North American Aerospace Defense Command will again use Verizon‘s communications services in this year’s hotline service to help children track Santa Claus. Verizon said Thursday it added 14,000 new augmentations, including 5G cell sites, network-based virtualization and fiber deployments, to support volunteers in answering children’s calls under the NORAD Tracks Santa program. Almost 600 volunteers […] More

AT&T and Verizon Communications wrote a letter to the Federal Communications Commission saying they would lower the power levels of their cell towers for their 5G wireless services across the U.S. over a period of six months as federal regulators assess the effect of signals on aircraft sensors, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. “While […] More

Verizon’s public sector business has secured five Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions task orders, worth a combined $887 million, from the Department of Labor to modernize the agency’s legacy network infrastructure. The company said Tuesday it will work to drive the adoption of technologies to enhance data, voice, unified communications, video services and enterprise applications for the DOL’s […] More

Verizon Public Sector has secured a $495 million Department of Defense (DOD) contract to deliver a next-generation, high-bandwidth, low-latency, Layer 2 wide area network supporting critical research. The company will provide switch, router, firewall and Edge Compute capabilities to help connect 200 different research, development, test, and evaluation laboratories and High-Performance Computing locations across the […] More

Verizon and Robotic Research have partnered to demonstrate the joint application of a 5G wireless network and a data collection system for an autonomous shuttle pilot program at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego. The 90-day pilot, which is part of the 5G Living Lab initiative on the military installation, will use Verizon’s […] More

Omnispace has demonstrated connectivity between 5G devices and satellites for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. The company said Monday it tested the new satellite-based 5G with the National Security Innovation Network, a group that brings industry, academia and military together to address defense challenges via new technology.

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Motorola Solutions and Verizon's public sector segment have launched an emergency communications tool that works to integrate Long-Term Evolution communications into first responders’ land mobile radio platforms.

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A partnership between Verizon and Avaya will help the Social Security Administration deploy unified communications systems in support of the agency's information technology modernization efforts. “Together with our partners at Avaya, Verizon will support the SSA's mission and deliver critical digital transformation and modernization solutions the SSA needs for the more than 65 million Americans who rely on its services,” said Jennifer Chronis, vice president of Verizon's federal business.

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Peter Davidson, who previously served as an executive at Verizon Communications and general counsel at the Department of Commerce, has joined Intelsat as vice president of global government affairs and policy. He will be responsible for developing Intelsat's global government engagement strategy and will work from its office in McLean, Va., the communications satellite company said Monday.

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Verizon and the U.S. Marine Corps have teamed up to test the company’s 5G service at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego.

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A Verizon business unit has partnered with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to install the former’s 5G network into the Department of Energy lab to assess potential 5G applications in analytics and public safety operations.

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Verizon determined in its third mobile security index that many organizations pursue approaches that do not consider the need for mobile security.

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