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Headquarters: New York.
Employees: 210,000 at the end of 2004.
Territory: 29 states and Washington, D.C.
Wireline Business: 53 million local phone lines serving 27 million homes and 2.4 million businesses in 29 states and Washington. About 17.7 long distance subscribers and 3.6 million DSL Internet subscribers.
Wireless Business: 43.8 million subscribers to Verizon Wireless, national cellular provider 55 percent owned by Verizon and 45 percent owned by Vodafone Group PLC of Britain.
Financials: Profit of $7.83 billion, or $2.79 per share, on revenue of $71.28 billion in 2004. Includes one-time factors which boosted profits $800 million overall.
Market Value: $100.57 billion as of Friday.
Corporate History: Created by merger of Bell Atlantic and NYNEX (two Baby Bells spun off in 1984 breakup of AT&T), and acquisition of GTE.";
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VerizonMCI_Factbox[i-1].body = "Business segments: Long distance telephone and data services.
Headquarters: Ashburn, Va.
Employees: 41,000.
Territory: National fiber-optic network with some international facilities.
Customers: 15 million consumers and businesses.
Financials: In first nine months of 2004, a loss of $3.86 billion, or $12.00 a share, on revenue of $15.7 billion. Loss includes $3.5 billion writedown in the book value of MCI’s assets.
Market Value: $6.6 billion as of Friday.
Corporate History: Emerged from bankruptcy and changed name from WorldCom after massive financial fraud in which former CEO Bernard Ebbers is currently on trial. WorldCom was created through more than 60 acquisitions, including the 1998 purchase of MCI.";
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