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Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ, NASDAQ: VZ), branded as Verizon (/vrazn/), is an American broadband and telecommunications company and a component of the Dow Jones [4] [5] Industrial Average. It started in 1983 as Bell Atlantic (based in New York City) with a footprint covering New Jersey to Virginia and emerged as part of the 1984 AT&T breakup into seven "Baby Bells." In 1997, Bell Atlantic merged with another Regional Bell Operating Company, NYNEX, based in New York City with a footprint spanning from New York to Maine. The combined company kept the Bell Atlantic name. In 2000, Bell Atlantic acquired former independent phone company GTE, and [6] adopted the name "Verizon", a portmanteau of veritas and horizon. The company's headquarters [7] are located in the Verizon Building at 140 West Street in Lower Manhattan, New York City. 1. As the world leader in delivering innovation in communications, mobility, information and entertainment, Verizon provides superior broadband, video and other wireless and wireline services to consumers, businesses, governments and wholesale customers across the globe. We operate Americas fastest 4G wireless network and provide services over Americas most advanced fiber-optic network. In addition, we deliver integrated business solutions to customers in more than 150 countries, including all of the Fortune 500. 2. The enduring source of Verizon's value is the central role we play in an industry vital to the global economy and deeply embedded in the lives of our customers. Whether it's through iconic products that improve people's lives, creative strategies that open new markets and expand access to technology, collaborations that promote innovation or initiatives that apply our technology to urgent social issues, Verizon is the standard-bearer for the industry and a leader in delivering the benefits of our empowering technology to the world. It's no surprise to us that we earned the No. 1 ranking in our industry in Fortune magazine's 2012 list of the World's Most Admired Companies. 3. For Verizon, our most exciting growth opportunities occur where business and social interests intersect. We're using our technological and philanthropic resources to address the world's unmet social and environmental needs. In the process, we're fueling the social innovation that will open new markets, drive our growth and reinforce Verizon's vital role in the digital world.
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Verizon Communications Inc., headquartered in New York, is a global leader in delivering broadband and other wireless and wireline communications services to consumer, business, government and wholesale customers. Verizon Wireless operates Americas most reliable wireless network, with nearly 96 million retail customers nationwide. Verizon also provides converged communications, information and entertainment services over Americas most advanced fiber-optic network, and delivers integrated business solutions to customers in more than 150 countries, including all of the Fortune 500. A Dow 30 company with $111 billion in 2011 revenues, Verizon employs a diverse workforce of 184,500.