Verizon is a leader in delivering broadband and other wireline and wireless communication innovations to mass market, business, government and wholesale customers. Around the block and around the globe, our superior high-tech networks give us a competitive edge in the growth markets of the future. Verizon operates America’s most reliable wireless network, as well as one of the most expansive wholly-owned global IP networks. In addition, we are deploying the nation’s most advanced fiber-optic network to deliver the benefits of converged communications, information and entertainment services to customers.

Verizon at a glance:

• Dow 30 company
• 59 million wireless customers
• 45 million wireline access lines
• Serving 94 percent of Fortune 500 companies
• 242,000 employees
• Over 2,200 Verizon Wireless retail stores across the country
• Employees in over 300 Verizon Business offices in 75 countries across six continents
• First company to provide fiber-based digital TV to the mass market
• First company to provide wide-area wireless broadband service
• First commercial provider of Internet access