Verizon Communications Inc. today launched FiOS TV in seven more North Texas communities, bringing to 14 the number of Dallas/Fort Worth suburbs where consumers can subscribe to telco TV services.
Verizon is using the Microsoft TV platform in its deployments of FiOS TV.
The communities are Colleyville, Grapevine, Murphy, Sachse, Southlake, Westlake and Wylie.
Verizon began offering FiOS TV in Keller last September. Last month, the company expanded the service to Carrollton, Coppell, Flower Mound, Fort Worth, Irving and Lewisville.
Verizon also recently began offering FiOS TV in Herndon, Va., and surrounding parts of Fairfax County, Va., and Temple Terrace, Fla.
FiOS TV and FiOS Internet Service are transmitted over Verizon’s fiber-optic network.
Verizon plans to make FiOS TV available to nearly 400,000 Texas households by the end of 2006.
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