Verizon

Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ), formed by the merger of Bell Atlantic and GTE, is one of the world's leading providers of high-growth communications services. Verizon companies are the largest providers of wireline and wireless communications in the United States, with over 135 million access line equivalents and over 31 million wireless customers. Verizon is also the world's largest provider of print and online directory information. A Fortune 10 company with more than 236,000 employees and $67 billion in 2001 revenues, Verizon's global presence extends to 37 countries in the Americas, Europe, Asia and the Pacific.