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Marianne
Drost
Senior
Vice President
Deputy
General Counsel &
Corporate
Secretary
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Verizon
Communications Inc.
140
West Street
New
York, New York 10007
(212)
395-1783
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November
14, 2006
VIA
EDGAR
Securities
and Exchange Commission
100
F
Street, NE
Washington,
DC 20549-4720
Re:
Request by Verizon Communications Inc. for Withdrawal of Form S-3 Registration
Statement No. 333-138627
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
Pursuant
to Rule 477 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“Act”), Verizon Communications Inc. (“Verizon”) hereby requests withdrawal of
its Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-138627), together with
all
exhibits thereto (collectively, the “Registration Statement”), that was
originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”)
on November 13, 2006.
Verizon
requests this withdrawal because the printer submitting the filing used an
erroneous EDGAR submission type (S-3 instead of S-3ASR). Verizon intends
to
refile the Registration Statement shortly using the correct EDGAR submission
type for this filing. No securities were offered or sold pursuant to the
Registration Statement.
We
understand that, pursuant to Rule 477(b), this application for withdrawal
will
be deemed granted at the time filed with the Commission unless, within 15
calendar days after the filing, the Commission notifies Verizon that the
application for withdrawal will not be granted.
Your
assistance in this matter is greatly appreciated.
If you have any questions regarding this application for withdrawal, please
contact David Kauffman, Vice President and Associate General Counsel, at
(908)
559-6174.
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Very
truly yours,
/s/
Marianne Drost
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