Verizon Communications Fact Sheet
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ), headquartered in New York, is a leader in delivering broadband and other wireline and wireless communication innovations to mass market, business, government and wholesale customers. Verizon Wireless operates America's most reliable wireless network, serving more than 67 million customers nationwide. Verizon’s Wireline operations include Verizon Business, which delivers innovative and seamless business solutions to customers around the world, and Verizon Telecom, which brings customers the benefits of converged communications, information and entertainment services over the nation's most advanced fiber-optic network. A Dow 30 company, Verizon employs a diverse workforce of approximately 232,000 and generated 2007 consolidated operating revenues of $93.5 billion. For more information, visit www.verizon.com.
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Statistics (as of 1Q 2008) |
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| Capital Investments (2007) |
$17.5 billion |
| Annual Dividend Per Share |
$1.72 |
| Fortune 500 Rank |
17 |
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| Verizon Wireless |
| Retail Customers |
65.2 million |
| Total Customers |
67.2 million |
| U.S. Markets Served |
49 of top 50 |
| Employees |
68,500 |
| Verizon Wireline |
| Wireline Broadband Connections |
8.5 million |
| U.S. Wireline Access Lines |
40.5 million |
| International Presence |
140+ countries |
| Employees |
147,500 |