Verizon COO to Give Speech

NEW YORK -- Dennis Strigl, president and chief operating officer of Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ), will speak at the Bank of America 2007 Media, Telecommunications and Entertainment Conference here on Thursday, March 29. His remarks will be webcast beginning approximately 12:50 p.m. Eastern time on Verizon's Investor Relations Web site, http://www.verizon.com/investor. Access instructions will be available on the site that day.

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