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08/12/2014 13:11

Verizon Names New General Counsel and Public Policy Lead            

NEW YORK, Dec. 8, 2014 - Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE,
Nasdaq: VZ) today announced that Craig Silliman, senior vice president, public
policy, has been named executive vice president - public policy and general
counsel.

Effective Jan. 1, 2015, he will succeed Randal S. Milch, who has been appointed
to a new position as strategic policy adviser to Lowell C. McAdam, Verizon's
chairman and CEO. Milch will oversee strategic policy initiatives.

In his new role, Silliman will also report to McAdam and lead the company's
public policy, legal, regulatory, government affairs and security groups.

"Randy's leadership during some of the company's most significant changes have
played a major part in our success and is something we will take full advantage
of in his new role," said McAdam. "Craig is a proven leader with extensive
experience across the business in legal, public policy and legislative issues,
which will serve him well in this new role."

Silliman currently leads global public policy, federal and state legislative
and regulatory affairs, strategic alliances, national security, and privacy,
and he has served in a number of other senior management roles at Verizon. As
senior vice president and general counsel for Verizon's wireline consumer,
business and wholesale groups, Silliman was responsible for all legal and
regulatory support for Verizon's wireline business unit globally, managing a
team of more than 260 legal and regulatory experts located in 20 countries.

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ), headquartered in New York, is a
global leader in delivering broadband and other wireless and wireline
communications services to consumer, business, government and wholesale
customers. Verizon Wireless operates America's most reliable wireless network,
with more than 106 million retail connections nationwide. Verizon also provides
converged communications, information and entertainment services over America's
most advanced fiber-optic network, and delivers integrated business solutions
to customers in more than 150 countries. A Dow 30 company with more than $120
billion in 2013 revenues, Verizon employs a diverse workforce of 178,500. For
more information, visit www.verizon.com/news/.

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SOURCE:  Verizon Communications Inc. 

CONTACT: Bob Varettoni , 908-559-6388, robert.a.varettoni@verizon.com



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