Verizon introduces new discounts for those heroes of our local communities. State and city police, Emergency Medical Service (EMS) workers, and Fire department as well will all be eligible for Verizon discounts on their personal service accounts. Volunteers, current employees, and retirees will all be eligible. Those who qualify will get $15 off a single line of service per month, …

    Verizon Communications Inc will pay $90 million (roughly Rs. 576 crores) and Sprint Corp will pay $68 million to settle US government probes into unauthorised charges tacked onto their customers’ phone bills, federal agencies said on Tuesday. The settlements are the latest in the government’s push against the practice known as cramming, in which mobile carriers bill customers …