<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - verizon</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/verizon</link><description>Newsvine - verizon</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 20:08:04 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 09:49:52 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Verizon to extend phone-upgrade waiting period</title>
<description><![CDATA[Verizon Wireless, the country's largest cellphone carrier, on Friday said that it is extending the time it takes to earn a subsidized phone upgrade from 20 months on contract to 24 months.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Svensson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Peter Svensson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/12/17723095-verizon-to-extend-phone-upgrade-waiting-period</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/12/17723095-verizon-to-extend-phone-upgrade-waiting-period</guid><category>technology</category><category>us</category><category>verizon</category><category>upgrades</category><category>tec</category><category>phone-upgrades</category><pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 19:22:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Verizon denies talk of bid with AT&amp;T for Vodafone</title>
<description><![CDATA[Verizon Communications Inc. has denied a report that it's looking to partner with AT&T Inc. to buy Vodafone Group PLC, the British cellphone company that owns 45 percent of Verizon's wireless business.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Svensson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Peter Svensson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/02/17573103-verizon-denies-talk-of-bid-with-att-for-vodafone</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/02/17573103-verizon-denies-talk-of-bid-with-att-for-vodafone</guid><category>technology</category><category>us</category><category>verizon</category><category>vodafone</category><category>verizon-communications</category><category>vodafone-group</category><category>att</category><pubDate>Tue, 2 Apr 2013 21:16:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Verizon signs 2-year extension with IndyCar</title>
<description><![CDATA[IndyCar has signed a two-year extension with Verizon Wireless that expands its sponsorship to cover the pole award.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/22/17416093-verizon-signs-2-year-extension-with-indycar</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/22/17416093-verizon-signs-2-year-extension-with-indycar</guid><category>sports</category><category>verizon</category><category>verizon-wireless</category><category>indycar</category><category>sponsorship</category><pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:53:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Verizon sells spectrum to AT&amp;T for $1.9 billion</title>
<description><![CDATA[Verizon Wireless said Friday that it's selling space on the airwaves to AT&T Inc. in exchange for $1.9 billion and the transfer of some airwave rights from AT&T.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Svensson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Peter Svensson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/25/16698442-verizon-sells-spectrum-to-att-for-19-billion</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/25/16698442-verizon-sells-spectrum-to-att-for-19-billion</guid><category>technology</category><category>us</category><category>sale</category><category>verizon</category><category>verizon-wireless</category><category>spectrum</category><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 16:36:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Verizon posts record 4Q loss on pension adjustment</title>
<description><![CDATA[Verizon strengthened its position as the top dog of the wireless industry in its latest quarter by raking in new subscribers and selling millions of iPhones, but also posted a record loss.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Svensson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Peter Svensson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/21/16640424-verizon-posts-record-4q-loss-on-pension-adjustment</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/21/16640424-verizon-posts-record-4q-loss-on-pension-adjustment</guid><category>technology</category><category>us</category><category>earns</category><category>verizon</category><category>verizon-communications'</category><category>superstorm-sandy</category><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 00:02:33 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f29c8a3d-6953-4a08-8328-25c726e83027.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="251" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f29c8a3d-6953-4a08-8328-25c726e83027.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2013, file photo, NFL football commissioner Roger Goodell, left, and Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam talk about Verizon mobile products that allow NFL fans to watch games and interact with each other at the Consumer Electronics Show, in Las Vegas.  Verizon strengthened its position at the top of the U.S. wireless industry in its latest quarter by raking in new subscribers and selling tons of iPhones, but also posted a record loss. Verizon's loss for the October to December period compared with a loss of $2.02 billion or 71 cents per share, a year ago. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Verizon to add 500 new jobs at Tulsa facility</title>
<description><![CDATA[Verizon says it will create a financial services hub at its facility in Tulsa, adding 500 new jobs.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/18/16587883-verizon-to-add-500-new-jobs-at-tulsa-facility</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/18/16587883-verizon-to-add-500-new-jobs-at-tulsa-facility</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>verizon</category><category>tulsa</category><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 19:31:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Redbox Instant streaming plan takes on Netflix</title>
<description><![CDATA[DVD kiosk operator Redbox is launching a challenge to Netflix's streaming-video supremacy.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ryan Nakashima]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ryan Nakashima]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/12/15853786-redbox-instant-streaming-plan-takes-on-netflix</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/12/15853786-redbox-instant-streaming-plan-takes-on-netflix</guid><category>technology</category><category>us</category><category>verizon</category><category>redbox-instant</category><pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 05:02:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Verizon moves pension obligations to Prudential</title>
<description><![CDATA[Phone company Verizon Communications Inc. on Monday said it has transferred $7.5 billion in pension obligations to Prudential Insurance after a retiree association failed to convince a court to stop the move.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Svensson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Peter Svensson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/10/15821369-verizon-moves-pension-obligations-to-prudential</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/10/15821369-verizon-moves-pension-obligations-to-prudential</guid><category>technology</category><category>us</category><category>verizon</category><category>pension</category><category>verizon-communications</category><category>prudential-insurance</category><pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 17:35:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Verizon retirees sue to stop transfer of pensions</title>
<description><![CDATA[Verizon retirees have sued the phone company because it's planning to transfer the responsibility of paying their pensions to an insurance company, where they will have weaker legal protection.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Svensson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Peter Svensson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/29/15546709-verizon-retirees-sue-to-stop-transfer-of-pensions</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/29/15546709-verizon-retirees-sue-to-stop-transfer-of-pensions</guid><category>technology</category><category>us</category><category>suit</category><category>verizon</category><category>pension</category><pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 19:46:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Verizon to pay $8.5 billion dividend to its owners</title>
<description><![CDATA[Verizon Wireless said Monday that it will pay a dividend of $8.5 billion next month to its owners, Verizon Communications Inc. and Vodafone Group PLC., by the end of the year.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/12/15117820-verizon-to-pay-85-billion-dividend-to-its-owners</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/12/15117820-verizon-to-pay-85-billion-dividend-to-its-owners</guid><category>technology</category><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>verizon</category><category>vodafone</category><category>vodafone-group-plc</category><category>verizon-communications</category><category>dividend</category><category>verizon-wireless</category><category>vodafone-group</category><pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 21:42:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Verizon says Sandy effects could be 'significant'</title>
<description><![CDATA[Verizon says the effects of Superstorm Sandy on its fourth-quarter earnings could be "significant."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/02/14880214-verizon-says-sandy-effects-could-be-significant</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/02/14880214-verizon-says-sandy-effects-could-be-significant</guid><category>technology</category><category>us</category><category>verizon</category><category>superstorm</category><category>superstorm-sandy</category><pubDate>Fri, 2 Nov 2012 13:19:43 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Share Everything boosts Verizon 3Q</title>
<description><![CDATA[Verizon's Share Everything plan looks like it's good for the company's shares.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Svensson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Peter Svensson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/18/14531328-share-everything-boosts-verizon-3q</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/18/14531328-share-everything-boosts-verizon-3q</guid><category>technology</category><category>us</category><category>earns</category><category>verizon</category><category>verizon-share-everything</category><pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 10:46:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f3decfd7-7da0-4eee-bcc2-7bdcbad8fd70.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="257" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f3decfd7-7da0-4eee-bcc2-7bdcbad8fd70.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012, file photo, customers walk into a Verizon Wireless store in Dallas. Verizon's Share Everything plan looks like it's good for the company's shares. The parent of the nation's largest cellphone company on Thursday reported a blowout number of new devices on its network, boosted by the revolutionary plan, introduced four months ago. The plan made it cheaper for households to add wireless service to tablets and laptops. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7d4f79cb-c95c-4db3-b929-52cd2f8ba7ab.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="375" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7d4f79cb-c95c-4db3-b929-52cd2f8ba7ab.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="164" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012, file photo, customers walk into a Verizon Wireless store in Dallas. Verizon's Share Everything plan looks like it's good for the company's shares. The parent of the nation's largest cellphone company on Thursday reported a blowout number of new devices on its network, boosted by the revolutionary plan, introduced four months ago. The plan made it cheaper for households to add wireless service to tablets and laptops.(AP Photo/LM Otero, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Verizon strikes pension deal with Prudential</title>
<description><![CDATA[Phone company Verizon Communications Inc. on Wednesday said it will transfer $7.5 billion of its pension obligations to The Prudential Insurance Company of America.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/17/14515943-verizon-strikes-pension-deal-with-prudential</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/17/14515943-verizon-strikes-pension-deal-with-prudential</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>verizon</category><category>pension</category><category>verizon-communications</category><category>prudential-insurance-company</category><pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 21:26:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>TiVo settles lawsuit against Verizon for $250.4M</title>
<description><![CDATA[Verizon will pay Tivo Inc. at least $250.4 million to license its digital video recording technology and settle a patent lawsuit.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/23/14066661-tivo-settles-lawsuit-against-verizon-for-2504m</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/23/14066661-tivo-settles-lawsuit-against-verizon-for-2504m</guid><category>technology</category><category>us</category><category>verizon</category><category>tivo</category><pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2012 00:51:43 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2f584fa9-1f74-418f-b00b-fc970f0d4464.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2f584fa9-1f74-418f-b00b-fc970f0d4464.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This combination of Associated Press file photos shows a Verizon store on June 12, 2012, left, and the Tivo logo on display at a Best Buy store on March 6, 2007, both in Mountain View, Calif. Verizon will pay Tivo Inc. at least $250.4 million to license its digital video recording technology and settle a patent lawsuit on Monday, Sept. 24, 2012. It is the third settlement that Tivo has gotten in major patent cases. (AP Photo/File) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Verizon, unions reach tentative contracts</title>
<description><![CDATA[Verizon and unions representing 43,000 employees reached tentative, three-year agreements on Wednesday, covering job security, retirement and other issues.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/19/13968339-verizon-unions-reach-tentative-contracts</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/19/13968339-verizon-unions-reach-tentative-contracts</guid><category>technology</category><category>us</category><category>verizon</category><category>agreement</category><pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 21:36:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Verizon, unions reach tentative contract</title>
<description><![CDATA[Verizon and unions representing 43,000 employees have reached tentative, three-year agreements covering job security, retirement and other issues.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/19/13967834-verizon-unions-reach-tentative-contract</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/19/13967834-verizon-unions-reach-tentative-contract</guid><category>technology</category><category>us</category><category>verizon</category><category>agreement</category><pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 20:44:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>FCC approves Verizon-cable deal for spectrum</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Federal Communications Commission has approved Verizon Wireless' acquisition of airwave licenses from four cable companies.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/23/13439293-fcc-approves-verizon-cable-deal-for-spectrum</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/23/13439293-fcc-approves-verizon-cable-deal-for-spectrum</guid><category>technology</category><category>us</category><category>verizon</category><category>fcc</category><category>federal-communications-commission</category><category>cable-companies</category><category>verizon-wireless'</category><pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2012 20:15:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Justice Dept approves Verizon-cable deals</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Justice Department on Thursday approved Verizon Wireless' $3.9 billion purchase of wireless spectrum from four of the nation's largest cable companies but applied conditions to the deal to protect consumers from reduced competition and higher prices.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Pete Yost]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Pete Yost]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/16/13329676-justice-dept-approves-verizon-cable-deals</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/16/13329676-justice-dept-approves-verizon-cable-deals</guid><category>technology</category><category>us</category><category>verizon</category><category>justice-department</category><category>verizon-wireless</category><category>companies</category><category>cable-companies</category><category>verizon-wireless'</category><pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2012 14:20:44 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Verizon's wireless glows, broadband hits wall</title>
<description><![CDATA[Verizon Communications Inc., parent of the country's largest cellphone carrier, on Thursday said its net income rose 13 percent in the second quarter as its wireless arm pulled in record profits.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Svensson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Peter Svensson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/19/12830972-verizons-wireless-glows-broadband-hits-wall</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/19/12830972-verizons-wireless-glows-broadband-hits-wall</guid><category>technology</category><category>us</category><category>earns</category><category>verizon</category><category>verizon-communications</category><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2012 11:52:43 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=72808a25-ba6b-438b-bd41-04909fb642c5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="259" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=72808a25-ba6b-438b-bd41-04909fb642c5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE- In this Tuesday, June 12, 2012, file photo, the Verizon logo is seen at Verizon store in Mountain View, Calif. Verizon Communications Inc., parent of the countrys largest cellphone carrier, on Thursday, July 19, 2012, said its net income rose 13 percent in the second quarter as its wireless arm pulled in record profits. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2315ff4a-7b42-4aa9-b948-135d8c0d22be.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2315ff4a-7b42-4aa9-b948-135d8c0d22be.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE- In this Tuesday, June 12, 2012, file photo, two Verizon workers take orders at a Verizon store in Mountain View, Calif. Verizon Communications Inc., parent of the countrys largest cellphone carrier, on Thursday, July 19, 2012, said its net income rose 13 percent in the second quarter as its wireless arm pulled in record profits. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Q-and-A about Verizon Wireless' new plan</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/12/12191104-q-and-a-about-verizon-wireless-new-plan</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/12/12191104-q-and-a-about-verizon-wireless-new-plan</guid><category>verizon</category><category>verizon-wireless</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>alignleft</category><category>clearall</category><category>stylemargin</category><category>altsome</category><category>share-everything</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 21:13:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/apcnbc/verizon-share everything--1374406210_v2.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/apcnbc/verizon-share everything--1374406210_v2.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Some questions and answers about Verizon Wireless' new Share Everything plans, which go into effect June 28.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Correction: Verizon-Share Everything Plans-Data</title>
<description><![CDATA[In a story that offered tips on how to curb data usage on smartphones, the Associated Press erroneously reported that listening to Pandora's streaming music service for one hour a day consumes nearly one gigabyte of data. The correct figure when listening through a phone is 430 megabytes, or closer to half a gigabyte.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/12/12189451-correction-verizon-share-everything-plans-data</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/12/12189451-correction-verizon-share-everything-plans-data</guid><category>technology</category><category>us</category><category>verizon</category><category>plans</category><category>associated-press</category><category>data</category><category>share</category><category>everything</category><category>tec</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 20:30:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Questions and answers about Verizon's new plans</title>
<description><![CDATA[Verizon Wireless is phasing out nearly all of its existing phone plans and replacing them with pricing schemes that let families and other subscribers share a monthly data allowance over as many as 10 devices.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Svensson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Peter Svensson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/12/12187916-questions-and-answers-about-verizons-new-plans</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/12/12187916-questions-and-answers-about-verizons-new-plans</guid><category>technology</category><category>us</category><category>verizon</category><category>verizon-wireless</category><category>qa</category><category>tec</category><category>verizon-wireless'</category><category>share-everything</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 18:22:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=13aa688b-c947-4616-8532-3ea43fcaa60c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=13aa688b-c947-4616-8532-3ea43fcaa60c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Two Verizon workers take orders at a Verizon store in Mountain View, Calif., Tuesday, June 12, 2012. Verizon Wireless, the nation's largest cellphone company, announced Tuesday  that is dropping nearly all of its phone plans in favor of pricing schemes that encourage consumers to connect their non-phone devices, like tablets and PCs, to Verizon's network. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Verizon's new sharing plans, by the numbers</title>
<description><![CDATA[Existing Verizon Wireless customers have a choice to make. They can stick with their current plan or switch to one of the company's Share Everything plans when they become available on June 28. Under the new plans, subscribers pay for two things: the pool of wireless data they use every month, and the devices they add to the plan. Here's a brief look at prices and a breakdown of which plans are best-suited for various types of users.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/11/12183478-verizons-new-sharing-plans-by-the-numbers</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/11/12183478-verizons-new-sharing-plans-by-the-numbers</guid><category>technology</category><category>us</category><category>glance</category><category>verizon</category><category>plans</category><category>tec</category><category>with-verizon</category><category>share-everything-plans</category><category>share-everything</category><category>existing-verizon-wireless</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 00:43:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Verizon to phase out most existing phone plans</title>
<description><![CDATA[Verizon Wireless, the nation's largest cellphone company, is phasing out nearly all of its existing phone plans and replacing them with pricing schemes that encourage customers to connect their non-phone devices, like tablets and PCs, to the Verizon network.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Svensson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Peter Svensson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/11/12182856-verizon-to-phase-out-most-existing-phone-plans</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/11/12182856-verizon-to-phase-out-most-existing-phone-plans</guid><category>technology</category><category>us</category><category>verizon</category><category>plan</category><category>tec</category><category>share-everything-plan</category><category>verizon-share</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 00:04:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e89c0e68-fc1a-4de1-baa6-945ecfae33a3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e89c0e68-fc1a-4de1-baa6-945ecfae33a3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Feb. 10, 2011 file photo, Chris Cioban, manager of the Verizon store in Beachwood, Ohio, holds up an Apple iPhone 4G. Verizon Wireless, the nation's largest cellphone company, announced Tuesday, June 12, 2012, that is dropping nearly all of its phone plans in favor of pricing schemes that encourage consumers to connect their non-phone devices, like tablets and PCs, to Verizon's network.  (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Verizon offering buyouts to 1,700 wireline workers</title>
<description><![CDATA[Phone company Verizon Communications Inc. is offering buyouts to 1,700 workers, mainly call-center employees and technicians, as it continues to shrink its wireline business.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/04/12050974-verizon-offering-buyouts-to-1700-wireline-workers</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/04/12050974-verizon-offering-buyouts-to-1700-wireline-workers</guid><category>technology</category><category>us</category><category>buyout</category><category>verizon</category><category>verizon-communications</category><pubDate>Mon, 4 Jun 2012 17:16:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>