Telecom09/24/2026@TechDesk
Verizon Completes $20 Billion Frontier Acquisition
Verizon…1919 McKinney Avenue, Uptown, Dallas, TX 75205, United States
Starts 01/20/2026CONFIRMED 85% CONFIDENCE247 days agoVerizon's^[3][4] 8-K: "On January 20, 2026, Verizon Communications Inc. completed the previously announced acquisition of Frontier Communications Parent, Inc."
Verizon closed its $20 billion purchase of Frontier Communications, making it a wholly owned subsidiary and extending Verizon's fiber reach to almost 30 million passings across 31 states and DC.
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Telecom09/24/2026@TechDesk
FCC Approves Verizon's Frontier Deal After DEI Pledge
Verizon…Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street Northeast, NoMa, Washington, DC 20554, United States
Starts 05/16/2025CONFIRMED 89% CONFIDENCE1.4 years agoThe FCC^[1] release is datelined "WASHINGTON, May 16, 2025" and says "Today, the FCC's Wireline Competition Bureau approved Verizon's $20 billion acquisition of Frontier".
The FCC approved Verizon's $20 billion Frontier purchase after Verizon committed to ending its DEI practices, with Chairman Brendan Carr citing fiber builds of 1 million or more homes a year and commitments to tower crews.
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Telecom09/24/2026@TechDesk
California Approves Verizon-Frontier Deal, Clearing Last Hurdle
505 Van Ness Avenue, Civic Center, San Francisco, CA 94102, United StatesVerizon…
Starts 01/15/2026CONFIRMED 90% CONFIDENCE252 days agoThe CPUC release reads "January 15, 2026 - SAN FRANCISCO - The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) today approved the transfer of control of Frontier Communications' California operations to Verizon^[2]".
California's utilities regulator approved the transfer of Frontier's California operations to Verizon with enforceable conditions, including $500 million in small-business spending, the final regulatory approval before the deal closed five days later.
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Telecom09/24/2026@TechDesk
Verizon Signs Multibillion-Dollar Corning Fiber Deal Through 2032
Verizon…1095 6th Avenue, Midtown, Manhattan, New York, NY 10036, United States
09/08/2026 - 12/31/2032CONFIRMED 86% CONFIDENCE16 days agoVerizon^[1], 8 September 2026: an agreement 'for 80+ million miles of high-density optical fiber and connectivity solutions from 2027 to 2032' - the end is the exclusive boundary after 2032.
Verizon agreed to buy more than 80 million miles of Corning optical fiber from 2027 to 2032 to push toward 40-50 million broadband passings and build long-haul fiber between AI data centers.
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Telecom09/24/2026@TechDesk
Verizon Commits $100 Million to AST SpaceMobile
Verizon…AST SpaceMobile, 2901 Enterprise Lane, Midland Spaceport Business Park, Midland, TX 79706, United States
Starts 05/29/2024CONFIRMED 89% CONFIDENCE2.3 years agoAST SpaceMobile's 8-K dated May 29, 2024 reports that "On May 23, 2024, the Company and Verizon ... entered into a Convertible Note and Memorandum of Understanding for an investment and commercial prepayment commitment totaling $100.0 million"; the pin is the day it was disclosed.^[1]
Verizon agreed to put $100 million into satellite-to-phone startup AST SpaceMobile: a $35 million convertible note plus $65 million of prepaid service payments, the second tied to regulatory approval and a definitive commercial agreement.
$100M
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Telecom09/24/2026@TechDesk
Verizon Closes $1 Billion UScellular Spectrum Purchase
U.S. Cellular Plaza 1, 8410 West Bryn Mawr Avenue, O'Hare, Chicago, IL 60631, United StatesVerizon…
Starts 06/01/2026CONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCE115 days agoArray's 8-K: "On June 1, 2026, Array Digital Infrastructure, Inc. (f/k/a United States Cellular Corporation) ... completed the previously announced sale of select spectrum assets to Verizon Communications Inc."^[1]
Verizon completed its $1 billion cash purchase of cellular, AWS and PCS spectrum licenses from Array Digital Infrastructure, the former UScellular, covering about 8 percent of the US population.
$1B
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Telecom09/24/2026@TechDesk
Verizon Authorises $25 Billion Buyback and Raises Dividend
1095 6th Avenue, Midtown, Manhattan, New York, NY 10036, United StatesVerizon…
Starts 01/30/2026 1:00PMCONFIRMED 87% CONFIDENCE237 days agoThe 8-K says "on January 30, 2026, the Board of Directors of the Company authorized a share repurchase program for up to $25 billion", described on that morning's earnings call (8:00 AM ET).^[1]
Verizon's board authorised up to $25 billion of share repurchases and raised the quarterly dividend 2.5 percent to $0.7075, part of a plan to return about $55 billion to shareholders through 2028.
$25B
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Telecom09/24/2026@TechDesk
Verizon and BT Merge International Businesses in 50:50 Joint Venture
Verizon…1095 6th Avenue, Midtown, Manhattan, New York, NY 10036, United States
Starts 06/29/2026CONFIRMED 84% CONFIDENCE87 days agoThe release, published Jun 29, 2026, says BT Group and Verizon^[1] "today announced the signing of an agreement to combine their respective international enterprise operations into a 50:50 joint venture".
Verizon and BT agreed to combine their international enterprise networking arms into a 50:50 joint venture serving over 3,000 multinationals in 180-plus countries with about $4 billion in combined annual revenue; Verizon pays BT $625 million to equalize.
$625M
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Telecom09/24/2026@TechDesk
Verizon Reports Q2 2025 Results and Raises Guidance
Verizon…1095 6th Avenue, Midtown, Manhattan, New York, NY 10036, United States
Starts 07/21/2025 10:58AMCONFIRMED 90% CONFIDENCE1.2 years agoThe release is dated July 21, 2025 and was published at 10:58 UTC (6:58 a.m. EDT), matching the 8-K exhibit accepted by the SEC^[2][3] at 10:58:11 UTC, ahead of the 8:30 a.m. ET call.
Verizon beat its own plan in the second quarter of 2025, with adjusted EPS of $1.22 and wireless service revenue of $20.9 billion, and raised its full-year guidance for adjusted EBITDA, adjusted EPS and free cash flow.
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Telecom09/24/2026@TechDesk
Verizon Reports Q2 2026 Results and Raises Guidance Again
Verizon…1095 6th Avenue, Midtown, Manhattan, New York, NY 10036, United States
Starts 07/24/2026 11:00AMCONFIRMED 92% CONFIDENCE62 days agoThe release is dated July 24, 2026 and was published at 11:00 UTC (7:00 a.m. EDT); the 8-K exhibit was accepted at 11:00:31 UTC.^[1]
Verizon added 184,000 postpaid phones and posted a record 40.1 percent adjusted EBITDA margin in the second quarter of 2026, raising full-year guidance for a second time and lifting its buyback target to $4.5 billion.
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Telecom09/24/2026@TechDesk
Verizon Raises Dividend for 19th Consecutive Year
1095 6th Avenue, Midtown, Manhattan, New York, NY 10036, United StatesVerizon…
Starts 09/05/2025CONFIRMED 89% CONFIDENCE1.1 years agoThe release published Sep 05, 2025 says the board "today declared a quarterly dividend of 69 cents per outstanding share".^[1]
Verizon's board raised the quarterly dividend by 1.25 cents to 69 cents a share, its 19th annual increase in a row, payable on 3 November 2025.
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Telecom09/24/2026@TechDesk
Verizon Completes Acquisition of Starry
38 Chauncy Street, Downtown Crossing, Boston, MA 02111, United StatesVerizon…
Starts 01/30/2026CONFIRMED 85% CONFIDENCE237 days agoVerizon's^[4] 2025 Form 10-K: "On January 30, 2026, we completed the acquisition of Starry Group Holdings, Inc. (Starry), a fixed wireless broadband provider serving multi-dwelling units in five markets across the U.S."
Verizon closed its purchase of Starry, a fixed wireless provider serving about 100,000 apartment-building customers in Boston, New York, Los Angeles, Denver and Washington with millimeter-wave technology.
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Verizon's^[1] release is dated "September 5, 2024" and says the two companies "today announced they have entered into a definitive agreement"; the page was published 10:00Z, ahead of the 8:00 AM ET investor call it announces.

Start: Sep 5, 202490% CONFIDENCEfrom the source

Verizon Agrees to Buy Frontier for $20 Billion

Verizon agreed to buy Frontier Communications, the largest pure-play US fiber provider, in an all-cash deal valued at $20 billion ($38.50 a share), adding 2.2 million fiber subscribers and reach to 25 million premises across 31 states and DC.

Verizon and Frontier announced a definitive agreement for Verizon to buy Frontier in an all-cash deal valued at $20 billion^[1]
Frontier shareholders get $38.50 in cash per share; the merger agreement was signed on 4 September 2024^[2]
Frontier brings 2.2 million fiber subscribers in 25 states and 7.2 million fiber locations, with 2.8 million more planned by the end of 2026^[1]
Combined, the companies pass more than 25 million premises with fiber across 31 states and Washington, D.C.^[1]
Verizon projected at least $500 million in annual run-rate cost synergies^[1]
Then CEO Hans Vestberg called the deal a strategic fit that builds on two decades of Fios fiber^[1][3][4]

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Cost $20B

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verizon.com/about/news/verizon-to-acquire-frontier
verizon.com· Posted Sep 24, 2026· Starts Sep 5, 2024 ✓· 86% of score
Verizon's release is dated "September 5, 2024" and says the two companies "today announced they have entered into a definitive agreement"; the page was published 10:00Z, ahead of the 8:00 AM ET investor call it announces.
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Verizon Form 8-K, Item 1.01 (Agreement and Plan of Merger with Frontier)
sec.gov· Published Sep 5, 2024· 5% of score
Verizon's^[1] filing: the merger agreement was entered on September 4, 2024 and pays $38.50 in cash per Frontier share.
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Verizon to acquire Frontier in $20 billion deal | REUTERS
youtube.com· Published Sep 5, 2024· 5% of score
Reuters video report of the $20 billion deal on the day it was announced.^[1]
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Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg on $20B Frontier deal (CNBC Television)
youtube.com· Published Sep 5, 2024· 5% of score
CNBC interview with Verizon's^[1] then CEO Hans Vestberg on announcement morning.

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Telecom09/24/2026@TechDesk
Verizon Completes $20 Billion Frontier Acquisition
Verizon…1919 McKinney Avenue, Uptown, Dallas, TX 75205, United States
Starts 01/20/2026CONFIRMED 85% CONFIDENCE247 days agoVerizon's^[3][4] 8-K: "On January 20, 2026, Verizon Communications Inc. completed the previously announced acquisition of Frontier Communications Parent, Inc."
Verizon closed its $20 billion purchase of Frontier Communications, making it a wholly owned subsidiary and extending Verizon's fiber reach to almost 30 million passings across 31 states and DC.
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Telecom09/24/2026@TechDesk
FCC Approves Verizon's Frontier Deal After DEI Pledge
Verizon…Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street Northeast, NoMa, Washington, DC 20554, United States
Starts 05/16/2025CONFIRMED 89% CONFIDENCE1.4 years agoThe FCC^[1] release is datelined "WASHINGTON, May 16, 2025" and says "Today, the FCC's Wireline Competition Bureau approved Verizon's $20 billion acquisition of Frontier".
The FCC approved Verizon's $20 billion Frontier purchase after Verizon committed to ending its DEI practices, with Chairman Brendan Carr citing fiber builds of 1 million or more homes a year and commitments to tower crews.
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Telecom09/24/2026@TechDesk
California Approves Verizon-Frontier Deal, Clearing Last Hurdle
505 Van Ness Avenue, Civic Center, San Francisco, CA 94102, United StatesVerizon…
Starts 01/15/2026CONFIRMED 90% CONFIDENCE252 days agoThe CPUC release reads "January 15, 2026 - SAN FRANCISCO - The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) today approved the transfer of control of Frontier Communications' California operations to Verizon^[2]".
California's utilities regulator approved the transfer of Frontier's California operations to Verizon with enforceable conditions, including $500 million in small-business spending, the final regulatory approval before the deal closed five days later.
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Telecom09/24/2026@TechDesk
Verizon Signs Multibillion-Dollar Corning Fiber Deal Through 2032
Verizon…1095 6th Avenue, Midtown, Manhattan, New York, NY 10036, United States
09/08/2026 - 12/31/2032CONFIRMED 86% CONFIDENCE16 days agoVerizon^[1], 8 September 2026: an agreement 'for 80+ million miles of high-density optical fiber and connectivity solutions from 2027 to 2032' - the end is the exclusive boundary after 2032.
Verizon agreed to buy more than 80 million miles of Corning optical fiber from 2027 to 2032 to push toward 40-50 million broadband passings and build long-haul fiber between AI data centers.
0.72
Telecom09/24/2026@TechDesk
Verizon Commits $100 Million to AST SpaceMobile
Verizon…AST SpaceMobile, 2901 Enterprise Lane, Midland Spaceport Business Park, Midland, TX 79706, United States
Starts 05/29/2024CONFIRMED 89% CONFIDENCE2.3 years agoAST SpaceMobile's 8-K dated May 29, 2024 reports that "On May 23, 2024, the Company and Verizon ... entered into a Convertible Note and Memorandum of Understanding for an investment and commercial prepayment commitment totaling $100.0 million"; the pin is the day it was disclosed.^[1]
Verizon agreed to put $100 million into satellite-to-phone startup AST SpaceMobile: a $35 million convertible note plus $65 million of prepaid service payments, the second tied to regulatory approval and a definitive commercial agreement.
$100M
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Telecom09/24/2026@TechDesk
Verizon Closes $1 Billion UScellular Spectrum Purchase
U.S. Cellular Plaza 1, 8410 West Bryn Mawr Avenue, O'Hare, Chicago, IL 60631, United StatesVerizon…
Starts 06/01/2026CONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCE115 days agoArray's 8-K: "On June 1, 2026, Array Digital Infrastructure, Inc. (f/k/a United States Cellular Corporation) ... completed the previously announced sale of select spectrum assets to Verizon Communications Inc."^[1]
Verizon completed its $1 billion cash purchase of cellular, AWS and PCS spectrum licenses from Array Digital Infrastructure, the former UScellular, covering about 8 percent of the US population.
$1B
0.68
Telecom09/24/2026@TechDesk
Verizon Authorises $25 Billion Buyback and Raises Dividend
1095 6th Avenue, Midtown, Manhattan, New York, NY 10036, United StatesVerizon…
Starts 01/30/2026 1:00PMCONFIRMED 87% CONFIDENCE237 days agoThe 8-K says "on January 30, 2026, the Board of Directors of the Company authorized a share repurchase program for up to $25 billion", described on that morning's earnings call (8:00 AM ET).^[1]
Verizon's board authorised up to $25 billion of share repurchases and raised the quarterly dividend 2.5 percent to $0.7075, part of a plan to return about $55 billion to shareholders through 2028.
$25B
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Telecom09/24/2026@TechDesk
Verizon and BT Merge International Businesses in 50:50 Joint Venture
Verizon…1095 6th Avenue, Midtown, Manhattan, New York, NY 10036, United States
Starts 06/29/2026CONFIRMED 84% CONFIDENCE87 days agoThe release, published Jun 29, 2026, says BT Group and Verizon^[1] "today announced the signing of an agreement to combine their respective international enterprise operations into a 50:50 joint venture".
Verizon and BT agreed to combine their international enterprise networking arms into a 50:50 joint venture serving over 3,000 multinationals in 180-plus countries with about $4 billion in combined annual revenue; Verizon pays BT $625 million to equalize.
$625M
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Telecom09/24/2026@TechDesk
Verizon Reports Q2 2025 Results and Raises Guidance
Verizon…1095 6th Avenue, Midtown, Manhattan, New York, NY 10036, United States
Starts 07/21/2025 10:58AMCONFIRMED 90% CONFIDENCE1.2 years agoThe release is dated July 21, 2025 and was published at 10:58 UTC (6:58 a.m. EDT), matching the 8-K exhibit accepted by the SEC^[2][3] at 10:58:11 UTC, ahead of the 8:30 a.m. ET call.
Verizon beat its own plan in the second quarter of 2025, with adjusted EPS of $1.22 and wireless service revenue of $20.9 billion, and raised its full-year guidance for adjusted EBITDA, adjusted EPS and free cash flow.
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Telecom09/24/2026@TechDesk
Verizon Reports Q2 2026 Results and Raises Guidance Again
Verizon…1095 6th Avenue, Midtown, Manhattan, New York, NY 10036, United States
Starts 07/24/2026 11:00AMCONFIRMED 92% CONFIDENCE62 days agoThe release is dated July 24, 2026 and was published at 11:00 UTC (7:00 a.m. EDT); the 8-K exhibit was accepted at 11:00:31 UTC.^[1]
Verizon added 184,000 postpaid phones and posted a record 40.1 percent adjusted EBITDA margin in the second quarter of 2026, raising full-year guidance for a second time and lifting its buyback target to $4.5 billion.
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Telecom09/24/2026@TechDesk
Verizon Raises Dividend for 19th Consecutive Year
1095 6th Avenue, Midtown, Manhattan, New York, NY 10036, United StatesVerizon…
Starts 09/05/2025CONFIRMED 89% CONFIDENCE1.1 years agoThe release published Sep 05, 2025 says the board "today declared a quarterly dividend of 69 cents per outstanding share".^[1]
Verizon's board raised the quarterly dividend by 1.25 cents to 69 cents a share, its 19th annual increase in a row, payable on 3 November 2025.
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Telecom09/24/2026@TechDesk
Verizon Completes Acquisition of Starry
38 Chauncy Street, Downtown Crossing, Boston, MA 02111, United StatesVerizon…
Starts 01/30/2026CONFIRMED 85% CONFIDENCE237 days agoVerizon's^[4] 2025 Form 10-K: "On January 30, 2026, we completed the acquisition of Starry Group Holdings, Inc. (Starry), a fixed wireless broadband provider serving multi-dwelling units in five markets across the U.S."
Verizon closed its purchase of Starry, a fixed wireless provider serving about 100,000 apartment-building customers in Boston, New York, Los Angeles, Denver and Washington with millimeter-wave technology.
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