Hi Thrashing. I guess you got me, my post was BS. Nah, you are technically correct. I actually started with Western Electric and then Bell of PA and I was on a rotational assignment at AT&T right before the MFJ (modified final judgement) from Judge Green split the Bell System into AT&T; Bell Labs; and 7 RHCs (regional holding companies). I elected to go with Bell Atlantic and not AT&T. Factoid: name Bell Atlantic was chosen instead of Mid Atlantic Bell or we would have been MA Bell again.
Bell Atlantic was a great company to work for with several opportunities as our CEo set out to be the best RHC. We bought NYNEX in 1997 and stayed with the BA corporate name. We bought GTE in 2000 right around the time that Verizon wireless was formed by a merger of BAM (Bell Atlantic Mobile) and Vodaphone (1999) and somebody decided we should all be Verizon - cost a small fortune to change corporate branding. We bought MCI in 2006 when their books were found to be overdone and their CFO and CEO became wards of the state.
BTW - I worked on these "mergers" and none of them were truly mergers. I held positions in programming; marketing; product management; and Finance and worked on a lot of the numbers.
VZ recently bought out Vodaphone 45% stake in VZW for $130B and now owns 100% of VZW. Still not sure exactly why "we" bought AOL but I have some thoughts about digital content and access to same.
To my knowledge, they do not have an app that integrates cars and phones. I asked a few people if they would buy the technology instead of undertaking such a venture on their own. Please note that a lot of their own programming has been outsourced overseas.
My belief is they would more likely do a JV or stay out of this and let someone else provide the app that allows a VZ phone (which is really a phone manufacturers phone) to work with other hardware.
I remain long in ONCI and will be until something changes my own personal knowledge and analyses.
I wish nothing but success to all ONCI shareholders in whatever path(s) they choose.
BTW - my retirement "plaque" congratulates me on 39 years with Verizon.
I think the journey with ONCI is just getting started and will ramp up shortly. This is all in my opinion. Go Steve Berman and go ONCI and go ONCI shareholders.
This is my last post!! I apologize if my intended last post caused any confusion - check the time this old guy wrote hit. And, lastly, GO ONCI
