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February 9, 2010
Verizon Business Helps Medium-Sized Businesses Combat Cyberthreats With New, Affordable Integrated Security Suite
BASKING RIDGE, N.J. - Small and medium-sized businesses face more hacker threats than ever, especially as the economy continues to pressure security and IT department budgets. In fact, according to a recent McAfee security study1, SMBs worldwide are at the highest risk of any size organization for a security breach, having experienced a 322 percent surge in attacks in 2009 alone.
February 1, 2010
Verizon Waives Long-Distance Charges for Calls to Haiti From Customers' Residential Wireline and Wireless Phones for Two More Weeks, Through Feb. 14
NEW YORK - To further help its customers contact loved ones in Haiti, Verizon and Verizon Wireless will extend for two more weeks the waiver of all long-distance usage charges for calls to Haiti from the companies' residential landline and wireless phones.
January 27, 2010
Verizon to Customers: Please DO Try This at Home
NEW YORK - Verizon has significantly expanded and enhanced its self-service tools for wireline residential customers, enabling them to do everything from shopping for bundles of services to paying bills to fixing problems with TV and Internet services - at any time of day or night.
