NEW YORK, May 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Verizon is enhancing the customer experience through new GenAI tools that are reimagining and improving the way the company serves its customers. In recent months, Verizon has been developing – and deploying – industry-leading, human-assisted GenAI applications to simplify experiences and help make every interaction a positive one. These new tools make it simple to do business with Verizon and help reduce the cognitive load on store and customer service partners. T ...

Smithfield, Rhode Island, garage to deploy electric fleet and charging infrastructure for Fios vehicles. Deployment part of Verizon's goal to achieve net-zero operational emissions by 2035. Verizon operates one of the largest private fleets in the United States. SMITHFIELD, R.I., May 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Verizon is powering its sustainability commitments by rolling out its first electric fleet in Smithfield, Rhode Island. The Smithfield Garage Work Center (GWC) is the first Verizon garage in the nat ...

BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas, May 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Verizon Frontline Crisis Response Teams recently completed a deployment in support of first responders participating in INTEROP 2024, an annual training exercise hosted by Texas A&M University's ITEC Interoperability Institute and Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) that focuses on maintaining and restoring critical communications during large-scale public safety response efforts. This year's exercise simulated what it would take ...

NEW YORK, May 10, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sowmyanarayan Sampath, executive vice president for Verizon ((NYSE, NASDAQ:VZ), and CEO for Verizon Consumer, is scheduled to speak at the MoffettNathanson Media, Internet & Communications Conference on Tuesday, May 14, at 9:00 a.m. ET. His remarks will be webcast, with access instructions available on Verizon's Investor Relations website, www.verizon.com/about/investors. Verizon Communications Inc. ((NYSE, NASDAQ:VZ) was formed in 2000 and is one of the world's le ...

LANSING, Mich., May 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Verizon Public Sector today announced it has been awarded a new contract by the State of Michigan valued at $100 million. Through this agreement, state agencies and affiliated entities will have access to Verizon's award-winning network and a comprehensive suite of communications solutions designed to help enable Michigan to best serve the state's more than 10 million residents. The contract also allows eligible Michigan cities, townships, villages, counties, ...

BASKING RIDGE, N.J., May 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Verizon Communications Inc. ((NYSE, NASDAQ:VZ) has announced preliminary results of the shareholder vote at its annual meeting, which was held today in a virtual-only format. Verizon's shareholders elected each of Verizon's 10 directors to a one-year term. Shareholders also voted in favor of two management proposals: Approved the compensation of the company's named executive officers as described in the 2024 proxy statement; and Ratified the appointment ...

NEW YORK, May 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Verizon's Small Business Digital Ready Program, a free resource for small businesses to access over 50 courses, expert-led workshops, in-person and virtual networking and incentives, such as grants, celebrates today having reached 300,000 businesses across the US. This milestone marks critical progress towards Verizon's goal to reach 1 million small businesses by 2030. Of the 300,000 businesses Small Business Digital Ready has reached, 51% are women-owned, 62% are ...

The newest phone from Google offers AI and more for businesses to help deliver productivity, security, and support - all at an affordable price. Pixel 8a will be widely available to Verizon Business customers starting May 14, with preorders beginning on May 7. NEW YORK, May 07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Verizon Business today announced that starting on May 7, 2024 customers can preorder the innovative new Google Pixel 8a smartphone, specially designed to meet the demands of modern businesses. And for a limit ...

NEW YORK, May 07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Breaking news: Introducing the Pixel 8a, sporting many of the innovative Google AI features you love in an affordable new design. Order it from Verizon starting today. And don't forget to check out our exclusive myPlan content offers to get the most out of your new Pixel with the streaming services you love. Pixel 8a will be widely available to both Verizon consumer and business customers starting May 14 in Obsidian, Bay and Aloe colors starting at $15.27 a month f ...

CHICAGO, May 07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Verizon is making a commitment to local Latino-serving organizations for the support of small businesses and digital inclusion through $70,000 in new donations. On Thursday, May 9th, Verizon will mark these donations with a Connected by Culture store event, including free professional headshots to attending community members, and a fireside chat with WGN reporter and TV personality Ana Belaval. From 2-6 p.m. on Thursday, May 9th, at Verizon's Berwyn store, located a ...