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Verizon Communications to Report Earnings on July 22 NEW YORK, July 21, 2014 -- Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ)will report second-quarter 2014 earnings on Tuesday, July 22. ExecutiveVice President and Chief Financial Officer Francis J. Shammo willpresent results on a webcast beginning at 7:30 a.m. Eastern time. Accessinstructions and presentation materials, including Verizon's earnings release,will be available at 6:30 a.m. on Verizon's Investor Relations Web site,www.verizon.com/investor. VERIZON'S ONLINE NEWS CENTER: Verizon news releases, executive speeches andbiographies, media contacts and other information are available at Verizon'sonline News Center at newscenter.verizon.com. The news releases are availablethrough an RSS feed. To subscribe, visit newscenter.verizon.com/corporate/feeds . SOURCE Verizon Communications Inc.

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