Verizon Wireless and Nextel Communications announced yesterday that they have agreed to dismiss their pending lawsuits against each other. As part of the settlement, Verizon will drop its opposition ...

The chairman of Mobile Future, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit group, sat at the witness table along with the big wireless carriers and well-known consumer advocates to tell senators how the ...

Verizon Wireless offered to sell some of its assets in exchange for regulatory approval of a $3.9 billion purchase of a block of wireless airwaves from a group of cable television companies. The ...

The Federal Communications Commission ordered Nextel Communications Inc. to pay at least $3.2 billion as part of a complex compromise that gives the wireless phone company a slice of valuable airwaves ...

Cellular industry arch-rivals Nextel Communications Inc. and Verizon Wireless reached an agreement yesterday under which Verizon Wireless agreed not to sue to block regulators from giving Nextel ...

Verizon Wireless said a proposal to force the buyer of some wireless airwaves to open its network to more kinds of devices may reduce the amount the government can raise in a spectrum auction. The ...

Sprint, T-Mobile, and smaller carriers will get a shot at beachfront spectrum. "Providers that hold at least one-third of the low-band spectrum in any regional market will face bidding restrictions." ...

WASHINGTON - With its winning $4.7 billion bid last week, Verizon Wireless didn't just stake claim to beachfront wireless property, it also grabbed control of the guest list to the open-access party.

Verizon spent a lot of money to win valuable wireless airwaves a few years ago. It now gets to fully tap into them. Eli covered the latest in the ever-changing worlds of telecom, streaming and sports.