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Jun 30, 2000 · NEW YORK -- Bell Atlantic Corp. (NYSE:BEL) and GTE Corp. (NYSE:GTE) completed their merger today, creating Verizon Communications, a formidable new competitor in global communications.
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Verizon Communications was created on June 30, 2000 by Bell...
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Apr 3, 2000 · The companies announced the name and brand strategy to employees today in anticipation of the launch of the wireless venture between Bell Atlantic and Vodafone-AirTouch, which is planned for tomorrow. The joint venture, to be known as Verizon Wireless, will be the first entity to use the new name.
Verizon Communications was created on June 30, 2000 by Bell Atlantic Corp. and GTE Corp., in one of the largest mergers in U.S. business history. GTE and Bell Atlantic evolved and grew through decades of mergers, acquisitions and divestitures.
Bell Atlantic changed its name to Verizon Communications in June 2000, when the FCC approved the US$64.7 billion merger with telephone company GTE, nearly two years after the deal was proposed in July 1998.
Bell Atlantic merged with NYNEX on August 18, 1997, in a $25.6 billion deal, retaining the name Bell Atlantic, and then with non-Bell GTE on June 30, 2000, to create Verizon Communications in a $70 billion deal.
Apr 4, 2000 · Bell Atlantic Corp. and GTE Corp. announced the name of their combined telecommunications company, in anticipation that their proposed merger will receive its final approvals shortly. The...
May 18, 2018 · From 1927 to 1984, the company today known as Verizon Communications changed its name from the Delaware and Atlantic Telegraph and Telephone company and incorporated as New Jersey Bell Telephone Co. (NJB), a subsidiary of AT&T.