Verizon Communications Inc

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  Sprint Partners With Samsung to Debut 5G Smartphones in the US This Summer

  Last month, rival Verizon Communications Inc disclosed similar plans for the first half of 2019.

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  All 3 Billion Yahoo User Accounts Were Hacked In 2013 Data Theft

  Yahoo, now part of Verizon Communications Inc, said on Tuesday that all of its 3 billion user accounts were affected in the August 2013 data theft, following an investigation involving forensic experts.

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  Verizon, Yahoo Agree To Lowered $4.48 Billion Deal

  Verizon Communications Inc, the No. 1 U.S. wireless carrier, said on Tuesday it agreed to buy the core internet business of Yahoo Inc for $4.48 billion, about $350 million less than the original price.

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  Verizon Said To Near Yahoo Deal At Lower Price After Hacks

  Verizon Communications Inc. is close to a renegotiated deal for Yahoo Inc.'s internet properties that would reduce the price of the $4.8 billion agreement by about $250 million after the revelation of security breaches at the web company, according to people familiar with the matter.

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  Yahoo To Be Named Altaba, CEO Marissa Mayer To Leave Board After Verizon Deal

  Yahoo Inc said Monday that it would rename itself Altaba Inc and Chief Executive Officer Marissa Mayer would step down from the board after the closing of its deal with Verizon Communications Inc.

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  Yahoo Mail Could Get Boost if Bought by Mobile Firm

  Both Verizon Communications Inc and AT&T Inc are set to make third and final round bids for Yahoo's 'core' business of mail, Web, and advertising products.

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  Next iPhone to Use Intel's Modem Chips: Report

  However, iPhones sold in China will use Qualcomm chips, and iPhones on Verizon Communications Inc's network will also stick with Qualcomm, Bloomberg added.

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  Verizon Plans Bid For Yahoo And Its Yahoo Japan Stake: Report

  Verizon Communications Inc is ready to make a bid for Yahoo's web business, and hopes to make a merger more successful by also making an offer for a stake in Yahoo's Japan subsidiary, Bloomberg reported on Thursday, citing a source familiar with the matter.

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  Verizon Supports 'Strong Encryption With No Backdoors': CEO

  Verizon Communications Inc supports "the availability of strong encryption with no backdoors," Chief Executive Lowell McAdam said on Wednesday, weighing in the showdown between Apple Inc and US authorities over mobile device encryption.

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  Yahoo Scraps Alibaba Spinoff Amid Investor Pressure

  Yahoo Inc. scrapped its long-planned spinoff of shares in Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. amid mounting pressure from investors concerned about the tax risks of the deal.

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  Stop Robocalls: US States Tell Phone Companies

  The attorneys general of 44 U.S. states and Washington D.C. on Wednesday asked the country's largest phone companies to install technology that would allow consumers to block automated telemarketing calls, known as robocalls.

• Edward Snowden Leaks Spur New Crop of Secure Phones, Communications

  Public concerns about the US government's secretive surveillance programs exposed by Edward Snowden have spawned a slew of encryption products and privacy services that aim to make electronic spying more difficult.

• US House passes bill on mobile phone 'unlocking'

  The US House of Representatives passed a bill on Tuesday that would give mobile-phone users the right to "unlock" their devices and use them on competitors' wireless networks, although Senate action was uncertain.

• Barack Obama government defends collecting US phone records

  A British newspaper reported that the United States has been collecting the telephone records of millions of Americans under a top secret court order. The Obama administration today defended the government's need to collect telephone records of American citizens, calling such information "a critical tool in protecting the nation from terrorist thre...