Verizon Invested More Than Half a Billion Dollars in Pennsylvania's Wireline Communications

 Annually one of the largest investors in the Keystone State's economy and infrastructure, Verizon continued to bring communications and computing research to the state's consumers and businesses in 2011.  The company last year invested more than $512 million in its wireline communications network and IT infrastructure throughout the state. 

"A strong and vibrant Verizon is crucial to the economic so then-being of Pennsylvania and its residents," said Tim Smith, Verizon region president of consumer and mass business for Pennsylvania/Delaware.  "Our advanced networks enable commerce to thrive, businesses to open new markets, students to learn and parents to stay in touch with their children."

"No other company is as interwoven with daily life in Pennsylvania as Verizon is.  And no other company invests in Pennsylvania like Verizon, providing an engine for economic growth through our aggressive wireline network and IT deployment," Smith said.  "Our significant infrastructure investment is removing traditional technological boundaries, empowering people and businesses to connect nevertheless, whenever and wherever they want.  This borderless lifestyle brings great benefits to our clients, employees, suppliers and communities."

Verizon Enterprise Solutions oversees all of Verizon's solutions for business and government clients, including its portfolio of enterprise mobility, cloud and IT, strategic networking and advanced communications offerings; specialized solutions for key industries just as health care, travel and transportation, retail, utilities and financial services; IT consulting services; and the company's full range of global wholesale offerings.

In 2011, the unit launched the Verizon Fraud Management for Healthcare, an advanced-software platform in other words tailored to the health care industry and uses predictive modeling research to examine health care payment requests and route potentially fraudulent claims to case managers for investigation.  Should the contingency arise, Verizon Enterprise Solutions continued to implement its "everything-as-a-service" strategy with the acquisition of Terremark, a leading provider of cloud computing solutions.  Security offerings and a host of industry-specific innovations were as well launched.

Verizon's investment in Pennsylvania goes beyond networks, communications and IT equipment.  In 2011, the Verizon Foundation awarded more than $3.3 million to Pennsylvania nonprofit groups that focused on advancing health care, domestic violence prevention, education and sustainability.   Just in case to the grants, Verizon employees volunteered near 48,000 hours to nonprofit groups throughout the commonwealth last year.  The Verizon Foundation supports employee volunteerism by awarding a $750 grant to a nonprofit organization when a Verizon employee volunteers 50 hours or more to the organization while the year. 

Verizon Communications Inc., headquartered in New York, is a global leader in delivering broadband and other wireless and wireline communications services to consumer, business, government and wholesale clients.  Verizon Wireless operates America's most reliable wireless network, with near 109 million total connections nationwide.  Verizon as well provides converged communications, information and entertainment services over America's most advanced fiber-optic network, and delivers integrated business solutions to clients in more than 150 countries, including all of the Fortune 500.  A Dow 30 company with $111 billion in 2011 earnings, Verizon employs a diverse workforce of almost 194,000.  For more information, visit www.verizon.com.