FiOS

Can’t Find the TV Remote? Use the Cell Phone Instead

February 11, 2010 – Verizon FiOS TV customers are getting an innovative new way to control the functions on their TV sets – and enjoy some enhanced features as well. All they have to do is reach for their mobile phone. Effective immediately, FiOS TV customers who have a Motorola Droid or HTC Imagio mobile phone can use those devices as a television remote control. The mobile remote has virtually the same functionality as the standard FiOS remote, plus additional features including instantly transferring photos from the handset to the TV screen. Verizon will expand this service, Verizon FiOS Mobile Remote, to additional mobile phones in the coming months.

Consumer Services

Verizon to Provide Upgraded Internet Security Suite Powered by McAfee

Verizon announced today it is joining with McAfee to make available an upgraded Verizon Internet Security Suite (VISS) to Verizon’s more than nine million FiOS Internet and High Speed Internet customers, as well as other U.S. consumer and small-business broadband users. Verizon is the only ISP to offer broadband customers a combination of McAfee’s Internet Security tools, which exclusively includes Family Protection and SiteAdvisor technology in a single, bundled Internet security suite. In addition, Verizon Interest Security Suite customers will have first-in-market access to enhancements to the McAfee services.

Consumer Services

New Verizon FiOS Bundles Deliver Unprecedented Two-Way-Fast Internet Speeds and More High-Def TV Choices

Verizon has unveiled bold new FiOS bundles that include even more high-definition programming options, plus unprecedented, symmetrical Internet service featuring equal upstream and downstream connections of up to 35 megabits per second (Mbps)

Network Technology

NBA At-Home Viewing Just Got Better With Verizon FiOS TV’s NBA LEAGUE PASS Widget

Verizon FiOS TV – the ultimate home-entertainment experience – is now providing an enhanced NBA viewing experience. The advanced, all-fiber-optic TV service now includes a free NBA LEAGUE PASS Widget, which lets fans order NBA LEAGUE PASS – the league’s subscription package of up to 40 out-of-market live NBA games per week – directly from their remote control.

FiOS

Buy It Quick With Just a Click on Verizon FiOS TV

Dec. 3, 2009 -- Holiday shopping just got a little more comfortable and convenient for FiOS TV customers. With FiOS TV offering great deals from the Home Shopping Network (HSN), the popular interactive retail channel, purchasing an item is just a matter of a few clicks on a customer’s remote control. There’s no need to make a call to place an order. It’s all made possible by Verizon’s latest addition to its Widget Bazaar applications marketplace – the HSN Shop By Remote® Widget.

FiOS

Can You Name the Quarterback for the 1987 Orangemen? How About the Player Who Succeeded Patrick Ewing at Center at His Alma Mater?

Verizon, in conjunction with ESPN and the ESPN360.com online sports channel, have launched a daily Trivia Challenge. Weekly winners will be selected at random and a grand prize winner will be chosen in January from the participants in the daily competition. The more points accumulated during the competition the better a participant's chances of winning. Go to Verizon.net/ESPN today to test your sports knowledge.

FiOS

Just in Time for Thanksgiving, Verizon Launches a New Era of Television Entertainment in Philadelphia

Verizon’s award-winning FiOS TV is now available in parts of Philadelphia, bringing 130 HD channels and a new level of TV innovation and interactivity to city residents and businesses.

FiOS

Live New York City Traffic Cams at Your Service on Verizon FiOS TV

From the BQE to the LIE, there's no traffic like New York City traffic. But Verizon customers with combined FiOS TV and Internet in the New York metro area can get ready to dodge tie-ups and bottlenecks in the five boroughs with the push of a button on their FiOS TV remote. Starting today, Verizon FiOS TV's new widget, part of the enhanced Verizon FiOS TV Widget Bazaar applications marketplace, shows live camera views of major road conditions in all five boroughs of New York City.

FiOS

FiOS at Five: Continuing Rapid Growth, Leadership in Technology and Innovation

It was the light seen up and down the East Coast when Verizon announced five years ago this week it was deploying its revolutionary FiOS network in six eastern states, transforming how people access the Internet and TV entertainment. A lot has happened since. FiOS has not only had a huge impact on the residents of New York, Massachusetts, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Delaware, as well as other states where FiOS was deployed back in 2004, it has transformed an entire industry.

Network Technology

Verizon FiOS Customer Self-Help Tool Is Proving Popular With Users; New Features Make Setting Up a Computer and Managing Computer Security Even Easier

The Verizon In-Home Agent – the automated self-help tool - is already popular with customers and is getting its first upgrades. The online help tool, introduced this summer, is available to all FiOS customers using PCs and subscribing to FiOS Internet service. The upgrades allow customers to, among other things, more easily set up new computers or manage computer security. A version of the tool supporting Verizon High Speed Internet DSL-based Internet service is planned.