On Thursday, Verizon Wireless announced the winner of their “My Fabulous 15″ contest. After more than 1.3 million online and text message votes, Briana Spindola of Los Angeles was chosen as the winner. The 14-year-old will receive a Quinceanera party that has an estimated price tag of $45,000.
Said Briana: “I still can’t believe it. There were so many amazing candidates. I am honored to have been chosen. Winning this contest is a dream come true for me and my family!”
The Quinceanera party will include a 200-guest dinner, a private concert by pop star Pee Wee, transportation, a formal dress and, …read more

AT&T and Verizon Wireless are usually fierce competitors in the lucrative wireless communication industry. However, with Verizon Wireless forced to sell their assets in nearly 80 areas in the United States due to government regulations, AT&T decided to buy the assets for a reported price of $2.35 billion.
The areas, which are mostly rural, account for approximately one million former Verizon Wireless customers. Those subscribers will now have to switch over to AT&T to keep their wireless service. AT&T said that the transfer will be complete near the end of 2009.
Due to the addition of Alltel Corporation and Rural Cellular, Verizon …read more

Verizon? Vodaphone? $160 Billion? $78.5 Billion?
It may be that I live a very sheltered life because I’d never heard of Vodaphone prior to right now. And the only comprehension I have of those amounts of money is that they are numbers I have no comprehension of…
Larry Dignan at Between The Lines tells us that Vodaphone says they’re “Not Buying Verizon.”
“The Financial Times reports that Vodafone is pondering a $160 billion acquisition of Verizon. Vodafone says yeah right. But a weak dollar could make the deal possible.”
Citing a statement by Vodaphone – “Vodafone notes press speculation that it is considering a …read more