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Bell Operating
Companies
Bell Companies that are part of Verizon
Communications:
*Note: Verizon Communications is comprised of
two of the original "Baby Bells" that were spun-off from AT&T in 1984; Bell
Atlantic and NYNEX. GTE (General Telephone), a non-Bell Company,
merged with Bell Atlantic, creating Verizon, however GTE is not referenced
on this page, as it only relates to the Baby Bells.
Bell Atlantic is the original 1984 AT&T divestiture name
and logo given as the holding company for the following Bells:
NYNEX is the original 1984 AT&T divestiture name
and logo given as the holding company for the following Bells:
Verizon Products & Services:
Small Business
Wireless, TV, Bundles, Internet and Voice
Enterprise &
Government
Communications for large enterprise and government
Residential
Wireless, TV, Bundles, Internet and Voice
Wireless
Wireless service
FiOS TV
Fiber optic delivered TV or DirectTV (satellite)
Verizon Webhost
MCI Customer Service
The most convenient way to manage your MCI account is to
handle it yourself - online. View your invoice, make a payment and much more
- whenever you like, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. With MCI, managing your
account online is fast and easy. If you need to speak to someone right away,
our toll-free Customer Service numbers are accessible below.
For a genealogy chart of
the Bell Atlantic / Diamond State Telephone Company, click
HERE.
2009 Verizon Global IP Network Map:
Click on map to view larger image of the
Verizon Global IP Network Map.
Here is a photo sent to me by Frank Forrest of his bucket truck. Compare
the photo below to
THIS photo
from many decades ago.
1997 Ford Super Duty Bucket Truck with
460cid engine
Click on image above to view full-size
Frank also sent the following snake photos
along with this description:
"Here is a set of photos, which were
distributed through Verizon this past summer. It shows a pair of copperhead
snakes that had made a home in one of our TSI cabinets. One of the snakes had
electrocuted himself, and was very dead. The other had to be persuaded to come
out of his nesting place. These pictures were taken somewhere in West Virginia."
Click on images above to view full-size
Verizon Van
Photo courtesy of Bill Cook.
Click on image to show full-size view.
"Here is a picture I found of the vans. You can
barely see it in this photo,
but on right rear door is the Bell logo, and the Vz logo is on the left." -
Bill Cook.
A spoof from a website
visitor named Brock:
Looks like a great idea for Verizon's logo!
Verizon History
Verizon Communications Inc., based in New York City and incorporated in
Delaware, was formed on June 30, 2000, with the merger of Bell Atlantic
Corp. and GTE Corp.
Verizon began trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the VZ symbol
on Monday, July 3, 2000. It also began trading on the NASDAQ exchange
under the same symbol on March 10, 2010.
The
symbol was selected because it uses the two letters of the Verizon logo that
graphically portray speed, while also echoing the origin of the company
name: veritas, the Latin word connoting certainty and reliability, and
horizon, signifying forward-looking and visionary.
While Verizon is truly a 21st century company, the mergers that formed Verizon
were many years in the making, involving companies with roots that can be
traced to the beginnings of the telephone business in the late 19th century.
Government regulation largely shaped the evolution of the industry throughout
most of the 20th century. Then, with the signing of the Telecommunications
Act on February 8, 1996, federal law directed a shift to more market-based
policies. This promise of a new competitive marketplace was a driving force
behind Verizon’s formation.
Verizon's Formation:
The mergers that formed Verizon were among
the largest in U.S. business history, culminating in a definitive merger
agreement, dated July 27, 1998, between Bell Atlantic, based in New York City,
and GTE, which was in the process of moving its headquarters from
Stamford, Conn., to Irving, Texas.
GTE and Bell Atlantic had each evolved and
grown through years of mergers, acquisitions and divestitures. Each had proven
track records in successfully integrating business operations.
Prior to the merger, GTE was one of the
world’s largest telecommunications companies, with 1999 revenues of more than
$25 billion. GTE served approximately 35 million access lines through
subsidiaries in the U.S., Canada and the Dominican Republic, and through
affiliates in Canada, Puerto Rico and Venezuela. (Access lines are the
individual landline connections from a customer’s premises to the
telecommunications network.) GTE was a leading wireless operator in the U.S.,
with more than 7.1 million wireless customers and the opportunity to serve 72.5
million potential wireless customers.
Bell Atlantic was even larger than GTE, with
1999 revenues of more than $33 billion. It served 43 million access lines,
including 22 million households and more than 2 million business customers. It
also managed one of the world’s largest and most successful wireless companies,
with 7.7 million Bell Atlantic Mobile customers in the U.S. and international
wireless investments in Latin America, Europe and the Pacific Rim. Bell
Atlantic’s Directory Services was the world’s largest publisher of directory
information, including operations in Europe.
The Bell Atlantic - GTE transaction — valued
at more than $52 billion at the time of the announcement — was designed to join
Bell Atlantic’s sophisticated network that served its densely-packed,
data-intensive customer base in 13 states from Maine to the Virginias with GTE’s
national footprint, advanced data communications capabilities and long-distance
expertise. The purpose was to create a company with the scale and scope to
compete as one of the telecommunications industry’s top-tier companies.
The merger closed nearly two years later,
following review and approvals by Bell Atlantic and GTE shareowners, 27 state
regulatory commissions and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and
clearance from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and various international
agencies.
The beginnings of Verizon Wireless
In the meantime, on September 21, 1999, Bell Atlantic and
London-based Vodafone AirTouch Plc (now Vodafone Group Plc) announced that they
had agreed to create a new wireless business — with a national footprint, a
single brand and a common digital technology — composed of Bell Atlantic’s and
Vodafone’s U.S. wireless assets (Bell Atlantic Mobile, AirTouch Cellular,
PrimeCo Personal Communications and AirTouch Paging).
This wireless joint venture received regulatory approval in
six months. The new “Verizon” brand was launched on April 3, 2000, and the
wireless joint venture began operations as Verizon Wireless on April 4. GTE’s
wireless operations became part of Verizon Wireless — creating the nation’s
largest wireless company — when the Bell Atlantic - GTE merger closed nearly
three months later. Verizon then became the majority owner (55 percent) of
Verizon Wireless, with management control of the joint venture.
When Verizon Communications began operations in mid-2000, the
leaders of Bell Atlantic and GTE shared management responsibility for the
company. Former GTE Chairman and CEO Charles R. “Chuck” Lee became Verizon’s
founding Chairman of the Board and co-CEO, while former Bell Atlantic CEO Ivan
Seidenberg became Verizon’s founding President and co-CEO. In accordance with a
leadership transition plan announced at the time of the merger, Lee retired from
Verizon in 2002.
Seidenberg retired as Chairman and CEO in 2011 and was
succeeded by Lowell C. McAdam, who became CEO in August 2011 and Chairman on
Jan. 1, 2012. McAdam was Verizon’s President and COO before becoming CEO, and he
was CEO of Verizon Wireless prior to that.
Recent Verizon history
A bellwether for the industry, Verizon Communications was
added to the Dow Jones Industrial Average in 2004. Verizon has a regional
presence in wireline and national presence in wireless markets, with well more
than 100 million Americans connecting to a Verizon network daily.
With the addition of MCI Inc., in 2006, Verizon is also a
leading provider of advanced communications and information technology solutions
to large-business and government customers worldwide.
With the acquisition of Alltel Corp. in early 2009, Verizon
Wireless became the largest wireless service provider in the U.S., as measured
by the total number of customers.
Verizon employed a diverse workforce of 177,700
and generated nearly $132 billion in 2015 revenues, ranking #15 in
the Fortune 500.
• Verizon operated America’s most reliable wireless network, with
more than 112 million retail connections worldwide. Wireless
revenues, which have exceeded revenue from wireline services since
2008, totaled nearly $92 billion in 2015.
• Verizon provided communications and entertainment services over
America’s most advance fiber-optic network, and delivers integrated
business solutions to customers in more than 140 countries.
The company’s headquarters is located at 1095 Avenue of the Americas
in New York City, and it has a major operations hub, the Verizon
Center, in Basking Ridge, N.J.
In 2014 and 2015 alone, Verizon invested a total of nearly $35
billion to maintain, upgrade and expand its technology
infrastructure. Verizon’s strong cash flow from operating activities
($38.9 billion in 2015) has enabled the company to invest in growth
areas — particularly broadband and wireless — even as the company
has maintained a healthy dividend. In September 2016, Verizon’s
Board of Directors approved its tenth consecutive annual dividend
increase.
• 2015 Verizon acquires AOL Inc.
• 2017 Verizon acquires Yahoo Inc.
• 2017 Verizon acquires merges YAHOO! and AOL to create new
subsidiary called Oath Inc.
• 2019 Verizon replaces the oath brand with Verizon Media.
• 2021 Verizon sells Verizon Media to Apollo
Global Management.
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