domestic wireless segment is charged with providing wireless voice and data services, paging services and equipment sales in the United States, principally through Verizon Wireless. The company's international business includes international wireline and wireless communications operations and is responsible for investments primarily in the Americas and Europe. Finally, Verizon's information services segment provides print and online directory publishing and is a content provider for electronic communications products and services. This unit makes the Verizon SuperPages print yellow and white pages directories, as well as an online directory, SuperPages.com. Combined, these segments produced revenue of $67.8 billion in 2003, a 0.7 percent increase from 2002. Visit Vault at www.vault.com for insider company profiles, expert advice, VAULT CAREER career message boards, expert resume reviews, the Vault Job Board and more. LIBRARY Vault Guide to the Top Telecom Employers Verizon Communications Bell Atlantic: joining the big leagues An original Baby Bell, Bell Atlantic was spun off from AT&T in 1984. The company started out providing telephone service in six states and the District of Columbia and soon expanded into new services such as cellular, paging, Internet access and directory publishing. In 1997 it acquired fellow Baby Bell NYNEX, expanding its local and wireless services to 13 states and the District of Columbia. Bell Atlantic made a huge splash in the cellular phone market in 2000 when it combined its domestic wireless operations with Vodafone AirTouch to create Verizon Wireless. Verizon owns 56 percent of the venture, while Vodafone owns the remaining portion. GTE's evolution Founded in 1926 and bankrupted by the Great Depression, GTE emerged in 1935 as General Telephone and grew into the largest local telephone service provider not affiliated with the Bell System. Several decades later GTE emerged as the largest local phone operator in the country when it merged with Contel in 1991. The acquisition also made