Verizon’s aging network infrastructure is finally catching up to it, and now the Telecom giant is investing more than $1 billion a year in an effort to stay ahead of the curve. This week, Verizon announced that it will sign a 3-year deal with the New York-based scientific manufacturing company Corning. Under the terms of… Read more »
Internet access is no longer limited to PCs and smartphones. These days, everything from municipal transit buses to climate control systems to household appliances are being integrated into the Internet as well. This new influx of web-connected infrastructure is known collectively as the Internet of Things (IoT). Today, the IoT is in a similar phase… Read more »
This month, Verizon and the city of Boston announced that they would work together in a $300 million partnership to replace Boston’s network of copper cable with a fiber optic network, bringing more and faster internet to the 650,000 residents of Boston and the surrounding area. The public-private partnership is a bit of an experiment,… Read more »
