Verizon Communications Inc. Exhibit 99.3

Pro Forma Combined Selected Financial Results Before Special Items

For the Quarter Ended March 31, 2006

		(dollars in millions)
		Pro Forma
Unaudited	Verizon1	Adjustments2		Combined
Operating Revenues	$  22,058	$  227		$  22,285
Operating Expenses	18,365	240		18,605
Operating Income	3,693	(13	)	3,680
Income Before Provision for Income Taxes and Discontinued Operations	2,475	(16	)	2,459
Weighted average number of common shares (in millions) – Basic	2,915	—		2,915
Weighted average number of common shares (in millions) – Diluted	2,963	—		2,963

For the Year Ended December 31, 2005

		(dollars in millions)
	Historical	Pro Forma
Unaudited	Verizon1	Adjustments3	Combined
Operating Revenues	$  72,790	$  16,221	$  89,011
Operating Expenses	58,807	15,574	74,381
Operating Income	13,983	647	14,630
Income Before Provision for Income Taxes and Discontinued Operations	9,937	698	10,635
Weighted average number of common shares (in millions) – Basic	2,766	163	2,929
Weighted average number of common shares (in millions) – Diluted	2,817	163	2,980

For the Year Ended December 31, 2005 by Quarter and Quarter Ended March 31, 2006

									(dollars in millions)
	20053										2006
Unaudited	1st Quarter		2nd Quarter		3rd Quarter		4th Quarter		Annual		1Q06
Operating Revenues	$	21,790	$	22,168	$	22,454	$	22,599	$	89,011	$  22,285
Operating Expenses		18,419		18,599		18,677		18,686		74,381	18,605
Operating Income		3,371		3,569		3,777		3,913		14,630	3,680
Income Before Provision for Income Taxes and Discontinued Operations		2,574		2,657		2,798		2,606		10,635	2,459
Weighted average number of common shares (in millions) – Basic		2,932		2,929		2,928		2,927		2,929	2,915
Weighted average number of common shares (in millions) – Diluted		2,984		2,981		2,980		2,979		2,980	2,963
Depreciation and Amortization Expense included in Operating Expenses	$	3,671	$	3,705	$	3,728	$	3,784	$	14,888	$    3,709
Income from discontinued operations	$	188	$	89	$	110	$	114	$	501	$       203

Footnotes:

^1. Selected financial results before special items. See exhibit 99.2 for a reconciliation of reported results to results before special items.

^2. MCI, Inc. results for the period prior to the acquisition, or January 1 thru January 5, 2006.

^3. The unaudited pro forma information contains the actual combined operating results of Verizon and the former MCI, with the results prior to the acquisition date adjusted to include the pro forma impact of: the elimination of transactions between Verizon and the former MCI; the adjustment of amortization of acquired intangible assets and depreciation of fixed assets based on the preliminary purchase price allocation; the elimination of merger expenses incurred by the former MCI; the adjustment of interest expense reflecting the redemption of all of MCI’s debt and the replacement of that debt with $4 billion of new debt issued in February 2006 at Verizon’s weighted average borrowing rate; the elimination of severance expense incurred by the former MCI. Full year 2005 unaudited pro forma results include $82 million of income, which was reported as discontinued operations by the former MCI for an operation sold during the first quarter of 2005; and the conversion of MCI shares into Verizon shares issued in connection with the merger. Given that the former MCI’s 2005 reported tax provision includes certain one-time items, pro forma results are presented on an income before tax basis.