Verizon has been pretty active… first, the company has a brand new agreement with Thrane & Thrane that will find the delivery of portable satellite services to the former’s enterprise customers. Called Verizon Global Broadband Satellite Access, Powered by Thrane & Thrane, this new offering is immediately available to customers throughout the United States, with specific marketing of their service to specific industry segments such as energy, finance, health care, manufacturing, mining, the public sector, transportation as well as first responders. Connection will be via a Thrane & Thrane terminal to a broadband global network.
Verizon has also introduced a new, symmetrical Verizon FIOS Internet service. This new service features upload and download speeds of as much as 20 Mbps and is the first of its kind to be commercially offered to U.S. consumers on a mass scale. Available as of this writing in some areas of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, Verizon will offer similar services in 13 other states where FIOS is offered—New York, New York


