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A 'Dumb Pipe' No More: What Verizon Wants from AOL

2015-05-16 22:25:00| IT Services - Topix.net

When Verizon Communications announced Tuesday that it will buy digital content distributor AOL for $4.4 billion, the wireless giant signaled that it won't quietly watch others make money using its network. Instead of being just a "dumb pipe" - i.e., the network that is used to transfer bytes between the Internet and consumers' cell phones - Verizon now wants to create and monetize the content carried on its networks.

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