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March 1999 - Bell Atlantic grant provides hands-on business experience to special needs students in Union County.
March 9, 1999 - A new area code, 856, assigned to southwestern New Jersey.
April 21, 1999 - Bell Atlantic launches "National 411 Service" in New Jersey.
September 21, 1999 - Bell Atlantic provides emergency phone service to victims of tropical storm Floyd in Bound Brook.
September 28, 1999 - Bell Atlantic partners with fvc.com to deliver broadband video services over statewide "Access New Jersey" network.
November 4, 1999 - Bell Atlantic President and COO, James G. Cullen, announces retirement.
November 13, 1999 - Mandatory dialing begins for new 856 southern New Jersey area code.
November 19, 1999 - Bell Atlantic-New Jersey's telecommunications network becomes all digital with the installation of a digital switch in Haledon.
December 22, 1999 - Bell Atlantic wins FCC approval to offer long distance in New York.
April 3, 2000 - Bell Atlantic and GTE announce that they have selected "Verizon" as the new name of the combined company.
April 4, 2000 - Bell Atlantic and Vodafone Airtouch launch Verizon Wireless.
May 24, 2000 - New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, along with Bell Atlantic and AT&T, announce that New Jersey joins Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Nevada and Pennsylvania as the only states in continental U.S. to offer 7-1-1 dialing for Telecommunications Relay Services.
June 16, 2000 - FCC approval paves the way for Bell Atlantic and GTE to complete merger.
June 30, 2000 - Bell Atlantic and GTE complete merger, creating Verizon Communications; Charles R. Lee is Chairman/co-CEO, Ivan Seidenberg is President/co-CEO.
June 30, 2000 - Bell Atlantic names Dennis M. Bone as state president in New Jersey.
July 3, 2000 - Verizon Communications begins trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the new VZ symbol.
July 6, 2000 - Celebrations take place in hundreds of company locations marking the launch of Verizon, the country's number one communications provider.
August 3, 2000 - Verizon wins 1 million New York long-distance customers.
August 23, 2000 - Verizon reaches a tentative agreement on a new three-year contract with Communications Workers of America in Mid-Atlantic states, ending an 18-day strike in the region.
September 27, 2000 - New Jersey is first state in nation to deliver broadband video to its schools.
April 16, 2001 - The North American Numbering Plan Administration (NANPA) announced today that three new area codes - 551, 862 and 848 - have been assigned to the areas currently served by the 201, 973 and 732 area codes, respectively in northern New Jersey. The area code overlay will be effective December 1, 2001.
September 5, 2001 - Verizon today formally notified the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) that the company plans to file an application in December with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to offer long-distance service in the state.
December 1, 2001 - Starting today, Verizon New Jerseycustomers
have three new area codes -- 862, 848, 551.
February 25, 2002 - Governor James McGreevey,
Verizon New Jersey President Dennis Bone and New Jersey Nets forward Keith Van
Horn today kicked off New Jersey Reads, a statewide non-profit organization
founded to raise awareness of literacy issues.
April 15, 2002 - Verizon's bid to enter
long-distance market in New Jersey approved by Department of Justice.
June 24, 2002 - Verizon earns FCC approval to
offer long distance service to New Jersey.
July 2, 2002 - Verizon New Jersey begins
offering long distance service today to businesses and consumers
November 4, 2003 - Verizon New Jersey announced today plans to hire more
than 250 sales and service consultants for its new customer service center in
Robbinsville.
March 9, 2005 - Verizon Brings Fiber to Consumers and Small Businesses in
24 New Jersey Communities
March 29, 2005 - Verizon to Open New Operations Center in New Jersey --
Key Business Units to Locate at Facility to be Called "Verizon Center."
April 5, 2005 - Verizon Agrees to Sell Midtown NYC Headquarters Building
-- Corporate Headquarters to Relocate to Lower Manhattan
May 17, 2005 - Verizon Brings High-Fiber 'Diet' to Consumers in 12
Additional Bergen County Communities
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