Verizon

As the world leader in delivering innovation in communications, mobility, information and entertainment, Verizon provides superior broadband, video and other wireless and wireline services to consumers, businesses, governments and wholesale customers across the globe. We operate America's fastest 4G wireless network and provide services over America's most advanced fiber-optic network. In addition, we deliver integrated business solutions to customers in more than 150 countries, including all of the Fortune 500.

The enduring source of Verizon's value is the central role we play in an industry vital to the global economy and deeply embedded in the lives of our customers. Whether it's through iconic products that improve people's lives, creative strategies that open new markets and expand access to technology, collaborations that promote innovation or initiatives that apply our technology to urgent social issues, Verizon is the standard-bearer for the industry and a leader in delivering the benefits of our empowering technology to the world. It's no surprise to us that we earned the No. 1 ranking in our industry in Fortune magazine's 2012 list of the World's Most Admired Companies.

For Verizon, our most exciting growth opportunities occur where business and social interests intersect. We're using our technological and philanthropic resources to address the world's unmet social and environmental needs. In the process, we're fueling the social innovation that will open new markets, drive our growth and reinforce Verizon's vital role in the digital world.