Verizon Communications was created on June 30, 2000 by Bell Atlantic Corp. and GTE Corp., in one of the largest mergers in U.S. business history. GTE and Bell Atlantic evolved and grew through decades of mergers, acquisitions and divestitures. Now, Verizon is a global leader in delivering broadband, video and other wireless and wireline communications services to mass market, business, government and wholesale customers, with 161,000 employees worldwide.

Verizon also provides communications, information and entertainment services over America's most advanced fiber-optic network, delivers business solutions to customers around the world and is active in managed security and areas of emerging tech such as IoT.