New England Cable News, a 24-hour regional cable television news network, will be returning to the Ocean State this month when Verizon Communications rolls out its FiOS fiber-optic television service in central Rhode Island.

“NECN celebrated its 15th anniversary on March 2nd … we’re the largest regional network in this country, closing in on 4 million subscribers.”

In the greater Boston area, 99 percent of homes that have cable have NECN, Balboni said, “and every cable network in New England has NECN – except for Cox.”

Verizon’s Rhode Island rollout, on or about June 18, will make NECN available as part of the basic service package to up to 100,000 potential FiOS subscribers in state Service Area 6: Warwick, West Warwick, East Greenwich, Coventry, West Greenwich, Exeter and North Kingstown.