http://newscenter.verizon.com Latest Verizon headlines for New Hampshire webmaster@newscenter.verizon.com webmaster@newscenter.verizon.com 2006 Convio Content Management System Module en-us newscenter.verizon.com-48615260 http://newscenter.verizon.com/press-releases/verizon/2009/verizon-transfers.html NEW YORK - Verizon Communications announced Monday (Feb. 2) that it has completed the process of transferring to FairPoint Communications Inc. all responsibility for the systems supporting the operations of FairPoint in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. Mon, 02 Feb 2009 12:49:14 -0500 newscenter.verizon.com-37390755 http://newscenter.verizon.com/press-releases/verizon/2008/verizon-completes-spin-off-of.html NEW YORK - Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) today announced the completion of the spin-off of the shares of Northern New England Spinco Inc. (Spinco) to Verizon stockholders. Spinco held specified assets and liabilities that were used in Verizon's local exchange business and related activities in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. Immediately following the spin-off, Spinco merged with FairPoint Communications, Inc. (NYSE: FRP), resulting in Verizon stockholders collectively owning approximately 60 percent of FairPoint common stock. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:39:03 -0400 newscenter.verizon.com-36771291 http://newscenter.verizon.com/press-releases/verizon/2008/verizon-expands-7-megabits.html NEW YORK - Some 1.2 million additional consumers in 12 Eastern states and the District of Columbia can now order the new ultra-fast Verizon High Speed Internet service, which provides an appealing alternative to cable Internet. Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:00:08 -0400 newscenter.verizon.com-35390653 http://newscenter.verizon.com/press-releases/verizon/2008/verizon-fcc-approval-in.html WASHINGTON - The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today issued an order approving the assignment of authorizations and licenses associated with the proposed acquisition by FairPoint of Verizon's wireline operations in Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire. Wed, 09 Jan 2008 15:44:29 -0500 newscenter.verizon.com-35101938 http://newscenter.verizon.com/press-releases/verizon/2007/verizon-and-fairpoint-reach.html NEW YORK - Verizon and FairPoint have reached an agreement with the staff of the Maine Public Utility Commission and the Maine Office of Public Advocate. The two companies have asked the Maine PUC to approve the acquisition of Verizon's access lines and related business in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. The agreement submitted to the commission resolves concerns raised among the parties as Maine has considered approving the proposed Verizon-FairPoint transaction. Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:02:29 -0500 newscenter.verizon.com-34195825 http://newscenter.verizon.com/press-releases/verizon/2007/verizon-broadband-customers-1.html BOSTON - The hottest college football game in New England Saturday (Sept. 29), Boston College vs. UMass, won't be available on cable or satellite TV. But Verizon FiOS Internet and Verizon High Speed Internet customers have free passes to watch the Eagles of Boston College host the University of Massachusetts Minutemen beginning with the 1 p.m. ET kickoff. Wed, 26 Sep 2007 11:45:20 -0400 newscenter.verizon.com-32226393 http://newscenter.verizon.com/press-releases/verizon/2007/verizon-central-switching.html RAYMOND, N.H. -- Swiftly rising waters caused by the severe Nor’easter that hit the East Coast Sunday and Monday inundated Verizon’s central switching center in Raymond, N. H., Monday evening (April 16), knocking the communications facility out of service at about 8:30 p.m. Tue, 17 Apr 2007 12:17:15 -0400 newscenter.verizon.com-31610120 http://newscenter.verizon.com/press-releases/verizon/2007/verizon-sponsored-lecture.html NEW YORK - Verizon will sponsor a lecture series on business ethics at Bentley College in Waltham, Mass., focusing on changes in the field of information technology and its impact on privacy. Fri, 09 Feb 2007 09:41:29 -0500 newscenter.verizon.com-31413009 http://newscenter.verizon.com/press-releases/verizon/2007/verizon-and-fairpoint-agree.html NEW YORK - Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) and FairPoint Communications, Inc. (NYSE: FRP) today announced definitive agreements that will result in Verizon establishing a separate entity for its local exchange and related business assets in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, spinning off that new entity to Verizon's stockholders, and merging it with and into FairPoint. Tue, 16 Jan 2007 08:51:25 -0500 newscenter.verizon.com-31025755 http://newscenter.verizon.com/press-releases/verizon/2006/verizon-and-rainbow-media.html NEW YORK -- Verizon today announced a multiyear agreement with Rainbow Media Holdings that will make Rainbow's popular sports and entertainment programming available for the first time to Verizon FiOS TV subscribers. Thu, 16 Nov 2006 13:33:11 -0500