Finland's Wireless Fast Track Thanks in large measure to mobile handset pacesetter Nokia, this small nation, about the size of Montana with a population of some 5 million people, is where the rest of the world looks for wireless guidance. But so far no one is willing to put it together. Printer friendly version.
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The year-ago figure includes revenues from all the businesses that now make up Verizon Wireless, a joint venture with Vodafone that wasn't officially launched until last year's second quarter. We continue to experience strong demand for DSL, data circuits and wireless services. Seidenberg also stressed Verizon's impending launch of long-distance service in Massachusetts, now that federal regulators have cleared the company's entry into that market. In other areas, subscribers to DSL high-speed Internet service grew by 180,000 to a total of 720,000. Verizon Wireless' customer base grew by 518,000 subscribers during the quarter for a total of 27.1 million, the largest in the country.