[DOC] [TLE] Verizon Communications - Wikipedia [PAR] Verizon Communications, Inc. ( About this sound listen (helpinfo)) (/vrazn/ 
v-RY-zn) (simply known as Verizon, stylized as verizon), is a broadband 
telecommunications company and the largest U.S. wireless communications 
service provider as ... In 2000, Bell Atlantic merged with GTE, which operated 
telecommunications... [DOC] [TLE] GTE - Wikipedia [PAR] GTE Corporation, formerly General Telephone & Electric Corporation (1955
1982), was the largest independent telephone company in the United States 
during the days of the Bell System. The company operated from 1926, with roots 
tracing further back than that, ... Prior to GTE's merger with Bell Atlantic, GTE also 
maintained an interactive... [DOC] [TLE] Verizon Wireless - Wikipedia [PAR] Verizon Wireless is a wholly owned subsidiary of Verizon Communications 
offering wireless telecommunications products and services. With 142.8 million 
subscribers as of July 2016, Verizon Wireless is the largest wireless 
telecommunications provider in the ... In April 2000, the companies announced 
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the signing of the Telecommunications. Act on February 8, ... Verizon's formation: 
The Bell atlantic - GTe merger ... the nation's largest wireless company  when 
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... AT&T as a tough competitor rather than a parent company proved an ... Bell 
Atlantic Mobile Systems took off early from the starting gate: in March 1984 the ... 
To make matters worse, because Bell Atlantic was the lowest-cost provider of all 
the... [DOC] [TLE] F.C.C. Approves Bell Atlantic-GTE Merger, Creating No. 1 Phone ... [PAR] Jun 17, 2000 ... By STEPHEN LABATON JUNE 17, 2000 ... permitting Verizon to offer packages 
of services - wireless and wired telephone service ... With telephone companies 
merging rather than competing, and cable ... such control by the nation's largest 
local telephone carrier would violate the law. .... Create Account. [DOC] [TLE] Verizon Communications - Company Profile, Information, Business ... [PAR] Verizon Wireless evolved from the merger of Vodafone Airtouch, Bell Atlantic, 
and GTE. ... To make matters worse, because Bell Atlantic was the lowest-cost 
provider of ... funds collected first, then distributed to RHCs based on the 
company's cost. .... would merge and become the nation's second-largest 
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1996, the companies announced a merger agreement then ... The new Verizon 
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provider, filed a formal complaint with regulators against rival Bell Atlantic ... to 
create Verizon Communications, the nation's largest local and wireless 
telephone company. ... of the merger between Bell Atlantic, a local telephone 
company, and GTE,... [DOC] [TLE] Bell Atlantic and GTE to Create Verizon, The Next ... - Verizon Wireless [PAR] Jun 15, 2000 ... "Our merger will be a transforming event for both of our companies," said ... states 
and the District of Columbia to form the nation's number-one provider of ... 
addition of GTE's wireless assets -- is the nation's largest wireless company by far
, ... more than $70 million in 2000, making it one of the top 10 largest... [DOC] [TLE] The Birth of America's Biggest Cell Network: How Verizon Came to ... [PAR] Aug 28, 2013 ... A merger between AirTouch and Vodafone, the U.K.'s largest ... would create the 
world's biggest

Question: Bell Atlantic & GTE merged in 2000 to form this company, then the nation's largest wireless provider
Answer: Verizon