EXHIBIT 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     WHEREAS, VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”), proposes to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), one or more registration statements on Form S-3 relating to up to an aggregate of $10,000,000,000 in cash proceeds from the issuance and sale from time to time by the Company of one or any combination of the following types of securities: (a) common stock, (b) preferred stock, (c) debt securities, or (d) preferred stock or debt securities that may be convertible or exchangeable into shares of the Company’s common stock, another series of preferred stock or other securities or property (collectively, the “Registration Statement”).

     NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby appoints Ivan G. Seidenberg, Doreen A. Toben, Thomas A. Bartlett and Catherine T. Webster, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration Statement and any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to the Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith, making such changes in the Registration Statement as such person or persons so acting deems appropriate, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or his, her or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done or by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney this 1st day of March, 2007.

/s/ James R. Barker

James R. Barker

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     WHEREAS, VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”), proposes to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), one or more registration statements on Form S-3 relating to up to an aggregate of $10,000,000,000 in cash proceeds from the issuance and sale from time to time by the Company of one or any combination of the following types of securities: (a) common stock, (b) preferred stock, (c) debt securities, or (d) preferred stock or debt securities that may be convertible or exchangeable into shares of the Company’s common stock, another series of preferred stock or other securities or property (collectively, the “Registration Statement”).

     NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby appoints Ivan G. Seidenberg, Doreen A. Toben, Thomas A. Bartlett and Catherine T. Webster and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration Statement and any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to the Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith, making such changes in the Registration Statement as such person or persons so acting deems appropriate, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or his, her or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done or by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney this 1st day of March, 2007.

/s/ Richard L. Carrión

Richard L. Carrión

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     WHEREAS, VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”), proposes to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), one or more registration statements on Form S-3 relating to up to an aggregate of $10,000,000,000 in cash proceeds from the issuance and sale from time to time by the Company of one or any combination of the following types of securities: (a) common stock, (b) preferred stock, (c) debt securities, or (d) preferred stock or debt securities that may be convertible or exchangeable into shares of the Company’s common stock, another series of preferred stock or other securities or property (collectively, the “Registration Statement”).

     NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby appoints Ivan G. Seidenberg, Doreen A. Toben, Thomas A. Bartlett and Catherine T. Webster and each of them, her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution, for her and in her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration Statement and any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to the Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith, making such changes in the Registration Statement as such person or persons so acting deems appropriate, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or his, her or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done or by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney this 1st day of March, 2007.

/s/ M. Frances Keeth

M. Frances Keeth

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     WHEREAS, VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”), proposes to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), one or more registration statements on Form S-3 relating to up to an aggregate of $10,000,000,000 in cash proceeds from the issuance and sale from time to time by the Company of one or any combination of the following types of securities: (a) common stock, (b) preferred stock, (c) debt securities, or (d) preferred stock or debt securities that may be convertible or exchangeable into shares of the Company’s common stock, another series of preferred stock or other securities or property (collectively, the “Registration Statement”).

     NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby appoints Ivan G. Seidenberg, Doreen A. Toben, Thomas A. Bartlett and Catherine T. Webster and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration Statement and any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to the Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith, making such changes in the Registration Statement as such person or persons so acting deems appropriate, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or his, her or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done or by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney this 1st day of March, 2007.

/s/ Robert W. Lane

Robert W. Lane

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     WHEREAS, VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”), proposes to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), one or more registration statements on Form S-3 relating to up to an aggregate of $10,000,000,000 in cash proceeds from the issuance and sale from time to time by the Company of one or any combination of the following types of securities: (a) common stock, (b) preferred stock, (c) debt securities, or (d) preferred stock or debt securities that may be convertible or exchangeable into shares of the Company’s common stock, another series of preferred stock or other securities or property (collectively, the “Registration Statement”).

     NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby appoints Ivan G. Seidenberg, Doreen A. Toben, Thomas A. Bartlett and Catherine T. Webster and each of them, her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution, for her and in her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration Statement and any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to the Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith, making such changes in the Registration Statement as such person or persons so acting deems appropriate, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or his, her or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done or by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney this 1st day of March, 2007.

/s/ Sandra O. Moose

Sandra O. Moose

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     WHEREAS, VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”), proposes to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), one or more registration statements on Form S-3 relating to up to an aggregate of $10,000,000,000 in cash proceeds from the issuance and sale from time to time by the Company of one or any combination of the following types of securities: (a) common stock, (b) preferred stock, (c) debt securities, or (d) preferred stock or debt securities that may be convertible or exchangeable into shares of the Company’s common stock, another series of preferred stock or other securities or property (collectively, the “Registration Statement”).

     NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby appoints Ivan G. Seidenberg, Doreen A. Toben, Thomas A. Bartlett and Catherine T. Webster and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration Statement and any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to the Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith, making such changes in the Registration Statement as such person or persons so acting deems appropriate, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or his, her or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done or by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney this 1st day of March, 2007.

/s/ Joseph Neubauer

Joseph Neubauer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     WHEREAS, VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”), proposes to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), one or more registration statements on Form S-3 relating to up to an aggregate of $10,000,000,000 in cash proceeds from the issuance and sale from time to time by the Company of one or any combination of the following types of securities: (a) common stock, (b) preferred stock, (c) debt securities, or (d) preferred stock or debt securities that may be convertible or exchangeable into shares of the Company’s common stock, another series of preferred stock or other securities or property (collectively, the “Registration Statement”).

     NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby appoints Ivan G. Seidenberg, Doreen A. Toben, Thomas A. Bartlett and Catherine T. Webster and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration Statement and any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to the Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith, making such changes in the Registration Statement as such person or persons so acting deems appropriate, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or his, her or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done or by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney this 1st day of March, 2007.

/s/ Donald T. Nicolaisen

Donald T. Nicolaisen

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     WHEREAS, VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”), proposes to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), one or more registration statements on Form S-3 relating to up to an aggregate of $10,000,000,000 in cash proceeds from the issuance and sale from time to time by the Company of one or any combination of the following types of securities: (a) common stock, (b) preferred stock, (c) debt securities, or (d) preferred stock or debt securities that may be convertible or exchangeable into shares of the Company’s common stock, another series of preferred stock or other securities or property (collectively, the “Registration Statement”).

     NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby appoints Ivan G. Seidenberg, Doreen A. Toben, Thomas A. Bartlett and Catherine T. Webster and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration Statement and any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to the Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith, making such changes in the Registration Statement as such person or persons so acting deems appropriate, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or his, her or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done or by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney this 1st day of March, 2007.

/s/ Thomas H. O’Brien

Thomas H. O’Brien

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     WHEREAS, VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”), proposes to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), one or more registration statements on Form S-3 relating to up to an aggregate of $10,000,000,000 in cash proceeds from the issuance and sale from time to time by the Company of one or any combination of the following types of securities: (a) common stock, (b) preferred stock, (c) debt securities, or (d) preferred stock or debt securities that may be convertible or exchangeable into shares of the Company’s common stock, another series of preferred stock or other securities or property (collectively, the “Registration Statement”).

     NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby appoints Ivan G. Seidenberg, Doreen A. Toben, Thomas A. Bartlett and Catherine T. Webster and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration Statement and any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to the Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith, making such changes in the Registration Statement as such person or persons so acting deems appropriate, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or his, her or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done or by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney this 1st day of March, 2007.

/s/ Clarence Otis, Jr.

Clarence Otis, Jr.

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     WHEREAS, VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”), proposes to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), one or more registration statements on Form S-3 relating to up to an aggregate of $10,000,000,000 in cash proceeds from the issuance and sale from time to time by the Company of one or any combination of the following types of securities: (a) common stock, (b) preferred stock, (c) debt securities, or (d) preferred stock or debt securities that may be convertible or exchangeable into shares of the Company’s common stock, another series of preferred stock or other securities or property (collectively, the “Registration Statement”).

     NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby appoints Ivan G. Seidenberg, Doreen A. Toben, Thomas A. Bartlett and Catherine T. Webster and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration Statement and any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to the Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith, making such changes in the Registration Statement as such person or persons so acting deems appropriate, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or his, her or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done or by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney this 1st day of March, 2007.

/s/ Hugh B. Price

Hugh B. Price

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     WHEREAS, VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”), proposes to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), one or more registration statements on Form S-3 relating to up to an aggregate of $10,000,000,000 in cash proceeds from the issuance and sale from time to time by the Company of one or any combination of the following types of securities: (a) common stock, (b) preferred stock, (c) debt securities, or (d) preferred stock or debt securities that may be convertible or exchangeable into shares of the Company’s common stock, another series of preferred stock or other securities or property (collectively, the “Registration Statement”).

     NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby appoints Doreen A. Toben, Thomas A. Bartlett and Catherine T. Webster and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration Statement and any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to the Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith, making such changes in the Registration Statement as such person or persons so acting deems appropriate, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or his, her or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done or by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney this 1st day of March, 2007.

/s/ Ivan G. Seidenberg

Ivan G. Seidenberg

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     WHEREAS, VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”), proposes to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), one or more registration statements on Form S-3 relating to up to an aggregate of $10,000,000,000 in cash proceeds from the issuance and sale from time to time by the Company of one or any combination of the following types of securities: (a) common stock, (b) preferred stock, (c) debt securities, or (d) preferred stock or debt securities that may be convertible or exchangeable into shares of the Company’s common stock, another series of preferred stock or other securities or property (collectively, the “Registration Statement”).

     NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby appoints Ivan G. Seidenberg, Doreen A. Toben, Thomas A. Bartlett and Catherine T. Webster and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration Statement and any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to the Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith, making such changes in the Registration Statement as such person or persons so acting deems appropriate, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or his, her or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done or by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney this 1st day of March, 2007.

/s/ Walter V. Shipley

Walter V. Shipley

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     WHEREAS, VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”), proposes to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), one or more registration statements on Form S-3 relating to up to an aggregate of $10,000,000,000 in cash proceeds from the issuance and sale from time to time by the Company of one or any combination of the following types of securities: (a) common stock, (b) preferred stock, (c) debt securities, or (d) preferred stock or debt securities that may be convertible or exchangeable into shares of the Company’s common stock, another series of preferred stock or other securities or property (collectively, the “Registration Statement”).

     NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby appoints Ivan G. Seidenberg, Doreen A. Toben, Thomas A. Bartlett and Catherine T. Webster and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration Statement and any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to the Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith, making such changes in the Registration Statement as such person or persons so acting deems appropriate, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or his, her or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done or by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney this 1st day of March, 2007.

/s/ John W. Snow

John W. Snow

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     WHEREAS, VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”), proposes to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), one or more registration statements on Form S-3 relating to up to an aggregate of $10,000,000,000 in cash proceeds from the issuance and sale from time to time by the Company of one or any combination of the following types of securities: (a) common stock, (b) preferred stock, (c) debt securities, or (d) preferred stock or debt securities that may be convertible or exchangeable into shares of the Company’s common stock, another series of preferred stock or other securities or property (collectively, the “Registration Statement”).

     NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby appoints Ivan G. Seidenberg, Doreen A. Toben, Thomas A. Bartlett and Catherine T. Webster and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration Statement and any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to the Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith, making such changes in the Registration Statement as such person or persons so acting deems appropriate, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or his, her or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done or by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney this 1st day of March, 2007.

/s/ John R. Stafford

John R. Stafford

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     WHEREAS, VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”), proposes to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), one or more registration statements on Form S-3 relating to up to an aggregate of $10,000,000,000 in cash proceeds from the issuance and sale from time to time by the Company of one or any combination of the following types of securities: (a) common stock, (b) preferred stock, (c) debt securities, or (d) preferred stock or debt securities that may be convertible or exchangeable into shares of the Company’s common stock, another series of preferred stock or other securities or property (collectively, the “Registration Statement”).

     NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby appoints Ivan G. Seidenberg, Doreen A. Toben, Thomas A. Bartlett and Catherine T. Webster and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration Statement and any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to the Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith, making such changes in the Registration Statement as such person or persons so acting deems appropriate, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or his, her or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done or by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney this 1st day of March, 2007.

/s/ Robert D. Storey

Robert D. Storey

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     WHEREAS, VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”), proposes to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), one or more registration statements on Form S-3 relating to up to an aggregate of $10,000,000,000 in cash proceeds from the issuance and sale from time to time by the Company of one or any combination of the following types of securities: (a) common stock, (b) preferred stock, (c) debt securities, or (d) preferred stock or debt securities that may be convertible or exchangeable into shares of the Company’s common stock, another series of preferred stock or other securities or property (collectively, the “Registration Statement”).

     NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby appoints Ivan G. Seidenberg, Thomas A. Bartlett and Catherine T. Webster and each of them, her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution, for her and in her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration Statement and any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to the Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith, making such changes in the Registration Statement as such person or persons so acting deems appropriate, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or his, her or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done or by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney this 1st day of March, 2007.

/s/ Doreen A. Toben

Doreen A. Toben

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     WHEREAS, VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”), proposes to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), one or more registration statements on Form S-3 relating to up to an aggregate of $10,000,000,000 in cash proceeds from the issuance and sale from time to time by the Company of one or any combination of the following types of securities: (a) common stock, (b) preferred stock, (c) debt securities, or (d) preferred stock or debt securities that may be convertible or exchangeable into shares of the Company’s common stock, another series of preferred stock or other securities or property (collectively, the “Registration Statement”).

     NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby appoints Ivan G. Seidenberg, Doreen A. Toben and Catherine T. Webster and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration Statement and any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to the Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith, making such changes in the Registration Statement as such person or persons so acting deems appropriate, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or his, her or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done or by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney this 1st day of March, 2007.

/s/ Thomas A. Bartlett

Thomas A. Bartlett