| Former telco |
| Telecom giant |
| High-tech co. |
| Verizon, once |
| Bygone telecom |
| Mobilnet corp. |
| Old AT&T rival |
| Big Board corp. |
| Part of Verizon |
| Verizon, before |
| AT&T competitor |
| Former phone co. |
| Phone co. of yore |
| Verizon, formerly |
| Bygone AT&T rival |
| Old telecom giant |
| Former AT&T rival |
| Verizon forerunner |
| Cellular phone co. |
| Early cellular co. |
| Former telco giant |
| Merged comm. giant |
| Onetime AT&T rival |
| Corporate initials |
| Former comm. giant |
| Airfone corporation |
| One-time AT&T rival |
| Telecom co. of yore |
| Verizon predecessor |
| WorldCom competitor |
| Communications giant |
| Former high-tech co. |
| Former rival of AT&T |
| Communications corp. |
| Former telecom giant |
| A Verizon predecessor |
| Defunct telecom giant |
| Onetime rival of AT&T |
| Telecom giant of yore |
| 1979 Telenet acquirer |
| Onetime telecom giant |
| Former AT&T competitor |
| Sports car designation |
| Pioneer cell phone co. |
| AT&T competitor of yore |
| Big cell phone provider |
| Co. subsumed by Verizon |
| Erstwhile phone company |
| Former AT&T alternative |
| Onetime AT&T competitor |
| Phone manufacturing co. |
| Co. merged into Verizon |
| Co. now part of Verizon |
| Sprint competitor, once |
| Telecommunications corp. |
| Telecommunications giant |
| Erstwhile telecom company |
| Onetime Sprint competitor |
| Pioneering cell phone co. |
| Onetime owner of QuebecTel |
| Former pharmaceutical giant |
| Former communications corp. |
| Onetime Bell Atlantic rival |
| Communications conglomerate |
| Bell Atlantic + __ = Verizon |
| It merged with Bell Atlantic |
| Co. that merged into Verizon |
| It merged with Sprint in 1983 |
| Old inits. in telecommunication |
| Old inits. in telecommunications |
| Bell competitor, back in the day |
| Co. that merged to become Verizon |
| Flip-Phone maker of the early 1980s |
| Bell Atlantic merger partner of 2000 |
| Gee." "No, ___" (1970s-80s ad slogan) |
| Associated Telephone Utilities, later |
| Co. in the merger that formed Verizon |
| Co. in a 2000 telecommunications merger |
| Co. in a 2000 merger that became Verizon |
| It merged with Bell Atlantic to form Verizon |
| Co. acquired by Bell Atlantic to form Verizon |
| It merged with Bell Atlantic to become Verizon |