/22/AR2006012200875.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/22/AR2006012200875.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Verizon Communications Inc. launches an ad blitz for its new unit serving government and corporate customers today that is built around the client list, workers and global reach of the former MCI but that all but buries its brand.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/technology/special/03;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=33144043830" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/technology/special/03;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=33144043830" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Arshad Mohammed</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Verizon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Targeting]]></category><category><![CDATA[Customers]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[MCI]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Double Trouble ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/07/AR2006010700173.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/07/AR2006010700173.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Need a reminder to scrutinize all charges on your bills in the new year? Try this telling tele-tale: Resolution No. 2 from last week's New Year's resolutions for retailers, manufacturers, etc., advised Safeway to give its cashiers a break and not make them address credit card or check-paying... ]]></description><dc:creator>Don Oldenburg</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Double]]></category><category><![CDATA[Trouble]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Verizon To Offer Cable in Maryland ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/03/AR2006010301584.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/03/AR2006010301584.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Verizon Communications Inc. broke into Maryland's cable television market as the Howard County Council voted unanimously last night to grant the company a franchise, giving the telecommunications giant another victory in its effort to expand its array of services nationwide. ]]></description><dc:creator>Dina ElBoghdady</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Verizon]]></category><category><![CDATA[To]]></category><category><![CDATA[Offer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cable]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Maryland]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Md. Town's Holiday Glow Is Zapped ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/18/AR2005121801140.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/18/AR2005121801140.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2005 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ LONACONING, Md. -- Every year, Christmas lights glittered in this little coal town. ]]></description><dc:creator>Mary Otto</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Md.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Town's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Holiday]]></category><category><![CDATA[Glow]]></category><category><![CDATA[Is]]></category><category><![CDATA[Zapped]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ MCI Wins Network Deal With Dutch Bank ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/14/AR2005121402219.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/14/AR2005121402219.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2005 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ MCI Inc. yesterday said it had won a roughly $550 million deal to manage Dutch bank ABN Amro's communications networks, calling it the second-largest commercial contract in the company's history.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/technology/special/03;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=33144046563" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/technology/special/03;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=33144046563" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Arshad Mohammed</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[MCI]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wins]]></category><category><![CDATA[Network]]></category><category><![CDATA[Deal]]></category><category><![CDATA[With]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dutch]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bank]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Verizon May Shed Yellow Pages Unit ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/05/AR2005120500037.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/05/AR2005120500037.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2005 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Verizon Communications Inc., the second-largest U.S. phone company, said yesterday that it may sell its yellow pages unit, a deal that could be worth as much as $17 billion. ]]></description><dc:creator>Arshad Mohammed</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Verizon]]></category><category><![CDATA[May]]></category><category><![CDATA[Shed]]></category><category><![CDATA[Yellow]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pages]]></category><category><![CDATA[Unit]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Herndon Wired, Ready for Cable TV From Verizon ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/18/AR2005111802417.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/18/AR2005111802417.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2005 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ It took six hours to hook up Jeff Dorman's 50-inch set to Verizon's new TV service but, in the end, he was pleased. ]]></description><dc:creator>Arshad Mohammed</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Herndon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wired,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ready]]></category><category><![CDATA[for]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cable]]></category><category><![CDATA[TV]]></category><category><![CDATA[From]]></category><category><![CDATA[Verizon]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Utilities Cry Foul Over Verizon Dig ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/18/AR2005101801649.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/18/AR2005101801649.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Area cable companies say a Verizon Communications Inc. project to dig up streets and lay a fiber-optic network has been poorly managed, leading to rising damage costs and customer complaints as Verizon's crews cut through other companies' lines. ]]></description><dc:creator>Yuki Noguchi</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Utilities]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cry]]></category><category><![CDATA[Foul]]></category><category><![CDATA[Over]]></category><category><![CDATA[Verizon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dig]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ What's Cooking, Officer? ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/12/AR2005101201913.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/12/AR2005101201913.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Afunny thing happens when you try to call the D.C. police department's violent crimes branch.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/technology/special/03;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=33144049412" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/technology/special/03;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=33144049412" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>John Kelly</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[What's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cooking,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Officer?]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Picking Up a Message From Verizon ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/11/AR2005101100989.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/11/AR2005101100989.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ There is a moral to this story, but I'm not quite sure what it is. ]]></description><dc:creator>John Kelly</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Picking]]></category><category><![CDATA[Up]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Message]]></category><category><![CDATA[From]]></category><category><![CDATA[Verizon]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Picking Up a Message From Verizon ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/11/AR2005101100988.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/11/AR2005101100988.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ There is a moral to this story, but I'm not quite sure what it is. ]]></description><dc:creator>John Kelly</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Picking]]></category><category><![CDATA[Up]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Message]]></category><category><![CDATA[From]]></category><category><![CDATA[Verizon]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ FCC Chief Smiles On AT& T, MCI Sales, Sources Say ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/07/AR2005100701833.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/07/AR2005100701833.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin J. Martin yesterday proposed approving the acquisitions of AT&T Corp. and MCI Inc. without requiring asset sales, sources familiar with the matter said. ]]></description><dc:creator>Arshad Mohammed</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[FCC]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chief]]></category><category><![CDATA[Smiles]]></category><category><![CDATA[On]]></category><category><![CDATA[AT&]]></category><category><![CDATA[T,]]></category><category><![CDATA[MCI]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sales,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sources]]></category><category><![CDATA[Say]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Verizon Wins Approval to Sell Cable in Fairfax County ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/26/AR2005092601758.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/26/AR2005092601758.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Verizon Communications Inc. won approval last night to sell cable television in Fairfax County, an important step in the company's drive to consolidate telephone, Internet and television service into one package.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/technology/special/03;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=33144051294" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/technology/special/03;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=33144051294" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Elissa Silverman</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Verizon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wins]]></category><category><![CDATA[Approval]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sell]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cable]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fairfax]]></category><category><![CDATA[County]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Verizon Starts TV Service in Texas ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/21/AR2005092102292.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/21/AR2005092102292.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Verizon Communications Inc., the largest U.S. telephone company, will begin offering television service today in a Texas town, a step that may eventually pressure cable companies to lower prices. ]]></description><dc:creator>Arshad Mohammed</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Verizon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Starts]]></category><category><![CDATA[TV]]></category><category><![CDATA[Service]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Texas]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Fiber-Optic Web Lines, High-Tech Headaches ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/18/AR2005091801471.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/18/AR2005091801471.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Amanda and Richard Di Donna never asked for Verizon high-speed Internet service at their Vienna home. ]]></description><dc:creator>Rosalind S. Helderman</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Fiber-Optic]]></category><category><![CDATA[Web]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lines,]]></category><category><![CDATA[High-Tech]]></category><category><![CDATA[Headaches]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Comcast's Montgomery Manager Resigns ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/14/AR2005091402513.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/14/AR2005091402513.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The general manager of Comcast Cable in Montgomery County has resigned at a time when the customer complaints that spiked upward this summer have declined markedly. ]]></description><dc:creator>Cameron W. Barr</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Comcast's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Montgomery]]></category><category><![CDATA[Manager]]></category><category><![CDATA[Resigns]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ A Time to Be Wrong, a Time to Be Accurate ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/31/AR2005083102225.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/31/AR2005083102225.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ To quote the pop band Chicago: "Does anybody really know what time it is?"<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/technology/special/03;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=33144053361" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/technology/special/03;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=33144053361" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>John Kelly</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[A]]></category><category><![CDATA[Time]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Be]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wrong,]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Time]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Be]]></category><category><![CDATA[Accurate]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Preparing For a High-Speed Departure ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/24/AR2005082400503.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/24/AR2005082400503.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2005 09:33:03 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ There's nothing like moving to a new town to get you to grumble about Internet access prices. Verizon would like to change that. ]]></description><dc:creator>Robert MacMillan</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Preparing]]></category><category><![CDATA[For]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[High-Speed]]></category><category><![CDATA[Departure]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Meeting Government's Needs ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/21/AR2005082100687.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/21/AR2005082100687.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The big phone companies that are merging this year are bulking up to compete not only for the loyalty of teen cell phone addicts and home Internet users, but also for billions of dollars in government spending on telecommunications. ]]></description><dc:creator>Yuki Noguchi</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Meeting]]></category><category><![CDATA[Government's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Needs]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Comcast Files Suit Against Ex-Manager ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/17/AR2005081701938.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/17/AR2005081701938.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Comcast of Montgomery County has filed a federal lawsuit against a senior manager who resigned this month to join Verizon Communications, alleging that she e-mailed herself proprietary information about Comcast for use in her new job. ]]></description><dc:creator>Cameron W. Barr</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Comcast]]></category><category><![CDATA[Files]]></category><category><![CDATA[Suit]]></category><category><![CDATA[Against]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ex-Manager]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Broadband Is Too Important to Be Left to Cable-Phone Duopoly ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/13/AR2005081300149.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/13/AR2005081300149.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 14 Aug 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Competition in the market for broadband Internet access remains alive, despite what can look like a concerted campaign by big business and government to abolish it. <br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/technology/special/03;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=33144055721" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/technology/special/03;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=33144055721" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Rob Pegoraro</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Broadband]]></category><category><![CDATA[Is]]></category><category><![CDATA[Too]]></category><category><![CDATA[Important]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Be]]></category><category><![CDATA[Left]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cable-Phone]]></category><category><![CDATA[Duopoly]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Glitch on Verizon Wireless Web Site Left Data at Risk ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/11/AR2005081102122.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/11/AR2005081102122.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Verizon Wireless said computer programming flaws in its online billing system could have allowed customers to view account information belonging to other customers, possibly exposing limited personal information about millions of people. ]]></description><dc:creator>Brian Krebs</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Glitch]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[Verizon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wireless]]></category><category><![CDATA[Web]]></category><category><![CDATA[Site]]></category><category><![CDATA[Left]]></category><category><![CDATA[Data]]></category><category><![CDATA[at]]></category><category><![CDATA[Risk]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Verizon Wireless Fixes Web Site Vulnerabilities ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/11/AR2005081101240.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/11/AR2005081101240.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2005 18:38:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Verizon Wireless said programming flaws in its online billing system could have allowed customers to view account information belonging to other customers, possibly exposing limited personal information about millions of people. ]]></description><dc:creator>Brian Krebs</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Verizon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wireless Fixes]]></category><category><![CDATA[Web]]></category><category><![CDATA[Site]]></category><category><![CDATA[Vulnerabilities]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Battle for the Bundle ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/07/AR2005080700585.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/07/AR2005080700585.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Portland Place, a residential street in Silver Spring, is a major battlefield in the fight to control how people connect to the digital world. ]]></description><dc:creator>Yuki Noguchi</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Battle]]></category><category><![CDATA[for]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bundle]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Verizon, Comcast Jockey for Position In Cable TV ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/03/AR2005080301066.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/03/AR2005080301066.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Coming soon: Competition in Howard County's cable television market. That's if Verizon Communications Inc. gets its way.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/technology/special/03;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=33144058533" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/technology/special/03;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=33144058533" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Dina ElBoghdady</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Verizon,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Comcast]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jockey]]></category><category><![CDATA[for]]></category><category><![CDATA[Position]]></category><category><![CDATA[In]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cable]]></category><category><![CDATA[TV]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Fairfax Suspicious of Verizon ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/02/AR2005080200120.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/02/AR2005080200120.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Fairfax County officials lashed out at Verizon Communications Inc. for providing "misleading" information to its customers in a campaign it says would lower their phone taxes. ]]></description><dc:creator>Lisa Rein</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Fairfax]]></category><category><![CDATA[Suspicious]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Verizon]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Verizon, Fairfax a Step Closer to Cable Deal ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/28/AR2005072802003.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/28/AR2005072802003.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Verizon Communications Inc. has hammered out a preliminary agreement to provide cable television services to Fairfax County, which, if approved by the county's Board of Supervisors, would offer the telecom giant a premiere launching pad for its push into the video market. ]]></description><dc:creator>Elissa Silverman</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Verizon,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fairfax]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Step]]></category><category><![CDATA[Closer]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cable]]></category><category><![CDATA[Deal]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Telecom Plugs Into Wireless ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/26/AR2005072601756.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/26/AR2005072601756.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Quarterly reports of companies like Verizon, SBC and BellSouth reflect strength in wireless businesses that helped compensate for the withering of the traditional local telephone business. ]]></description><dc:creator>Arshad Mohammed</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Telecom]]></category><category><![CDATA[Plugs]]></category><category><![CDATA[Into]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wireless]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Herndon Lets Verizon Offer Cable ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/19/AR2005071901706.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/19/AR2005071901706.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The Herndon Town Council yesterday agreed to let Verizon Communications Inc. begin offering cable television service, putting the small Northern Virginia city at the forefront of a developing battle between the nation's major telephone and cable companies.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/technology/special/03;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=33144102128" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/technology/special/03;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=33144102128" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Elissa Silverman</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Herndon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lets]]></category><category><![CDATA[Verizon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Offer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cable]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Verizon Pursues Local Cable Franchises ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/18/AR2005071801622.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/18/AR2005071801622.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Telecommunications giant has applied for cable franchises in three Washington area jurisdictions -- Howard County, the city of Bowie and the town of Herndon -- as part of a broader effort to expand its telephone network and offer an array of services nationwide. ]]></description><dc:creator>Dina ElBoghdady</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Verizon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pursues]]></category><category><![CDATA[Local]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cable]]></category><category><![CDATA[Franchises]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Comcast Repair Complaints Surge ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/16/AR2005071601229.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/16/AR2005071601229.html?nav=rss_technology/special/03</guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jul 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Erin and Scott Mirsky had been waiting for days. As darkness settled over their Potomac cul-de-sac, they lit up their two-story ranch house like an all-night diner. County officials say that last month, 265 residents filed complaints about Comcast with Montgomery's office of cable and... ]]></description><dc:creator>Cameron W. Barr</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Comcast]]></category><category><![CDATA[Repair]]></category><category><![CDATA[Complaints]]></category><category><![CDATA[Surge]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Cox Communications Accuses Verizon of Damaging Cables ]]></title><link>