• Verizon’s high-speed Internet service expands in Wash., Ore.
By Traci Patterson

Consumers in 32 Washington State communities and 16 Oregon communities now have access to Verizon’s high-speed Internet service, which more than doubles the download speed of the telco’s current DSL service.

In Washington, the service offers qualified customers a downstream connection speed of up to 7 Mbps for as low as $42.99 per month when ordered with an annual service plan. In Oregon, the service offers qualified customers a downstream connection speed of up to 7 Mbps for as low as $42.99 per month when ordered with an annual service plan.

Verizon now offers the new service to some 3 million households and small businesses across the country.

• AOL expanding Platform-A in Europe
By Traci Patterson

AOL is expanding Platform-A in Europe, which will align AOL’s existing European advertising operations – Advertising.com, Frankfurt-based Adtech, buy.at and AOL’s ad sales teams in Europe.

The new organization will also integrate technologies, including contextual search by Quigo, behavioral targeting by Tacoda and mobile ad-serving by Third Screen Media.

AOL said that Brendan Condon has been named head of Platform-A’s International operations, based in London, reporting to Platform-A President Lynda Clarizio.

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