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Verizon Communications07 November 2006 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 10-Q (Mark one) ( x ) QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2006 OR ( ) TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from to Commission file number 1-8606 Verizon Communications Inc. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 23-2259884(State of Incorporation) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) 140 West Street 10007New York, New York (Zip Code) (Address of principal executive offices) Registrant's telephone number (212) 395-1000 Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports requiredto be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 duringthe preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant wasrequired to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filingrequirements for the past 90 days. Yes X No __ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, anaccelerated filer or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of "acceleratedfiler and large accelerated filer" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Checkone): Large accelerated filer X Accelerated filer ___Non-accelerated filer ___ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined inRule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes No _X_ At September 30, 2006, 2,919,515,293 shares of the registrant's Common Stockwere outstanding, after deducting 48,137,145 shares held in treasury. Paste the following link into your web browser to download the PDF document related to this announcement: http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/6986l_-2006-11-7.pdf This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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