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Nationwide Verizon Outage Strands Customers in SOS Mode for 10 Hours
CONFIRMED87% CONFIDENCE253 days agoVerizon's[1] update page reads 'As of 10:15 PM ET, the outage has been resolved' (14 January); ABC News[2] quotes Downdetector that customers 'began noticing interrupted service around noon Eastern time on Wednesday'.A software issue took down Verizon Wireless across the US for about ten hours, from around noon until 10:15 PM ET, with Downdetector counting more than 178,000 affected at the peak; Verizon gave affected customers a $20 credit.0.70Supreme Court Upholds Verizon's $47M Location-Data Fine
CONFIRMED83% CONFIDENCE112 days agoThe slip opinion reads "No. 25-406. Argued April 21, 2026 - Decided June 4, 2026", decided together with No. 25-567, Verizon Communications, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission.[1]The Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that the FCC can issue forfeiture orders without a jury, upholding the ruling against Verizon over its $46.9 million fine for selling access to customers' location data and reversing AT&T's win over its $57 million fine.$46.9M0.68Verizon Wireless Outage Leaves Phones in SOS Mode
CONFIRMED88% CONFIDENCE1.1 years agoVerizon's[1] network president wrote on 31 August that 'yesterday afternoon and evening' customers lost service; CBS dates the first reports 'shortly after 12 p.m. ET on Saturday' and quotes Verizon that 'by midnight' service was fully restored.A software issue knocked Verizon Wireless customers from California to Florida into SOS mode for much of Saturday afternoon, with Downdetector reports peaking near 23,000 before service was restored by midnight.0.67Verizon 3-Year Price Lock Guarantee
CONFIRMED81% CONFIDENCE1.5 years agoVerizon[1][3], 3 April 2025: 'Effective today, Verizon introduces ... Price Lock Guarantee on all plans'; Droid Life[2] reports new myPlan activations or line changes 'starting June 16, 2026, no longer include the 3-year price lock guarantee'.Verizon guaranteed new and existing myPlan and myHome customers that their base plan price would not change for three years, with the lock resetting on every plan change, until it quietly stopped offering it on mobile plans in June 2026.0.67Verizon Launches Simplicity Plan and Loyalty Program
CONFIRMED78% CONFIDENCE100 days agoVerizon's[1][3] release, published 16 June 2026: 'Also available starting today' for Verizon One, and for loyalty 'Rollout starts today.'Verizon scrapped activation and upgrade fees, launched a Verizon Dollars and Verizon Shine loyalty program for every customer, and introduced the $45 Simplicity plan with unlimited 5G Ultra Wideband for all.$45.000.63Verizon Shine NFL Takeover Drops Free Tickets to Every Game
CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCE24 days agoVerizon[1][2], 27 August 2026: 'Beginning Monday, August 31, at 1:00 PM ET, Verizon is launching a week-long NFL takeover', with the calendar running to '9/4: Free NFL Sunday Ticket from YouTube'.Verizon turned its Verizon Shine loyalty drops over to the NFL for the week before kickoff, giving away free tickets to every domestic regular-season game, 22 VIP team experiences and NFL Sunday Ticket from YouTube.0.62Verizon Confirms Several Hundred More Job Cuts
CONFIRMED83% CONFIDENCE140 days agoQuartz's report of May 7, 2026 says "Verizon has confirmed a new wave of cuts totaling several hundred jobs"; Zacks dates the confirmation to May 7.[1]Six months after its 13,000-job cut, Verizon confirmed a new round of several hundred layoffs, under 1 percent of its workforce, falling hardest on its Basking Ridge, New Jersey campus.0.62Verizon Sells 274 Stores and Cuts 500 Corporate Jobs
CONFIRMED84% CONFIDENCE70 days agoReuters, datelined July 16: "Verizon said on Thursday it will sell 274 company-owned retail locations and cut about 500 corporate jobs".[1]Verizon said it will hand 274 company-owned stores to franchise operators and cut about 500 corporate jobs, moves affecting about 3,000 employees, effective 16 August 2026.0.61California Approves Verizon-Frontier Deal, Clearing Last Hurdle
CONFIRMED90% 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.0.61FCC Approves Verizon's Frontier Deal After DEI Pledge
CONFIRMED89% 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.0.61Verizon Completes $20 Billion Frontier Acquisition
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