Verizon Communications Inc. is an American broadband and telecommunications company and a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Formed in 2000 when Bell Atlantic, one of the Regional Bell Operating Companies, merged with GTE, Verizon has spun-off the business unit to finance its expansion in... 

Formed in 1983 as Southwestern Bell Corporation, the companny AT&T Inc., is the largest provider of both local and long distance telephone services in the United States, and also serves digital subscriber line Internet access. It is claimed that the company has over 77 million wireless customers,...