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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 more than 108 million access line equivalents and more than 27 million wireless customers. Verizon is also the world's largest provider of print and on-line directory information.

A Fortune 10 company with more than 263,000 employees and approximately $63 billion in 2000 revenues, Verizon's global presence extends to 44 countries in the Americas, Europe, Asia and the Pacific.