This was already destined to be an interesting day for Dish Network as it prepares its annual presentation at the International CES confab in Las Vegas to unveil expanded services for its Hopper DVR and Sling Internet streaming box. But the most important development so far was out of its hands: T-Mobile effectively…

This was an important part of the controversial $3.6B deal that Verizon cut in late 2011 with Comcast, Time Warner Cable and other cable operators. The cable guys ditched their plans to create their own wireless phone service, selling spectrum they controlled to Verizon with an agreement to jointly develop new…

The No. 1 wireless carrier agreed to make the payment, and to relax its restrictions on tethering, as part of a consent decree announced today by the FCC's Enforcement Bureau. The regulatory agency found that Verizon Wireless went over the line when it persuaded Google to disable tethering applications in its Google…

The letter from 32 House Democrats to FCC chairman Julius Genachowski and Attorney General Eric Holder comes as the two agencies head into the home stretch of their review of Verizon‘s nearly $4B deal to buy wireless spectrum from Comcast and other cable companies — and cross-market each other’s services. The FCC is…

The reason: T-Mobile probably will now end its effort to block Verizon Wireless’ deal to pay nearly $4B for Comcast and other cable operators’ wireless spectrum — part of a broad peace agreement between the companies. Verizon Wireless said today that it will turn over to T-Mobile spectrum that reaches 60M potential…

Bernstein Research analyst Craig Moffett calls Verizon Wireless’ new Share Everything fee plan “the most profound change to pricing (that) the telecom industry has seen in twenty years.” But entertainment companies will want to know whether the arrangement will encourage or discourage video streaming and downloading…

UPDATED: Verizon Wireless CEO Dan Mead says this is  “one of our most important announcements of the year.” The service will be in the market within a month, he told attendees at The Cable Show in Boston. It initially will be available to Verizon Wireless customers with 4G LTE Android devices, but other systems will…

Verizon Wireless’ plan to acquire $3.6 billion worth of spectrum from SpectrumCo — a joint venture of Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks — has raised eyebrows at the antitrust division of the U.S. Justice Department. The deal, which involves the purchase of 122 spectrum licenses, is supposed to be…

It’s hard to figure out Verizon’s place in the infotainment world — and CEO Lowell McAdam kept things murky in his appearance today at the UBS Annual Global Media and Communications Conference. He wouldn’t address this week’s surprising report that the phone giant might launch its own national movie and TV streaming…

Comcast CFO Mike Angelakis says that The Wizarding World Of Harry Potter was so successful for Universal Orlando’s Islands of Adventure that it became “a reset mechanism” for the theme park. But he stopped short of confirming reports that the company plans to bring Potter to Universal Studios Hollywood, even as he…

The deal looks like good news for cable operators — and Dish Network, which is amassing wireless spectrum to transmit entertainment on its own national broadband service. In effect, the cable guys are finally acknowledging that it’s too late for them to compete with Verizon, AT&T, and Sprint by creating their own…

BASKING RIDGE, N.J. – Verizon said today that it is the official wireless partner of THE X FACTOR, which premiered last night and continues tonight from 8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT on FOX, and it has joined forces with THE X FACTOR as the presenting sponsor of The Xtra Factor App for smartphones and other mobile devices…