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Verizon Pennsylvania

Logo: Verizon Communications, Turner Duckworth, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Former Baby Bell telecom company

Verizon Pennsylvania LLC, formerly traded as Bell of Pennsylvania, is the Bell Operating Company serving most of Pennsylvania. The company was founded in 1879 as Bell Telephone Company of Philadelphia, owned by National Bell Telephone Company, which later became American Bell.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2000Founded1
  • Industrytelecommunications1
  • HeadquartersPhiladelphia1

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Verizon Pennsylvania LLC, formerly traded as Bell of Pennsylvania, is the Bell Operating Company serving most of Pennsylvania. The company was founded in 1879 as Bell Telephone Company of Philadelphia, owned by National Bell Telephone Company, which later became American Bell.2

Corporate structure

Verizon Pennsylvania is part of a group headed by Verizon. 77 entities, 12 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Verizon New York, New York, United States
    • Verizon Pennsylvania Philadelphia
    • Adtech Subsidiary · Frankfurt am Main
    • Advertising.com Subsidiary · Baltimore
    • AOL Subsidiary · New York, New York, United States
    • Fleetmatics Subsidiary · Dublin
    • go90 Subsidiary
    • MCI Inc. Subsidiary · Ashburn
    • Moviefone Subsidiary
    • Netscape Subsidiary · Mountain View
    • Verizon Business Subsidiary · Basking Ridge
    • Verizon Hearst Media Partners Subsidiary · New York City
    • Verizon Ventures Subsidiary
    • Yahoo Subsidiary · 10% · United States
    • BAMS Communications LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Bell Atlantic - Pennsylvania Subsidiary · United States
    • Bell Atlantic Mobile Systems LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania Subsidiary · United States
    • Cellco Partnership (d/b/a Verizon Wireless) Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • GTE Wireless LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • MCI Communications Services LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • MCI International LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • OATH (NETHERLANDS) B.V. Subsidiary · Amsterdam, Netherlands
      • OATH (EMEA) LIMITED Subsidiary · Dubiln, Ireland
    • TechCrunch Subsidiary
    • Verizon Americas LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • VERIZON BUSINESS DPPA MASTER TRUST Subsidiary · Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States
    • and 28 more

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 of annual reports filed with the SEC; subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Products and brands

  • plain old telephone service

Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded Bell Atlantic - Pennsylvania1

Timeline

  1. 2000Acquired Acquired by Verizon1
  2. 2000Founded Founded1

Sources

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