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2001 Awards and Honors
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2005 Awards and Honors
2004 Awards and Honors
2003 Awards and Honors
2002 Awards and Honors
2001 Awards and Honors

Brand & Reputation
Service
Diversity
Innovation
Leadership

Brand & Reputation

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Network Industry’s 10 Most Powerful Companies
Network World magazine’s list of America’s leading companies
December 2001

Fortune’s Global 500 -- #97
Fortune magazine’s list of largest companies in the world
June 2001

#4 on Super 100 List of America’s Leading Companies
Highest among all telecommunications service providers

Forbes magazine
April 2001

#10 on List of 500 Largest U.S. Companies
Fortune magazine
April 2001

Business Week 50 List
Business Week
March 2001

America’s Most Admired Telecommunications Companies in the U.S.
Fortune magazine
March 2001

Service

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10 Most Powerful Companies in Networking
Network World
December 2001

Highest Rating for “Overall Satisfaction” for Local Phone Service
Yankee Group’s annual Technologically Advanced Family Survey
December 2001

Commendation from New York Public Service Commission
For Verizon’s restoration efforts in lower Manhattan
October 2001

#1 Among all Local Telephone Companies
American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI)
University of Michigan Business School, American Society for Quality, the DFI Group
July 2001

Highest Overall Score for Mobile Web Service – Verizon Wireless
PC Magazine
June 2001

Tops in Reliability for Best Local Provider, Long Distance Carrier and Wireless Provider
Interactive Week 2001 Service Provider Survey
June 2001

Highest Customer Satisfaction Rating Among Corporate Wireless Users—Verizon Wireless
Wireless Week survey
June 2001

Highest Average Grade as a Traditional Carrier
Top Spot in the Next Generation Carrier Category
Tele.com service provider performance study
June 2001

1st Telecommunications Company to earn Web Site Certification – Verizon Long Distance’s Smart Touch
Good Housekeeping Institute
May 2001

First in Customer Satisfaction for Data, Wireless and Local Phone Service for Business
Morgan Stanley
2001

Certified for Quality Standards
ISO 9001 Quality Management System (Verizon Registered Organizations)
The quality of Verizon products and services is managed, controlled and assured by a registered system.

Certified for Quality Standards
TL 9000, Quality System for the Telecommunications Industry
The quality of Verizon’s hardware, software and services meets the quality system requirements for suppliers of telecommunications systems.

Diversity

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Top Companies for 2001
Minority MBA magazine
November 2001

Top 50 Companies for Diversity
DiversityInc.com
November 2001

Multicultural Excellence Award
For outstanding advertising aimed at reaching a multicultural audience of consumers
The Association of National Advertisers
November 2001

100 Best Companies
For two consecutive years
Working Mother
October 2001 (also October 2000)

Corporation of the Year
U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
October 2001

Top 50 for Hispanic Professional Women
LATINA Style 50
LATINA Style magazine
August 2001

Best in Business for Diversity and Women
Business Women’s Network and Diversity Practices Report
June 2001

America’s 50 Best Companies for Minorities
Fortune magazine
June 2001

#4 in Charitable Giving Primarily Benefiting Minorities
Fortune magazine
June 2001

Top 25 Supplier Diversity Programs
Hispanic magazine
June 2001

Federal Awards for Diversity of Suppliers – BBN, a Verizon Subsidiary
Defense Contract Management Command
June 2001

Top 25 for Diversity Recruitment Programs
Hispanic magazine
May 2001

Top 30 for Supplier Diversity
Working Woman magazine
April 2001

Corporate 100
For providing opportunities for Hispanics
Hispanic magazine
March 2001 (also March 2002)

Trading Partners Award – Ivan Seidenberg
Recognizing companies that have assumed a leadership role in including minority- and women-owned businesses in their economic plans
January 2001

Charter member of the Billion Dollar Roundtable
A project of Minority Business News U.S.A. and Women’s Enterprise magazine for purchases of more than $1.3 billion in good and services from minority- and women-owned suppliers
Current (Since 2001)

Innovation

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Top 10 In Patents
#9 in Telecom Industry
#4 in General Impact
Technology Review & CHI Research
May 2001

Leadership

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Most Powerful Executives in the Industry
Network World -- Ivan Seidenberg ranks on Network World’s list of 25 most powerful executives in the industry
December 2001

Global Energy Award for Energy Efficiency
Financial Times
December 2001

Most Powerful Companies in Networking
Network World
December 2001

Top 25 Managers of the Year
Business Week Charles Lee and Ivan Seidenberg rank on Business Week magazine’s listing of top executives
December 2001

100 Best Companies
For two consecutive years
Working Mother
October 2001

Unanimous resolution by New York Public Service Commission commending Verizon for its efforts to restore the telecommunications infrastructure in lower Manhattan after 9/11/01
October 2001

One of Five Best Boards
Chief Executive magazine
October 2001

Best in Health Information Programs and Materials
National Health Information Awards Health Information Resource Center
August 2001

Tops in Charitable Giving
Fortune magazine’s list of America’s Best Companies for minorities
July 2001

Excellence in Communications for VZ Foundation Web Site
2001 Wilmer Shields Rich Award program
Council on Foundations and Communications Network
April 2001

Tops in Profits in Telecommunications Industry “Global 500”
Fortune magazine
April 2001

Energy Star Award for Excellence in Energy Management
Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Energy
March 2001

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