Verizon announced Thursday the availability of two new unlimited domestic calling packages in Texas, with prices starting from $34.95 per month.

Wow, two bits of bad news in a day. The FCC has issued a ruling requiring broadband Internet providers and interconnected VoIP providers to provide backdoors into their networks to allow law enforcement agencies to tap conversations at will.

A federal court ruling has revealed that the U.S. Department of Justice has routinely been monitoring the locations of people through their cell phones, without probable cause, and in secret.

The New York Public Service Commission on Wednesday voted unanimously to approve the merger of SBC Communications and AT&T, as FCC and Department of Justice regulators continue to mull over the merger.

When the Sprint Nextel merger completed, Nextel customer Clark Howard figured he could save some money by switching to Sprint PCS. But the change didn’t exactly go according to plan.

Wireline and wireless telephone carriers are preparing for yet another hurricane, this time in Texas. Hurricane Rita, a Category 5 storm, is set to make landfall in Texas sometime late Friday night or early Saturday morning.

The rollout of Verizon’s high speed fiber-optic lines to the home has not been without its problems, according to some upset D.C. area residents, and area utilities.

The Federal Communications Commission is to establish a new bureau for Public Safety and Homeland Security, said chairman Kevin Martin at last week’s monthly FCC meeting in Atlanta, Ga.

Choosing a wireless phone provider can be a daunting task. There are many providers, each with a dizzying array of service plans. The task gets even more complex if you are shopping for prepaid wireless service.

BellSouth and Verizon plan to raise residential and business local telephone rates in the state of Florida starting in November, according to filings made with the Florida Public Service Commission.