BALTIMORE – Verizon has fully restored all services that were damaged by the train derailment west of Baltimore in Ellicott City on Tuesday (Aug. 21).
Services were operating normally shortly before 9 p.m. ET, less than 24 hours after the derailment.
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, NASDAQ: VZ), headquartered in New York, is a global leader in delivering broadband and other wireless and wireline communications services to consumer, business, government and wholesale customers. Verizon Wireless operates America’s most reliable wireless network, with more than 94 million retail customers nationwide. Verizon also provides converged communications, information and entertainment services over America’s most advanced fiber-optic network, and delivers integrated business solutions to customers in more than 150 countries, including all of the Fortune 500. A Dow 30 company with $111 billion in 2011 revenues, Verizon employs a diverse workforce of more than 188,000. For more information, visit www.verizon.com.
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| Media Contacts: |
| Sandra Arnette |
| 410-393-7109 |
| sandra.u.arnette@verizon.com |
| Janet Brumfield |
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