Parentheses in domain mean exclude, square brackets mean including If you have infinity or negative infinity, the corresponding sign needs to be parentheses. A number from 1 to infinity not including 1 would be written as (1, *insert infinity*) Including 1 [1, *insert infinity*)
Intro - History & Timeline. Verizon Communications was created on June 30, 2000 by Bell Atlantic Corp. and GTE Corp., in one of the largest mergers in U.S. business history. GTE and Bell Atlantic evolved and grew through decades of mergers, acquisitions and divestitures.
Bell Atlantic, the surviving company, changed its name to Verizon, a portmanteau of veritas (Latin for truth) and horizon. As of 2016, Verizon is one of three companies that had their roots in the former Baby Bells. The other two, like Verizon, exist as a result of mergers among fellow former Baby Bell members. One, SBC Communications, bought out its former parent AT&T Corporation and assumed the AT&T name.