Verizon

Verizon is doing the unthinkable: Starting Thursday, the nation's largest wireless company will eliminate two-year service contracts, along with the practice of offering discounted phones at prices of $100 or $200.

Verizon, the nation's largest wireless provider, will stop offering phones at discounted prices when customers sign two-year service contracts.

Under a recent settlement approved by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, Verizon can raise rates on residential and business landline phone service. Opposition was staunch and immediate.

Verizon is defending its new, cheaper cable packages that let customers choose groups of channels as media companies protest.

Members of AARP, formerly known as the American Association of Retired Persons, are calling for the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities to take action on what they feel are unresolved issues.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Verizon Wireless is launching a nationwide loyalty program this week for its 100-million-plus subscribers. There's a twist, though: To earn points for every dollar spent, subscribers must consent to have their movements tracked so the company can help target ads that match their interests.

Critics of Verizon claim the company has failed on a promise to deliver fiber optics statewide, despite the collection of $15 billion in surcharges, tax breaks and rate hikes for that purpose.

If you're a Verizon customer in Ocean County right now, chances are that your cell phone is just a glorified door stop at the moment.

New Jersey utility regulators and advocates for customers are opposing Verizon's plan not to bring wired phone lines back to one shore town badly battered by Superstorm Sandy.

The Obama administration on Thursday defended the National Security Agency's need to collect telephone records of U.S. citizens, calling such information "a critical tool in protecting the nation from terrorist threats."