Verizon expects NY green light for FiOS next month

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc said on Wednesday it expects the New York Public Service Commission to approve its FiOS video service next month.

"Our plan is to cover all of the 3.1 million households in all five boroughs in the next five to six years. We will start this year as soon as we receive the approval of the New York Public Service Commission, which we expect will be next month," Chief Operating Officer Denny Strigl said in a speech at the NXTcomm telecommunications industry conference in Las Vegas.

In New York City, which includes the five boroughs, FiOS TV would compete with Time Warner Cable Inc and Cablevision Systems Corp.

(Reporting by Ritsuko Ando; editing by Jeffrey Benkoe)