3rd Quarter Results

Verizon Communications to Report Earnings on Oct. 21 NEW YORK, Oct. 20, 2014 -- Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) willreport third-quarter 2014 earnings on Tuesday, Oct. 21. Executive VicePresident and Chief Financial Officer Francis J. Shammo will present results ona webcast beginning at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time. Access instructions andpresentation materials, including Verizon's earnings release, will be availableat 7:30 a.m. on Verizon's Investor Relations Web site, www.verizon.com/about/investors. VERIZON'S ONLINE NEWS CENTER: Verizon news releases, executive speeches andbiographies, media contacts and other information are available at Verizon'sonline News Center at www.verizon.com/news/. The news releases are availablethrough an RSS feed. To subscribe, visit www.verizon.com/about/rss-feeds/. SOURCE: Verizon Communications Inc.

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