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Verizon is expected to hold talks with state regulatory officials on Wednesday regarding the company's plans to bring the company's new fiber-optic television service, FiOS TV, to Rhode Island.

Verizon Communications Inc. said on Wednesday it expects its upgraded fiber network project, FiOS to be in more than 50 percent of all households in the US by 2010 that are within the company's service area.

Charter Communications introduced high-speed broadband service for customers this week, offering an upgraded security suite and some of the fastest down-stream rates in the country.

Internet service providers will have to be careful about advertising headline speeds for broadband connections after an advert by Bulldog Communications was criticised by the advertising watchdog on Wednesday.

Intel Corporation and Siemens Communications announced on Wednesday a collaboration to bring second generation voice-over-internet-protocol (VOIP) technologies in a jointly funded project.

Telecommunications company Verizon Communications Inc. said on Wednesday that officials in Montgomery County, Maryland, have agreed to let it sell Web-based video service to local residents and that it may drop its lawsuit against the county for blocking it.

AT&T Inc. said on Tuesday it will launch a new Internet browser based television service that will allow subscribers to watch 20 channels

Mobile phone operator Vodafone Group Plc confirmed on Monday its plan to enter the cut throat fixed line broadband Internet market

Men's cable channel Spike TV is joining other Viacom properties that have taken their content digital in a significant way with Wednesday's official launch of a broadband player on SpikeTV.com.

High-speed internet connections are on the incline in both the United States and Britain, according to industry experts.

U.S. wireless companies face new competition on Wednesday as they start bidding on licenses for advanced wireless services like high-speed Internet - from the satellite and cable television industries.

After years of lackluster results, AOL is refocusing. Instead of pursuing new subscribers, it will focus on online advertising to grow in a highly competitive market.

Telstra, Australia's largest telecommunication company, announced its intention to withdraw from building a A$4 billion (US$3.1 billion) high-speed broadband network.

The Internet may soon change the way people watch television. AT&T and Verizon have been spending billions of dollars, to build and reinforce their networks with the hope of turning the Internet into an on-demand, multi-media entertainment machine.

U.S. phone company AT&T Inc. said on Wednesday it began marketing its AT&T Homezone, a long-awaited service that combines high-speed Internet and satellite television in one set-top box.

Software giant Microsoft and South Africa's cellular group Mobile Telephone Networks (MTN) announced on Tuesday a collaboration to provide affordable internet connection services in South Africa.

Verizon Communications Inc. is close to putting in motion long-awaited plans to shed its directory business, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.

U.S. telephone giant AT&T Inc. risks losing customers to cable rivals unless it builds a fiber network closer to customers than currently planned for its video and Internet services, analysts said.

Internet phone service provider Vonage Holdings Corp. on Tuesday priced an initial public offering worth about $531 million, according to an underwriter.

Britain's FTSE 100 index closed sharply higher on Friday as fresh bid talk buoyed mortgage bank Alliance & Leicester, while the Midcap 250 index hit a fresh high led by brewer Greene King.

Verizon Communications Inc., one of the world's biggest telephone companies, said on Tuesday its quarterly earnings fell on merger costs but revenue rose due to strength in wireless.