Verizon Communications Inc., or Verizon for short, is an American telecommunications company headquartered in New York City.
Verizon was founded on June 30, 2000 and is registered in Delaware, resulting from the merger of Bell Atlantic Corporation and GTE Corporation (formerly General Telephone & Electronics Corporation).
According to Verizon's latest financial reports the company has NZ$8.49 Billion in cash and cash equivalents. A company’s cash on hand also refered as cash/cash equivalents (CCE) and Short-term investments, is the amount of accessible money a business has.