Free Writing Prospectus

Filed Pursuant to Rule 433

Registration Nos. 333-173000 and 333-151922

Final Term Sheet

March 23, 2011

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC.

$1,000,000,000 Floating Rate Notes due 2014

$1,500,000,000 1.95% Notes due 2014

$1,250,000,000 3.00% Notes due 2016

$1,500,000,000 4.60% Notes due 2021

$1,000,000,000 6.00% Notes due 2041

 

Issuer:    Verizon Communications Inc.
Title of Securities:    Floating Rate Notes due 2014 (the “Floating Rate Notes due 2014”)
   1.95% Notes due 2014 (the “Notes due 2014”)
   3.00% Notes due 2016 (the “Notes due 2016”)
   4.60% Notes due 2021 (the “Notes due 2021”)
   6.00% Notes due 2041 (the “Notes due 2041”)
Trade Date:    March 23, 2011
Settlement Date (T+3):    March 28, 2011
Maturity Date:    Floating Rate Notes due 2014:     March 28, 2014
   Notes due 2014:                March 28, 2014
   Notes due 2016:                April 1, 2016
   Notes due 2021:                April 1, 2021
   Notes due 2041:                April 1, 2041
Aggregate Principal Amount   
Offered:    Floating Rate Notes due 2014:     $1,000,000,000
   Notes due 2014:                $1,500,000,000
   Notes due 2016:                $1,250,000,000
   Notes due 2021:                $1,500,000,000
   Notes due 2041:                $1,000,000,000
Price to Public (Issue Price):    Floating Rate Notes due 2014:        100% plus accrued interest, if any, from March 28, 2011
   Notes due 2014:                99.867% plus accrued interest, if any, from March 28, 2011
   Notes due 2016:                99.480% plus accrued interest, if any, from March 28, 2011
   Notes due 2021:                99.145% plus accrued interest, if any, from March 28, 2011


   Notes due 2041:                 98.333% plus accrued interest, if any, from March 28, 2011
Gross Spread:    Floating Rate Notes due 2014:    0.250%
   Notes due 2014:                 0.250%
   Notes due 2016:                 0.350%
   Notes due 2021:                 0.450%
   Notes due 2041:                 0.750%
Price to Verizon:    Floating Rate Notes due 2014:    99.750%
   Notes due 2014:                 99.617%
   Notes due 2016:                 99.130%
   Notes due 2021:                 98.695%
   Notes due 2041:                 97.583%
Interest Rate:    Floating Rate Notes due 2014:    Three-month LIBOR plus 0.610%
   Notes due 2014:                 1.95% per annum
   Notes due 2016:                 3.00% per annum
   Notes due 2021:                 4.60% per annum
   Notes due 2041:                 6.00% per annum
Interest Payment Dates:    Floating Rate Notes due 2014:    Quarterly on each March 28, June 28, September 28 and December 28, beginning June 28, 2011
   Notes due 2014:                 Semiannually on each March 28 and September 28, commencing September 28, 2011
   Notes due 2016:                 Semiannually on each April 1 and October 1, commencing October 1, 2011
   Notes due 2021:                 Semiannually on each April 1 and October 1, commencing October 1, 2011
   Notes due 2041:                 Semiannually on each April 1 and October 1, commencing October 1, 2011
Denominations:    Minimum of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess of 2,000
Optional Redemption:    Floating Rate Notes due 2014:    Not redeemable prior to maturity
   Notes due 2014:                 Make-whole call at any time at the greater of 100% of the principal amount of the Notes due 2014 being redeemed or the discounted present value at Treasury Rate plus 15 basis points plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest


   Notes due 2016:                 Make-whole call at any time at the greater of 100% of the principal amount of the Notes due 2016 being redeemed or the discounted present value at Treasury Rate plus 20 basis points plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest
   Notes due 2021:                 Make-whole call at any time at the greater of 100% of the principal amount of the Notes due 2021 being redeemed or the discounted present value at Treasury Rate plus 25 basis points plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest
   Notes due 2041:                 Make-whole call at any time at the greater of 100% of the principal amount of the Notes due 2041 being redeemed or the discounted present value at Treasury Rate plus 30 basis points plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest
    Use of Proceeds:    The issuer will use the net proceeds from the sale of the notes for the repayment of commercial paper, the retirement of a portion of the outstanding notes issued by the issuer’s telephone operating company subsidiaries due on or before April 1, 2012 with interest rates ranging from 5.65% to 6.875% and general corporate purposes
    Joint Book-Running Managers:    Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Goldman, Sachs & Co., Barclays Capital Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and RBS Securities Inc.

Allocation:

 

     Principal Amount
of Floating Rate
Notes due 2014
     Principal Amount
of Notes due 2014
     Principal Amount
of Notes due 2016
     Principal Amount
of Notes due 2021
     Principal Amount
of Notes due 2041
 

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

   $ 100,000,000       $ 150,000,000       $ 125,000,000       $ 150,000,000       $ 100,000,000   

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

     100,000,000         150,000,000         125,000,000         150,000,000         100,000,000   

Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated

     100,000,000         150,000,000         125,000,000         150,000,000         100,000,000   

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

     100,000,000         150,000,000         125,000,000         150,000,000         100,000,000   

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

     100,000,000         150,000,000         125,000,000         150,000,000         100,000,000   

Barclays Capital Inc.

     100,000,000         150,000,000         125,000,000         150,000,000         100,000,000   

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated

     100,000,000         150,000,000         125,000,000         150,000,000         100,000,000   

RBS Securities Inc.

     100,000,000         150,000,000         125,000,000         150,000,000         100,000,000   

Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc.

     40,000,000         60,000,000         50,000,000         60,000,000         55,000,000   

UBS Securities LLC

     40,000,000         60,000,000         50,000,000         60,000,000         55,000,000   

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

     20,000,000         30,000,000         25,000,000         30,000,000         20,000,000   

Mizuho Securities USA Inc.

     0         0         0         0         30,000,000   

RBC Capital Markets, LLC

     20,000,000         30,000,000         25,000,000         30,000,000         20,000,000   

Santander Investment Securities Inc.

     20,000,000         30,000,000         25,000,000         30,000,000         20,000,000   

Banca IMI S.p.A.

     10,000,000         15,000,000         12,500,000         15,000,000         0   

BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC

     10,000,000         15,000,000         12,500,000         15,000,000         0   

U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.

     10,000,000         15,000,000         12,500,000         15,000,000         0   

Guzman & Company

     7,500,000         11,250,000         9,375,000         11,250,000         0   

Loop Capital Markets LLC

     7,500,000         11,250,000         9,375,000         11,250,000         0   

Samuel A. Ramirez & Company, Inc.

     7,500,000         11,250,000         9,375,000         11,250,000         0   

The Williams Capital Group, L.P.

     7,500,000         11,250,000         9,375,000         11,250,000         0   
                                            
   $ 1,000,000,000       $ 1,500,000,000       $ 1,250,000,000       $ 1,500,000,000       $ 1,000,000,000   
                                            


Reference Document:    Prospectus Supplement, subject to completion, dated March 23, 2011; Prospectus dated March 23, 2011.

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