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Segment Information
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Segment Information
Note 10. Segment Information
Reportable Segments
We have two reportable segments that we operate and manage as strategic business units, Consumer and Business. We measure and evaluate our reportable segments based on segment operating income, consistent with the chief operating decision maker's (CODM) assessment of segment performance.

The Company's CODM is the Chief Executive Officer. The CODM uses segment operating income to allocate resources (including employees, financial or capital resources) and to assess performance during the monthly and quarterly financial strategic review process. When assessing segment performance and how to allocate resources, the CODM focuses on evaluating whether revenues generated are sufficient to cover variable and fixed costs with an appropriate return on investment. Key decisions considered by the CODM using segment operating income include prioritization and timing of changes to network technologies, allocation of capital expenditures based on the Company's priorities, geographic expansion of wireline and wireless networks, establishment of key financial and operational targets, pricing decisions, branding matters and people management.
Our segments and their principal activities consist of the following:

SegmentDescription
Verizon
Consumer Group
Our Consumer segment provides consumer-focused wireless and wireline communication services and products. Our wireless services are provided across one of the most extensive wireless networks in the U.S. under the Verizon family of brands and through wholesale and other arrangements. We also provide fixed wireless access (FWA) broadband through our 5G or 4G LTE networks as an alternative to traditional landline internet access. Our wireline services are provided in 31 U.S. states and Washington D.C. over our 100% fiber-optic network through our fiber product portfolio, as well as over a traditional copper-based network.
Verizon
Business Group
Our Business segment provides wireless and wireline communication services and products, including mobility communication services, FWA and wireline broadband, Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity solutions, advanced communication services, corporate networking solutions, local and long distance voice services, and security and managed network services. We provide these products and services to businesses, public sector customers and wireless and wireline carriers across the U.S. and a subset of these products and services to customers around the world.
Our Consumer segment's wireless and wireline products and services are available to our retail customers, as well as resellers that purchase wireless network access from us on a wholesale basis. Our Business segment's wireless and wireline products and services are available to our enterprise and public sector, small and medium business, and wholesale customers. Beginning in the first quarter of 2026, Verizon is reporting Consumer and Business revenue disaggregated by products and services as follows: Mobility and broadband service revenue, Wireless equipment revenue and Other revenue.

Corporate and other primarily includes device insurance programs, investments in unconsolidated businesses and development stage businesses that support our strategic initiatives, as well as unallocated corporate expenses, certain pension and other employee benefit related costs and interest and financing expenses. Corporate and other also includes the historical results of divested businesses and other adjustments and gains and losses that are not allocated or used in assessing segment performance due to their nature. Although such transactions are excluded from the business segment results, they are included in reported consolidated earnings. Gains and losses from these transactions that are not individually significant are included in segment results and therefore included in the CODM's assessment of segment performance.
The following table provides operating financial information for our two reportable segments:

Three Months Ended March 31,
20262025
(dollars in millions)ConsumerBusinessTotal 
Reportable
Segments		ConsumerBusinessTotal 
Reportable
Segments
External Operating Revenues
Mobility and broadband service(1)
$19,108 $3,681 $22,789 $18,728 $3,710 $22,438 
Wireless equipment4,824 857 5,681 4,532 866 5,398 
Other(2)
2,449 2,874 5,323 2,285 2,703 4,988 
Intersegment revenues72 7 79 73 7 80 
Total Operating Revenues26,453 7,419 33,872 25,618 7,286 32,904 
Operating Expenses(3)
Cost of wireless equipment5,303 1,202 6,505 4,912 1,194 6,106 
Centrally managed network and shared service costs(4)
4,430 2,449 6,879 4,521 2,482 7,003 
Depreciation and amortization expense3,730 1,081 4,811 3,543 1,020 4,563 
Other segment expenses(5)
5,276 1,803 7,079 5,218 1,926 7,144 
Total Operating Expenses
18,739 6,535 25,274 18,194 6,622 24,816 
Operating Income$7,714 $884 $8,598 $7,424 $664 $8,088 
(1) Mobility and broadband service revenue primarily includes revenue from mobility communication services, FWA broadband, Fios internet and other fiber-based services.
(2) Other revenue primarily includes revenue from wireline products that provide legacy voice, video and data solutions, as well as broadband solutions over a traditional copper-based network. Other revenue also includes fees that partially recover the direct and indirect costs of complying with regulatory and industry obligations and programs, leasing and interest recognized when equipment is sold to the customer by an authorized agent under a device payment plan agreement.
(3) The significant expense categories and amounts align with the segment-level information that is regularly provided to the CODM. Intersegment expenses are included within the amounts shown.
(4) Centrally managed network and shared service costs include costs for network and leased assets, supply chain and other centralized services that are allocated to our Consumer and Business segments based on proportionate usage of services.
(5) Other segment expenses for each reportable segment include certain personnel, digital content, sales-related, overhead, other direct and operating costs.
Reconciliation to Consolidated Financial Information
The reconciliation of segment operating revenues and operating income to consolidated operating revenues and operating income below includes the effects of special items that the CODM does not consider in assessing segment performance, primarily because of their nature.

A reconciliation of the reportable segments' operating revenues to consolidated operating revenues is as follows:
Three Months Ended
 March 31,
(dollars in millions)20262025
Total reportable segments operating revenues
$33,872 $32,904 
Corporate and other
647 660 
Eliminations
(79)(79)
Total consolidated operating revenues$34,440 $33,485 
A reconciliation of the total reportable segments' operating income to consolidated income before provision for income taxes is as follows:
 Three Months Ended
March 31,
(dollars in millions)20262025
Total reportable segments operating income$8,598 $8,088 
Corporate and other(82)(102)
Other components of net periodic benefit charges (Note 8)(13)(8)
Acquisition and integration related charges
(261)— 
Total consolidated operating income8,242 7,978 
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated businesses5 6 
Other income, net477 121 
Interest expense(1,940)(1,632)
Income Before Provision For Income Taxes$6,784 $6,473 

No single customer accounted for more than 10% of our total operating revenues during the three months ended March 31, 2026 or 2025.

The CODM does not review disaggregated assets on a segment basis; therefore, such information is not presented. Depreciation and amortization included in the measure of segment profitability is primarily allocated based on proportional usage, and is included within Total reportable segments operating income.