In an earlier this week announcement, Verizon had said that it will make the much-hyped Motorola Droid Razr Maxx available for purchase, both online as well as in Verizon stores, on January 26.

Verizon Wireless Thursday announced the US availability of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus handset --- the first smartphone which is equipped with the latest iteration of Google's increasingly popular Android operating system, the Android 4.0 `Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS)' version. The handset is being sold by Verizon for $299.99 with a two-year contract.

According to a recent AppleInsider report, citing a TechCrunch article, even though the fifth-generation iPhone - the iPhone 5 - will likely have network support for GSM and CDMA, the handset will still lack support for Verizon's new high-speed 4G LTE network.

Verizon Communications is testing grounds for its 1Gbps FiOS broadband connection.

The company claims that to have tested the service with an extant FiOS customer base service in Taunton on a local server and also for a remotely based server that has been positioned 400 miles away.

The US law manufacturers have asked to appeal to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to deny the net neutrality scheme launched by Google and Verizon.

The politicians have stated that the two firms shouldn't be given an authority to decide how a US citizen can access the internet.

Facebook has condemned the Google-Verizon deal over Net neutrality, as one of the key component of disapproval in the deal.

Facebook also a member of the Open Internet Coalition group with Google has claimed that it is not in favor or support of the pact agreed amidst Google and Verizon.

Google and Verizon have released a joint policy proposal for an open Internet, relating to the wider debate over "network neutrality".