• Relieving postpaid customers of data, talk and text charges and giving prepaid customers an extra 3 GB to be used for data, talk and text from  August 26 through September 15. The  September 15 date reflects a one-week extension to what was previously announced.
  • Deploying mobile equipment including Cells on Wheels (COWs), and Cells on Light Trucks (COLTS) to supplement service in areas of South Texas that need extra network capacity. Verizon has staged additional equipment and is prepared for rapid deployment as needed in hard-hit areas.
  • Working closely with several federal and local government agencies to help support first responders on the ground with much needed communications services.
  • Staffing shelters with Verizon employees in  Houston,  Dallas  and  San Antonioto assist first responders and displaced residents with mobile charging, internet access and other communications needs.
  • Along with its subsidiary Oath, the company is providing financial support to residents of Houston and South Texas with dollar-for-dollar matches of employees' contributions to select relief-focused organizations. Oath also will match consumers' contributions to select relief-focused organizations when they donate after visiting one of Oath's web properties. More information can be found at https://yahoo.benevity.org/community.
  • Offering emergency financial assistance to employees who have been affected by this tragedy though both its employee assistance program and its VtoV program where employees can donate funds to help fellow employees affected by a natural or personal disaster. Verizon will be offering its more than 10,000 employees who work in the states of  Texas and  Louisianathe opportunity to volunteer for the Harvey recovery effort over the coming months and receive up to a week of paid volunteer time.

Verizon is one of many, probably hundreds, of corporations stepping in to assist in recovery in Texas and elsewhere. Below is a corporate news release from Verizon detailing their immeidate efforts. This release has been edited by dougtrerry.us to remove extraneous promotional information.