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8-K - VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC--FORM 8-K - VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INCd8k.htm
EX-99 - COMBINED SPECIAL-PURPOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INCdex99.htm

Exhibit 23

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the use of our report dated March 10, 2010, with respect to the combined special-purpose financial statements and schedule of Verizon’s Separate Telephone Operations for the year ended December 31, 2009, included in Verizon Communications Inc.’s Current Report (Form 8-K) dated March 24, 2010, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

  /s/ Ernst & Young LLP

New York, New York

March 24, 2010