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Verizon Communications
08 June 2007

Verizon Communications Inc.

NEWS RELEASE

                                                                            
                                  
                                                                            

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media contact:
June 7, 2007 Bob Varettoni
908-559-6388
robert.a.varettoni@verizon.com



               Verizon Communications Declares Quarterly Dividend               

NEW YORK - The Board of Directors of Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) today
declared a quarterly dividend of 40.5 cents per outstanding share, unchanged
from the previous quarter. The dividend is payable on Aug. 1, 2007, to Verizon
Communications shareowners of record at the close of business on July 10, 2007.

Verizon has approximately 2.5 million shareowners and approximately 2.9 billion
shares of common stock outstanding. The company made $4.7 billion in dividend
payments in 2006.

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ), headquartered in New York, is a leader in
delivering broadband and other wireline and wireless communication innovations
to mass market, business, government and wholesale customers. Verizon Wireless
operates America's most reliable wireless network, serving 60.7 million
customers nationwide. Verizon's Wireline operations include Verizon Business,
which delivers innovative and seamless business solutions to customers around
the world, and Verizon Telecom, which brings customers the benefits of converged
communications, information and entertainment services over the nation's most
advanced fiber-optic network. A Dow 30 company, Verizon has a diverse workforce
of more than 238,000 and last year generated consolidated operating revenues of
more than $88 billion. For more information, visit www.verizon.com.

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