Today on Up to Speed Live, host Jen Marin has the latest on:

🌀 Hurricane restoration continues.

The Verizon Foundation is donating a total of $2 million to aid relief and recovery efforts in areas affected by Hurricanes Helene and Milton. $1 million will go to the American Red Cross, and the remaining $1 million will go to regional organizations in the hardest-hit areas. Get all the details.

V Teamers continue to demonstrate their generosity by donating to the VtoV Employee Relief Fund. VtoV provides grants to employees displaced by a natural disasters, fires or domestic violence to help with shelter and other necessities. Apply for a grant. | Donate now.

Call before you dig: If you are in an area affected by the storms, be certain not to cut any cables that may have been displaced. Be sure to call 811 before any clean-up project — large or small — to reduce the chance of accidentally damaging the fiber, which is critical to keeping customers and first responders connected.

📱 Just two days until you can get your hands on the iPhone 16 series!

Thursday, October 17: That’s the date when Verizon employees who take part in the Employee Phone Program can get their hands on the iPhone 16. All four versions AND the new Apple Watch Series 10 will be available for employees to order. The 16 is the first iPhone built for Apple Intelligence.

An amazing offer: When you trade in your iPhone, Samsung or Google smartphone — any model, in any condition — you’ll receive up to $1,000 off on upgrades or new lines, on select plans. Plus, if you open a new line on Unlimited Ultimate, you can snag the new iPhone 16 for as low as $5 dollars/month! Get the details here.

🧛 If you love vampires, witches, zombies and other scary night dwellers, you’ll find this … sp👀ktacular.

AMC+ on us: Verizon customers can now take advantage of six months of AMC+ Ad-Free on us when they subscribe through +play, your one-stop shop for managing all your digital subscriptions in one convenient place. Best of all … no qualifying action is needed!

Leave a comment and win: Now is the perfect time to sign up for AMC+. You can get ready for Halloween with all things The Walking Dead and what’s more, if you leave a comment letting us know what is your favorite show on AMC+, you’ll be entered to win an AMC+ year-long subscription! Leave your comment below by Friday, October 18 at 11:59 PM ET for a chance to be entered to win.

🎰 A look back at Mobile World Congress

Verizon Business was the Event Partner for the conference, which highlighted how Verizon is accelerating enterprise innovation with AI, global IoT, 5G private wireless networks and more. VGS President Shankar Arumugavelu was keynote speaker and shared how Verizon is using AI to power and empower how people live, work and play.

🔐 October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Protect your data – and Verizon’s.

Whether safeguarding company information from ransomware attacks or avoiding phishing texts – you can’t be too careful. That’s why we created a new Cybersecurity Awareness Resource page to provide information, graphics, and thought leadership articles from our very own cybercrime experts.

Check out the other fun events and activities happening throughout October.

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