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OKLAHOMA CITY, May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon is calling on its employees and customers to join in assisting the victims of the May 19-20 tornadoes that swept through the Oklahoma City area. Verizon has committed $100,000 in grants to disaster relief in the ... read more

WASHINGTON, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon's new head of public policy outlined the framework policymakers in Washington should consider in modernizing the nation's outdated telecom rules and regulations. Verizon believes that obsolete and unnecessary rules - some of which date back to the ... read more

NEW YORK, May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The latest free webinar from Verizon's small business team, to be held on Thursday (May 16), will feature Denise J. Hart, entrepreneur, executive momentum coach and global leader, and author of "Your Daily Mindset Mojo." In this one-hour webinar, ... read more

BASKING RIDGE, N.J., May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The latest free, live webinar from the Verizon Foundation's Thinkfinity.org will discuss building students' historical thinking and literacy skills by using Common Core standards. The webinar, which will be held on Wednesday (May 15) and presented in partnership ... read more

SEATTLE, May 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Nearly two hundred coaches and community leaders on Tuesday (May 7) participated in the final installment of a national effort to draft a new game plan to develop, mentor and lead young men. The series, entitled A Call To Coaches: Your Voice Counts, has engaged ... read more

NEW YORK, May 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- In a move to consolidate its operations and contribute to the flourishing lower Manhattan and Brooklyn economies, Verizon plans to market about half of its building at 140 West Street for either lease or sale to outside parties, while ... read more

SEATTLE, May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Verizon Foundation and A CALL TO MEN - a leading national violence prevention organization - will bring together dozens of middle school, high school, college and community coaches on Tuesday (May 7) for a free domestic violence prevention training program entitled, A Call ... read more

WASHINGTON, May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- President Obama today (May 1) nominated Tom Wheeler to serve as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, and announced that Commissioner Mignon Clyburn would serve as acting chair until Wheeler's confirmation. The following statement should be attributed to Craig Silliman, Verizon ... read more

BASKING RIDGE, N.J., May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon will host two client webinars on the company's "2013 Data Breach Investigations Report" on Thursday (May 2). Wade Baker, principal author of the DBIR, will share analysis from this year's report, which is based on data from ... read more

NEW YORK, April 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon announced today that it will invest $100 million in a solar and fuel-cell energy project that will help power 19 of its facilities in seven states across the country. When completed next year, the project will enable ... read more

PHILADELPHIA, April 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce and Verizon will present Greater Philadelphia's inaugural Small Business Week May 13-17, celebrating and recognizing the critical contributions of the Greater Philadelphia region's more than 150,000 small businesses. The 2013 Small Business Week will feature a series of events ... read more

SAN DIEGO, April 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Since last fall, children and their families in San Diego County have been receiving medical and dental care in a state-of-the-art mobile clinic as part of an innovative partnership between La Maestra Community Health Centers and the Verizon Foundation. In ... read more

SAN DIEGO, April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- La Maestra Community Health Centers, a leading healthcare nonprofit in San Diego County, and the Verizon Foundation will unveil a state-of-the-art mobile clinic vehicle at the National City Cinco de Mayo Mariachi Festival on Saturday (April 27). Festival participants ... read more

DETROIT, April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Hughes Telematics Inc., a Verizon company, has been recognized by Automotive News with two prestigious PACE awards for the company's collaboration with Mercedes-Benz USA to develop and implement remote software-update technology. The 19(th) annual PACE (Premier Automotive Suppliers' Contribution to Excellence) ... read more

NEW YORK, April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Verizon 2013 Data Breach Investigations Report" reveals that large-scale financial cybercrime and state-affiliated espionage dominated the security landscape in 2012. Taking the top spot for all breaches in the 2013 report is financially motived cybercrime (75 percent), ... read more

SEATTLE, April 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Coaches from Seattle-area middle and high schools, colleges and universities, and community leagues are invited to attend a free training session on May 7 to learn how to develop, mentor and lead young men and help build their character. The Verizon ... read more

NEW YORK, April 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon's elite Major Emergency Response Incident Team, called MERIT, is celebrating 20 years of service as it continues to protect thousands of miles of the company's communications network assets during natural disasters or hazardous materials incidents. This week, the 30-member ... read more

NEW YORK, April 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The latest free webinar from Verizon's small business team will be held on Wednesday (April 17) and feature Jean Chatzky, financial editor of NBC's "Today" show and a nationally known personal finance expert, author and frequent guest on "The ... read more

CANBERRA, Australia, April 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- To meet the growing demand of its government and enterprise customers, Verizon has doubled the capacity of its Fyshwick data center in Canberra. Verizon now has more than 75,000 square feet of data center floor space in Australia, divided among ... read more

NEW YORK, April 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- For the third consecutive year, Verizon and NEC Corporation of America announced they have set an industry record, this time by successfully sending the highest-capacity transmissions for regional and long-haul distances over field fiber. The achievement was accomplished by ... read more