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Verizon Communications Inc. (/ v ə ˈ r aɪ z ən / ⓘ və-RY-zən), is an American telecommunications company headquartered in New York City. [3] It is the world's second-largest telecommunications company by revenue and its mobile network is the largest wireless carrier in the United States, with 146 million subscribers as of December 31, 2024.
It was founded in 2000 as a joint venture of American telecommunications firm Bell Atlantic, which would soon become Verizon Communications, and British multinational telecommunications company Vodafone. [6] Verizon Communications became the sole owner in 2014 after buying Vodafone's 45-percent stake in the company. [7]
Ivan Seidenberg (born December 10, 1946) is the former chairman and CEO of Verizon Communications Inc. . His telecommunications career began more than 40 years ago when he joined New York Telephone, one of Verizon's predecessor companies, as a cable splicer.
Verizon New York Corporate HQ, 1095 Avenue of the Americas NYNEX Corporation / ˈ n aɪ n ɛ k s / was an American telephone company that served five states of New England ( Maine , Massachusetts , New Hampshire , Rhode Island and Vermont ) as well as most of the state of New York from January 1, 1984 to August 14, 1997.
After the merger with Verizon, this product was renamed "Verizon Web Calling". In January 2006, the company was acquired by Verizon Communications and was later integrated into Verizon Business . [ 33 ]
CTO of Verizon Communications (2017–2018) [1] CEO of Verizon (2018–present) [ 2 ] Hans Vestberg (born 23 June 1965) is the CEO and Chairman of Verizon, where he has worked as executive vice president of the company's network and technology team, and as chief technology officer.
XO Communications, LLC, previously Nextlink Communications, Concentric Network Corporation and Allegiance Telecom, Inc., was an American telecommunications company. It was purchased and replaced by Verizon Communications .
He was made chairman of Verizon Communications on January 1, 2012, and its CEO on August 1, 2011. [6] [self-published source?] In June 2018, Verizon announced that McAdam would retire from his role as CEO on August 1, 2018, remaining executive chairman through the end of the year. [7] He then concluded his tenure as non-executive chairman in ...