Verizon Wireless is the trade name of Cellco Partnership, which owns and operates the largest mobile telecommunications network in the United States, based on a total of 89 million U.S. subscribers. Headquartered in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, the company is a joint venture of U.S. telecommunications firm Verizon Communications and London-based multinational mobile network operator Vodafone Group, with 55 and 45 percent ownership respectively. Ver...
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Verizon Wireless is the trade name of Cellco Partnership, which owns and operates the largest mobile telecommunications network in the United States, based on a total of 89 million U.S. subscribers. Headquartered in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, the company is a joint venture of U.S. telecommunications firm Verizon Communications and London-based multinational mobile network operator Vodafone Group, with 55 and 45 percent ownership respectively. Verizon Wireless has the largest revenue of all United States wireless companies reporting $58.6 billion in 2008.
On January 9, 2009, Verizon Wireless acquired Alltel Wireless in a deal valued at $28.1 billion. The acquisition expanded Verizon's wireless network to establish Verizon as the largest United States wireless carrier, based on number of subscribers.
Verizon Wireless traces its roots to Bell Atlantic Mobile, NYNEX Mobile Communications, AirTouch Communications, PrimeCo Communications, and GTE Mobilnet. Bell Atlantic Mobile and NYNEX...
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