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FiOS TV reaches 4.2m subs

January 24, 2012

Verizon Communications posted the highest year-over-year quarterly revenue growth in the company’s 11-year history in fourth-quarter 2011, fueled by continued strong demand for Verizon Wireless services and handsets, FiOS fiber-optic services, and strategic business products and services.

“Verizon finished 2011 very strong, both in terms of revenue growth and by delivering an 18.2 per cent total return to our shareholders for the full year, and the company has great momentum for 2012,” said Lowell McAdam, Verizon chairman, president and chief executive officer.

Verizon added 201,000 net new FiOS Internet connections and 194,000 net new FiOS Video connections in fourth-quarter of 2011.  Verizon had a total of 4.8 million FiOS Internet and 4.2 million FiOS Video connections at year-end.

FiOS penetration (subscribers as a percentage of potential subscribers) continued to increase.  FiOS Internet penetration was 35.5 per cent at year-end 2011, compared with 31.9 per cent at year-end 2010.  In the same periods, FiOS Video penetration was 31.5 per cent, compared with 28.0 per cent, respectively.  The FiOS network passed 16.5 million premises at year-end 2011, up more than 900,000 from year-end 2010.

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