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Verizon Communications' Management Discusses Q2 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

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Verizon Communications (VZ)

Q2 2012 Earnings Call

July 19, 2012 8:30 am ET

Executives

John N. Doherty – Senior Vice President, Investor Relations

Francis J. Shammo – Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Analysts

Jason Armstrong – Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

John Hodulik – UBS

Simon Flannery – Morgan Stanley

Philip Cusick – JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Jonathan Chaplin – Credit Suisse Securities

Michael I. Rollins – Citigroup Global Markets

David W. Barden – Bank of America/Merrill Lynch

Michael McCormack – Nomura Securities

Brett Feldman – Deutsche Bank Securities

Thomas Seitz – Jefferies & Co.

Kevin Smithen – Macquarie Capital

Presentation

Operator

Good morning, and welcome to the Verizon Second Quarter 2012 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants have been placed in a listen-only mode, and the floor will be opened for questions following the presentation. (Operator Instructions) Today’s conference is being recorded. If you have any objections, you may disconnect at this time.

It is now my pleasure to turn the call over to your host, Mr. John Doherty, Senior Vice President, Investor Relations for Verizon.

John N. Doherty

Thanks, Brad. Good morning, and welcome to our second quarter 2012 earnings conference call. Thanks for joining us this morning. I'm John Doherty. With me this morning is our Chief Financial Officer, Fran Shammo.

Before we get started, let me remind you that our earnings release, financial and operating information, the investor quarterly and the presentation slides are available on our Investor Relations website. This call is being webcast. If you would like to listen to a replay, you can do so from our website.

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