Verizon

Verizon Communications, Inc.

The current logo, in use since 2015
Type	Public
Traded as	: VZ DJIA Component S&P 100 Component S&P 500 Component
Industry	Telecommunications Mass media
Predecessor	American Telephone and Telegraph Company Bell Atlantic Vodafone GTE NYNEX
Founded	October 7, 1983; 33 years ago (1983-10-07) (as Bell Atlantic)
Headquarters	1095 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY, 10036
Key people	Lowell McAdam (Chairman and CEO)
Products	Fixed-line and mobile telephony, broadband and fixed-line internet services, digital television and network services, and global backbone network
Revenue	US$131.62 billion (2015)
Operating income	US$33.06 billion (2015)
Net income	US$17.88 billion (2015)
Total assets	US$244.64 billion (2015)
Total equity	US$16.42 billion (2015)
Number of employees	177,900 (2015)
Divisions	Verizon Wireless Verizon Wireline
Subsidiaries	Verizon New England Verizon New York Verizon Delaware Verizon New Jersey Verizon Pennsylvania Verizon North Verizon Maryland Verizon Washington, D.C. Verizon Virginia Verizon South Verizon Wireless Verizon FiOS Verizon Enterprise Solutions AOL VHMP (50%) XO Communications (Wholly owned subsidiary)
Website	www.verizon.com/

Verizon Communications, Inc. ( listen ) (/vəˈraɪzən/ və-RY-zən) (simply known as Verizon, stylized as verizon), is a broadband telecommunications company and the largest U.S. wireless communications service provider as of September 2014^[update], and a corporate component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The company is based at 1095 Avenue of the Americas in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, but is incorporated in Delaware.