Verizon announced the appointment of Sowmyanarayan Sampath to Executive Vice President and CEO of Verizon Business, effective July 1, 2022. He will succeed Tami Erwin, who will assume the role of Strategic Advisor to the CEO until the end of 2022. Sampath will report directly to Hans Vestberg, Verizon Chairman and CEO. “Sampath brings more…
Verizon Communications Inc. announced the election of Carol B. Tomé to the its Board of Directors, effective September 1, 2021. Tomé is the CEO of United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS), the world’s largest package delivery company and a premier provider of global supply chain management solutions. She has served as a director of UPS since…
Verizon, an American telecommunications firm, has named Vijayaraman Subramanian as its Vice President and Managing Director for India. In his new role, Subramanian will lead Verizon India and play a key role in spearheading and evolving the company as a strategic development centre, an emerging innovation hub and drive cutting edge capabilities to boost technologies like 5G,…
Verizon announced the acquisition of Senion, a global leader in location-responsive solutions. The developer of an indoor positioning platform, Senion’s advanced machine-learning sensor fusion technology delivers sub-meter accuracy for precise positioning and navigation of indoor spaces. From indoor wayfinding and geofencing to location sharing, analytics and predictive intelligence, this acquisition expands Verizon’s location-based technology offerings,…
Generation, the non-profit global employment organization, has secured $77 million in new funding and $50 million in in-kind resources from BlackRock, McKinsey & Company, Microsoft Corp., and Verizon, to accelerate its work in tackling unemployment across 14 countries around the world. This combined commitment will allow Generation to support people who face systemic barriers to…
Bharti Airtel Ltd, India’s largest integrated telecom company, and Verizon, one of the largest communication technology companies in the world, announced a strategic alliance to bring secure, world-class video conferencing solutions to businesses in India. As part of this partnership, Airtel will offer secure enterprise-grade video conferencing solutions under the brand name – Airtel BlueJeans…
The novel coronavirus outbreak which originated in China, has now spread to almost every corner of the world and has led to the world’s largest work-from-home experiment. With employees working remotely and communication getting hampered by distances, there has been a surge on the usage of video conferencing apps like Google Meet, Microsoft Teams and…