Ready to hang up on your land-line bills, but not quite ready to ditch your home phone? Turns out Verizon Wireless is quietly testing a new service, starting at $10 a month for current Verizon mobile ...

Most people take their telephones for granted. We expect them to work, whether we call a friend, for a food delivery or to call for police or an ambulance in an emergency. Janis and Joe Cioffi say ...

FLORIDA — Town officials say that days after The Berkshire Eagle reported on chronic landline telephone failures, Verizon said it will launch an upgrade for Florida’s antiquated system. Joan Lewis, ...

UPDATE: On Tuesday evening Verizon said the issue had been resolved. A previous version of the story is below. Verizon says it is aware of a problem in the Twin Cities area where some CenturyLink ...

UPDATE: As of 10:30 a.m., Verizon has reported the 9-1-1 issue with landline phones was corrected in Washington County. FORT EDWARD, N.Y. (NEWS10) – According to Tim Hardy, Deputy Director of the ...

If you've still have your old cordless phone, it could be the only thing keeping you connected to the world in the event of massive mobile network outages.

NEW YORK (AP) — Unions representing more than 36,000 Verizon landline phone and cable workers are threatening a strike starting Wednesday morning if the company doesn’t agree to a new contract. The ...

Verizon Communications Inc. said Wednesday it reached a deal to shed its traditional telephone line business in 14 states in a deal valued at $8.6 billion. Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) said ...

NEW YORK — Stalled contract negotiations led thousands of workers in Verizon Communication Inc.'s wireline division to go on strike Sunday, potentially affecting landline operations as well as ...

The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission has approved the sale of Verizon's landline phone service to Frontier Communications, but with a few conditions attached. Verizon is selling its ...

An outage was affecting Verizon landline phones throughout Ulster, Dutchess and Orange counties on Sunday, according to authorities. The Saugerties Police Department said it was experiencing issues ...