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Debt - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
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1 Months Ended | 1 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended | |||
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Mar. 31, 2013
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Dec. 31, 2012
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Mar. 31, 2013
Guarantee Of Debentures And First Mortgage Bonds Of Operating Telephone Company Subsidiaries
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Mar. 31, 2013
Guarantee of Debt Obligations of GTE Corporation
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Apr. 30, 2013
Verizon Communications Notes
Repayment of Debt
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Mar. 31, 2013
Four Year Credit Facility
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| Debt Instrument [Line Items] | ||||||
| Aggregate principal amount | $ 500,000,000 | |||||
| Debt instrument maturity date | 2015 | |||||
| Cash proceeds from debt | 500,000,000 | |||||
| Amount of notes repaid | 1,250,000,000 | |||||
| Stated interest rate on debt instrument | 5.25% | |||||
| Principal amount outstanding in connection with the guarantee of debt obligations | 52,881,000,000 | 51,987,000,000 | 4,300,000,000 | 1,700,000,000 | ||
| Credit facility, maturity date | Aug. 12, 2016 | |||||
| Amount of borrowing capacity on four-year credit facility | 6,200,000,000 | |||||
| Amount of unused borrowing capacity on four-year credit facility | $ 6,100,000,000 | |||||