Verizon Wireless plans to open its network to devices other than the ones hand-picked by the company, a move that could expand the features available on mobile phones and give the second-largest U.S. wireless carrier a response to a phone software project led by Google Inc. ...more

November 28, 2007

Tampa International Airport ranked No. 1 nationwide in the 2007 Zagat Survey regardingquality of service factors in a poll of 7,498 frequent fliers. The Denver and Minneapolis-St. Paul airports tied for second, Orlando was fourth and Detroit was fifth. New York's LaGuardia Airport finished last, with Miami next to last. Midwest Airlines ranked first in quality among U.S. economy airlines, and Virgin America ranked first among U.S. airlines offering premium service. ...more

November 20, 2007

Some cable TV relief is coming to the gated communities and mobile home parks of Florida. ...more

November 14, 2007

Verizon Communications on Monday reported third-quarter earnings that were largely in line with expectations, reflecting steady growth in its wireless operations and a slow decline in its wired telephone business. ...more

October 30, 2007

The country's top communications regulator Monday said a ban on exclusive cable television service deals with apartment buildings would spur competition and benefit almost 25 million households. ...more

October 30, 2007

AT&T's strategy of selling high-speed Internet connections to temper a loss of fixed-line telephone customers may be faltering as new Web subscribers become harder to sign up. ...more

October 23, 2007

Verizon Communications, the nation's second-largest telecom company, told congressional investigators that it has provided customers' telephone records to federal authorities without court orders hundreds of times since 2005. ...more

October 16, 2007