2008 Top 100
18: VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC.
| Top 100 Revenue: | $1,320,637,982 |
| Defense Revenue: | $1,106,521,397 |
| Civilian Revenue: | $214,116,585 |
| 2007 Revenue: | $93.5 billion |
| 2007 Earnings: | $5.5 billion |
| 2006 Revenue: | $88.1 billion |
| 2006 Earnings: | $6.2 billion |
| Number of employees: | 235,000 |
| Headquarters: | New York |
| Website: | https://www.verizon.com/business/ |
| Leadership: | Ivan Seidenberg, chairman and CEO Susan Zeleniak, vice president, Verizon Business Federal |
| Ticker: | VZ |
| Lines of business: | Wireline-Verizon telecom, wireline-Verizon business and domestic wireless |
| Major customers: | U.S. Postal Service, General Services Administration and U.S. Forest Service |
| Major contracts/projects: | Verizon Business is developing a new custom satellite network to the U.S. Postal Service, enabling it to deliver voice and high-speed data to areas where wireline or wireless access is unavailable or too costly. The work is being done under a two-year contract worth $25 million. |