Brand and Reputation

Fortune Magazine: Global 500

• Verizon is the 24th largest company named in Fortune's “Global 500” list.

Fortune Magazine: Global Most Admired Companies

• Verizon is ranked 39th in Fortune's "Global Most Admired Companies" list.
• Verizon is ranked 5th among telecommunications companies named to Fortune's "Global Most Admired Companies"

• Verizon is the 12th largest company in the U.S. (based upon revenues).
• Verizon is the largest telecommunications company in the U.S. (based upon revenues).

Fortune Magazine: Most Admired Companies in America

• Verizon is named as the third "Most Admired Company" in the telecommunications industry.

Hewitt Associates

• Verizon Dominica is named as one of Latin America’s “25 Best Employers” in a Hewitt Associates study.

Service

The Yankee Group: Customer Satisfaction Survey

• Verizon is named #1 DSL service provider by small and medium size business users.
• Verizon Wireless is tops in customer satisfaction by mobile phone users according to a Yankee Group survey.

J.D. Power: Customer Satisfaction Survey

• Verizon ranks #2 in J.D. Power's "Customer Satisfaction Survey for DSL."

American Customer Satisfaction Index

• Verizon Wireless is top-rated company in the wireless service provider category.
• Verizon ranked #2 among telecommunications companies for customer satisfaction.

Strategic Analytics

• Verizon Wireless is #1 in customer satisfaction among 1,000 wireless users.

Consumers Union News Service

• Verizon Wireless has the lowest complaint rate among the six largest wireless carriers in the U.S.

Vocal Laboratories

• Verizon Wireless is tops in customer satisfaction among wireless providers according to Vocal Laboratories, a consumer research group.

Diversity

Fortune Magazine

• Verizon ranks #14 in Fortune’s list of the "50 Best Companies for Minorities."

LATINAStyle

• Verizon is named as one of "America's 50 Top Companies for Latinas" by LATINAStyle.

Society for Hispanic Professional Engineers

• Verizon is named as "Company of the Year" by the Society for Hispanic Professional Engineers for championing the progress of Hispanics in science and technology.

NAACP

• Verizon ranks #2 in telecommunications industry and receives a "B" grade overall in the NAACP's "2004 Economic Reciprocity Report."

National Society of Black Engineers

• Verizon receives "Golden Torch Award for Corporate Community Service" for its commitment to economic development and technology advance for African Americans. This award was presented to Verizon by the National Society of Black Engineers.

Innovation

Fiber to the Home Council

• Verizon receives the Fiber to the Home Council's "President Award" for the company's vision and leadership in bringing fiber to the home.

Broadband Properties Magazine

• Verizon Avenue is named "Broadband Provider of the Year," for the third year in a row, by Broadband Properties magazine.

Information Week

• Verizon Information Services earned an honorable mention in Information Week's CPM in the Business Technology Optimization category.

National Coalition for Literacy

• Verizon receives the "Literacy Leadership Award" from the National Coalition for Literacy for the company's innovative efforts to improve literacy in the U.S.

Leadership

U.S. EPA and Department of Transportation

• Verizon receives a "Best Workplaces for Commuters" award from the U.S. EPA and the Department of Transportation for its efforts to reduce traffic congestion through ride share and Metrocheck programs (monthly subsidy for employees using rail or bus transportation to and from work).

General Motors

• Verizon is named as one of General Motors "17 Most Strategic Suppliers" by the automobile manufacturer.

Fortune Magazine

• Ivan Seidenberg, Verizon Chairman & CEO, is recognized by Fortune as one of the "25 Most Powerful People in Business."
• Doreen Toben, Verizon Executive Vice President and CFO, is named as one of Fortune’s "50 Most Powerful Women" in American business.

Asian Business Development Center

• Majorie Hsu, a vice president of Verizon, is named as one of the "Top 50 Asian Americans in Business" by the Asian Business Development Center.

Hispanic Business Magazine

• Christina Lambert, President and CEO of Verizon's Puerto Rico Telephone, is named as one of the "25 Elite Women of the Year" by Hispanic Business magazine.

Network Journal

• Jeri DeVard, a senior vice president at Verizon, is recognized as one of the "25 Most Influential Black Women in Business" by the Network Journal.

Advertising Women of New Yorkand Mother Magazine

• Jeri DeVard is also named as one of the "Top Working Mothers in Advertising" by the Advertising Women of New York and Mother Magazine.

Girl Scouts Patriots’ Trail Council

• Cheryl Mongel is honored by the Girls Scouts Patriots' Trail Council as one of six "Leading Women" for being an exemplary role model for girls.