# Verizon From [wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verizon_(mobile_network)) > **Verizon** is an American [wireless network operator](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellular_network "Cellular network") that previously operated as a separate division of [Verizon Communications](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verizon "Verizon") under the name **Verizon Wireless**. In a 2019 reorganization, Verizon moved the wireless products and services into the divisions Verizon Consumer and [Verizon Business](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verizon_Business "Verizon Business"), and stopped using the Verizon Wireless name.