ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS
This prospectus is part of a registration statement that we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) utilizing a
shelf registration process. Under this shelf process, we may, from time to time, sell any combination of the common stock, preferred stock or debt securities described in this prospectus in one or more offerings. You should read this prospectus
along with any accompanying prospectus supplement and the documents incorporated herein and therein carefully before you invest. These documents contain important information you should consider when making your investment decision. This prospectus
contains information about the securities we may offer generally. Each time we sell securities, we will provide a prospectus supplement and, in some cases, a pricing supplement, that will contain information about the specific securities being
offered. The prospectus supplement or pricing supplement may also add, update or change information in this prospectus. You should rely only on the information provided or incorporated by reference in this prospectus, any prospectus supplement, any
free writing prospectus or any pricing supplement, and the documents incorporated by reference herein and therein, which are accurate as of their respective dates. Neither the delivery of this prospectus or any prospectus supplement, nor any sale
made hereunder, shall under any circumstances create any implication that there has been no change in our affairs since the date of this prospectus, or that the information contained or incorporated by reference into this prospectus or any
prospectus supplement is correct as of any time subsequent to the date of such information.
You should not consider any information in
this prospectus, any prospectus supplement or any of the documents incorporated by reference herein or therein to be investment, legal or tax advice. You should consult your own counsel, accountants and other advisers for legal, tax, business,
financial and related advice regarding the purchase of any securities.
We have not authorized anyone else to provide you with any
information or to make any representation that is different from, or in addition to, those contained or incorporated by reference into this prospectus or any prospectus supplement, and, if given or made, such information or representations must not
be relied upon as having been authorized by us.
To the extent there is a conflict between the information contained in this prospectus,
on the one hand, and the information contained in a prospectus supplement, on the other hand, the information contained in the prospectus supplement shall control. If any statement in this prospectus conflicts with any statement in a document that
we have incorporated by reference, then you should consider only the statement in the more recent document.
This prospectus contains
summaries of certain provisions contained in some of the documents described herein, but reference is made to the actual documents for complete information. All of the summaries are qualified in their entirety by the actual documents. Copies of some
of the documents referred to herein have been filed, will be filed or will be incorporated by reference as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, and you may obtain copies of those documents as described below
under the heading Where You Can Find Additional Information.
In this prospectus, we, us,
our, us, and Verizon Communications refer to Verizon Communications Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries.
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. The SEC maintains a website at
http://www.sec.gov that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC. Filings that we make with the SEC also can be found on our website at http://www.verizon.com.
The information contained on or accessible through our corporate website or any other website that we may maintain is not incorporated by reference herein and is not part of this prospectus or the registration statement of which this prospectus is a
part.
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