“Verizon” on The Daily Caller

Apple’s iPhone is the most profitable product offered by the most valuable company in the world. (more)

NEW YORK (AP) — Phone company Verizon Communications Inc. will challenge Netflix and start a video streaming service this year with Redbox and its DVD rental kiosks. (more)

NEW YORK (AP) — After a customer backlash, Verizon Wireless on Friday dropped a plan to start charging $2 for every payment subscribers make over the phone or online with their credit or debit cards. (more)

After a flood of backlash from customers and reports of an FCC investigation, Verizon has decided to cancel its policy of charging a $2 “convenience fee” for bill payments made over the phone and online. (more)

NEW YORK (AP) — Verizon Wireless, the country’s largest cellphone company, said Thursday that it will start charging $2 for every payment subscribers make over the phone or online with their credit cards. (more)

Verizon just announced a new payment policy where it will charge you a $2 “convenience fee” if you make a single payment on your bill online or over the phone. (more)

Sprint Nextel Corp. (S), the third- largest U.S. wireless operator, accused Time Warner Cable Inc. (TWC), Comcast Corp. (CMCSA)and two other cable-TV companies of infringing patents related to transmitting phone calls over digital lines. (more)

(Reuters) – The Justice Department is probing Verizon Wireless’ multi-billion dollar deal to buy wireless airwaves from cable operators and let them resell its mobile service, the department said on Tuesday. (more)

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Not quite the “War Of The Worlds” broadcast of a Martian invasion in New Jersey, a Verizon “emergency” alert Monday that the company texted to its wireless customers still jangled some nerves and triggered hundreds of calls from concerned residents to local and state offices. (more)

Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ)’s talks to combine with movie-rental kiosk operator Redbox for an online-video service could lead to the phone company gaining expertise needed to start a business rivaling Netflix Inc. (NFLX) (more)

Verizon announced Tuesday that its newest smartphone — the Samsung Galaxy Nexus — will not carry the Google Wallet app, but “net neutrality” interest groups with deep ties to Sprint cried foul, even while Google’s own business deals with Sprint precluded it from being featured in the new Verizon smartphone. (more)

NEW YORK (AP) — Verizon Wireless is blocking Google’s new flagship phone from supporting Google’s attempt to make the smartphone the credit card of the future. (more)

NEW YORK (AP) — Cable companies Comcast Corp., Time Warner Cable Inc. and Bright House Networks are giving up on their dreams of creating their own wireless network, opting instead to resell Verizon Wireless service. (more)

The U.S. is invoking Cold War-era national-security powers to force telecommunication companies including AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) to divulge confidential information about their networks in a hunt for Chinese cyber-spying. (more)

Verizon Wireless may be planning to launch two new high-end Android smartphones early next month, leaving current flagship models like the DROID RAZR and iPhone 4S to lead its lineup during the biggest shopping weekend of the year. (more)

AT&T and T-Mobile USA’s parent company, Deutsche Telekom, withdrew applications for Federal Communications Commission  approval of their controversial and highly contested $39 billion merger Wednesday. The telecommunications giants made the decision to temporarily withdraw from the approval process one day after FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced that he would seek an additional hearing that threatened to sink the proposed merger. (more)

If you’re looking for an incentive to switch carriers, Sprint gave a good reason Thursday morning, announcing that they will become the first carrier to offer unlimited data (Internet access) with their new iPhone 4S. (more)

Verizon, a long time opponent of net neutrality, filed an appeal Friday in federal court challenging the Federal Communications Commission’s recent adoption of open Internet rules. The FCC formally entered those rules into the Federal Register last week. (more)

NEW YORK (AP) — A document obtained by the ACLU shows for the first time how the four largest cellphone companies in the U.S. treat data about their subscribers’ calls, text messages, Web surfing and approximate locations. (more)

Verizon Communications chief executive Lowell McAdam has gone on record in suggesting that the company’s biggest rival, AT&T, should be allowed to complete its proposed $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA. “That match had to occur,” McAdam said at an investor conference on Wednesday, warning that the government has no choice but to allow such mergers unless it can focus on getting telcos the increased spectrum they need to operate. He continued, “We need to be very thoughtful on what the impacts would be to the overall industry if this is a way to regulate the industry without actually passing regulation.” (more)