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Verizon Communications Inc.

Formerly	Bell Atlantic Corporation (1983–2000)
Type	Public
Traded as	: VZ DJIA component S&P 100 component S&P 500 component
Industry	Telecommunications Mass media
Founded	October 7, 1983; 34 years ago (1983-10-07)
Founder	AT&T Corporation
Headquarters	1095 Avenue of the Americas New York City, New York, United States
Key people	Lowell McAdam (Chairman) Hans Vestberg (CEO)
Products	Cable television Landline Mobile phone Broadband Digital television IPTV Digital Media Internet Telematics
Revenue	US$126.034 billion (2017)
Operating income	US$27.414 billion (2017)
Net income	US$30.101 billion (2017)
Total assets	US$257.143 billion (2017)
Total equity	US$43.096 billion (2017)
Number of employees	155,400 (2017)
Divisions	Verizon Wireless Verizon Wireline
Subsidiaries	Oath Inc. Skyward Verizon Business Markets Verizon Delaware Verizon Enterprise Solutions Verizon Fios Verizon Maryland Verizon New England Verizon New Jersey Verizon New York Verizon North Verizon Pennsylvania Verizon South Verizon Connect Verizon Ventures Verizon Virginia Verizon Washington, D.C. XO Communications VHMP (50%)
Website	verizon.com

Verizon Communications Inc. ( listen ) (/vəˈraɪzən/ və-RY-zən), or simply Verizon, is an American multinational telecommunications conglomerate 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.

In 1984, the Justice Department of the United States mandated AT&T Corporation to break up the Bell System and split into seven companies, called "Baby Bells". One of the baby bells, Bell Atlantic, came into existence in 1984 consisting of the separate operating companies New Jersey Bell, Bell of Pennsylvania, Diamond State Telephone, and C&P Telephone, with a footprint from New Jersey to Virginia. This company would later become Verizon.