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| − | Verizon Communications is the second largest telephone company in the United States, following [[AT&T]]. It was formed in 2000 with the merger of Bell Atlantic and GTE Corporation. It offers traditional [[landline]] [[telephone]] service, [[DSL]], and a [[fiber to premises]] service known as FiOS, which carries phone, internet, and [[cable television]] services. The company is currently headquartered in [[New York, New York]]. Verizon received a taxpayer bailout in 2008-09.<ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/01/AR2010120106870.html</ref> | + | Verizon Communications is the second largest telephone company in the United States, following [[AT&T]]. It was formed in 2000 with the merger of Bell Atlantic and GTE Corporation. It offers traditional [[landline]] [[telephone]] service, [[DSL]], and a [[fiber to premises]] service known as FiOS, which carries phone, internet, and [[cable television]] services. The company is currently headquartered in [[New York, New York]]. Verizon received a taxpayer bailout in 2008-09.<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/01/AR2010120106870.html Washington Post; Fed aid in financial crisis went beyond U.S. banks to industry, foreign firms]</ref> |
==References== | ==References== | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
| − | *[http://www.verizon.com Verizon Website] | + | * [http://www.verizon.com Verizon Website] |
[[Category:Technology]] | [[Category:Technology]] | ||
Revision as of 11:16, December 3, 2010
Verizon Communications is the second largest telephone company in the United States, following AT&T. It was formed in 2000 with the merger of Bell Atlantic and GTE Corporation. It offers traditional landline telephone service, DSL, and a fiber to premises service known as FiOS, which carries phone, internet, and cable television services. The company is currently headquartered in New York, New York. Verizon received a taxpayer bailout in 2008-09.[1]