Verizon is a global leader in delivering innovation in communications, information and entertainment. We offer voice, data and video services over intelligent wireless, broadband and global IP networks that meet our customers' growing demand for openness, speed, mobility, security and control.

Our goal is to provide the fastest, most robust data connections possible.

In the wireless market, Verizon offers innovative, competitively priced voice and data products and we're committed to providing outstanding customer satisfaction. We've built the nation's largest and most reliable 3G network, giving customers the ability to browse the Internet, download applications, and send e-mail, picture and video messages quickly and securely. In addition, we're building the first nationwide 4G network to provide faster speeds and increased capacity for the bandwidth-intensive wireless devices and services our customers will need in the years ahead.

Verizon also operates advanced broadband backbone networks in the U.S. and we're delivering fiber technology capable of providing 100-megabit capacity directly to customers' homes. Our FiOS service delivers an all-fiber connection directly to your house that offers fast and reliable broadband connections, high quality HD video and a growing array of interactive services that bring the Internet to the TV screen. Learn more about Verizon's State Telecom Operations.

For enterprises and government customers around the world, we are a leading provider of global IT, security, and communication solutions, with one of the world's most connected IP networks. We deliver a broad range of strategic solutions, services and expertise to many of the world's largest organizations - including 96 percent of the Fortune 1000 - and governments. We own and operate much of the infrastructure that comprises the Internet today, including almost half a million fiber miles of backbone networks connecting six continents and more than 150 countries.

Learn more about the history of Verizon, including an interactive timeline of major events.

Continuing a tradition of excellence: