we hate to brag, but...

• BusinessWeek named Verizon #22 out of 100 on its 2008 "Best Places to Launch a Career" list, noting that Verizon is one of the top employers for new college graduates.

• Students chose Verizon as one of BusinessWeek’s “50 Best Internships.”

• The J.D. Power and Associates' annual survey of small, mid-size and large-business customers gave Verizon Business top honors for customer satisfaction among six companies in the large-business category.

• The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency named Verizon the winner of its "WasteWise Very Large Business Partner of the Year" award for its comprehensive waste management and "green" purchasing programs.
• Working Mother magazine put Verizon on the list of 100 Best Companies for its continuing commitment to working mothers and family-friendly benefits and policies. Verizon and Verizon Wireless were the only telecom and wireless companies selected.
• Forrester Research rated Verizon a leader among Internet service providers (ISPs) serving consumers based upon its current service offerings, market presence and strategies.
• Black Engineer and Information Technology magazine selected Verizon as a Top Supporter of Historically Black Colleges.
• The Women's Business Enterprise National Council honored Verizon for providing women-owned businesses with equal opportunities to compete for contracts to supply Verizon with goods and services.
• Institutional Investor ranked Verizon No. 1 on the list of "America’s Most Shareholder-Friendly Companies" for 2006. Verizon is No. 2 in telecom in a related list that shows which companies are best at investor relations.
• Latin Business magazine named Verizon to its annual Corporate Diversity Honor Roll promoting opportunities on behalf of the nation's minority communities, particularly Hispanics.
• Black Enterprise magazine named Verizon as one the "40 Best Companies for Diversity" surveying more than 1,000 of the country's largest publicly traded companies and more than 50 leading global companies with significant U.S. operations.
• The Alliance for Workplace Excellence named Verizon Wireless a "Health & Wellness Trailblazer," for its commitment to employee health and fitness.
• LATINA Style named Verizon as one of the country's top 50 employers for Hispanic women.
• Hispanic Business magazine ranked Verizon No. 7 in a list of top companies for Hispanics.
• The Association for Women in Communications bestowed its prestigious 2006 Clarion Award, which honors excellence in clear, concise communications, on Verizon's newsletter for customers with disabilities, "Forward Access."
• American Advertising Federation honored Verizon with a Mosaic Award and a Multicultural Media Usage Award in recognition of the company's multicultural advertising campaigns.
• Frost & Sullivan, a leading industry analyst firm, honored Verizon Business for the company's expansive global portfolio of managed network and information technology services, as well as for the personalized customer care offered by more than 6,500 technicians and network engineers.
• DiversityBusiness.com's eighth annual online survey by minority and women-owned business owners voted Verizon one of the Top 50 Companies for Multicultural Business Opportunities. Verizon was selected by the suppliers themselves in an annual online poll that is available to more than 500,000 voters virtually.