Verizon Communications, which last year became the first Bell company to offer long-distance service to its local customers in New York, requested permission from the Federal Communications ...

Bidding to become a major operator of corporate data networks, GTE Corp. said Tuesday that it had agreed to pay $616-million in cash to acquire BBN Corp., one of the nation's biggest Internet ...

GTE calls on Internet: GTE Corp. reached agreement to buy Internet pioneer BBN Corp. for about $616 million, part of a sweeping plan announced Tuesday that is aimed at expanding GTE beyond its ...

In the latest instalment of the Internet commerce saga, MasterCard International and US telecoms giant GTE plan to deliver electronic certification schemes under the secure electronic transaction ...