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Verizon Business

Verizon source evidences managed SASE/SD-WAN leader positioning; Versa partner source evidences managed platform with SD-WAN, security, routing, multi-tenancy and analytics.

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Verizon Business in depth

Platform and architecture

Verizon Business runs one of the largest managed WAN practices globally, built on its Private IP MPLS heritage and a multi-vendor SD-WAN portfolio spanning Cisco (Catalyst and Meraki), VeloCloud, Versa and Fortinet. Global delivery is mature: 150+ countries through owned assets and partners, with professional services to match complex, multi-region migrations.

Security and SASE capability

Managed SASE combines the SD-WAN portfolio with leading SSE platforms (Zscaler, Palo Alto and others) plus Verizon's own security services including Network Detection and Response and the long-running DBIR threat research. Security operations capability is genuine carrier-grade; platform depth follows the chosen vendor stack.

Service, support and channel

Fully managed and co-managed with 24x7 follow-the-sun operations and named service management. US heritage with substantial UK and European delivery. Verizon suits complex global RFPs where contractual accountability across dozens of countries is the requirement.

Commercials and the Netify verdict

Per-site managed pricing on multi-year terms, quote based and negotiable at scale. The Netify verdict: shortlist Verizon for large multinational estates, especially with Americas weight, MPLS migrations at scale and security-conscious boards: the multi-vendor bench means the platform fits the estate rather than the reverse. UK-only mid-market buyers will find nimbler fits elsewhere.

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Questions

Verizon Business: common buyer questions

Which SD-WAN vendors can Verizon manage?

Cisco Catalyst and Meraki, VeloCloud, Versa and Fortinet feature in Verizon's portfolio, with SSE pairings including Zscaler and Palo Alto. Verizon proposes against your estate; you are buying their delivery and operations as much as the platform.

How strong is Verizon outside the Americas?

Genuinely global: 150+ country delivery through owned network and partners, with established UK and European operations. Americas-weighted multinationals get the most value from the asset base.

Does Verizon help with MPLS to SD-WAN migration?

Yes, it is core business: Verizon runs large Private IP estates and migrates them to hybrid and internet-first SD-WAN designs with professional services, co-existence patterns and global circuit management.

Key differentiators

  • Global carrier-led managed SASE and SD-WAN with strong North American presence and international delivery.
  • Versa Networks partnership provides multi-tenant SD-WAN platform with security, routing and analytics under managed service.
  • Established reputation as a SASE managed services leader in industry analyst rankings.

Best fit for

  • North American and multinational enterprises wanting carrier-led managed SD-WAN and SASE.
  • Buyers comfortable with Versa as the underlying platform via managed delivery.
  • Organisations prioritising service maturity and global delivery capability.

Watch-outs

  • Platform is largely Versa-based; buyers wanting platform optionality should evaluate alternatives.
  • Commercial model is bespoke; cost transparency and change governance require careful contracting.
  • DIY/self-managed model is not the primary positioning.

40 features, 6 categories

Capability matrix

Each capability is graded against public source evidence. Hover any status grade for a definition. Where evidence is limited, the grade reflects that uncertainty rather than assuming the capability is present.

Service delivery and operating model

#CapabilityStatusDefinition
F01Fully managed serviceYesProvider designs, deploys, monitors, changes, supports and reports on the service.
F02DIY / self-managed modelPartialCustomer operates SD-WAN controller, policies, updates and incident response.
F03Co-managed servicePartialProvider runs platform/support while customer retains selected policy or change rights.
F04Multi-tenant MSP / white-label supportUnknownTenant isolation, delegated administration, branded portals, templates and service-provider scale.
F05Professional services and migration supportYesDiscovery, design, pilot, staging, migration runbooks, rollback and training.
F06Last-mile circuit managementYesSourcing, monitoring and support for broadband, DIA, LTE/5G, MPLS and cross-connects.
F07Lifecycle managementPartialHardware replacement, firmware upgrades, patching, renewals and EoL planning.
F08Flexible commercial modelYesPer-site, per-bandwidth, per-user, per-device, consumption, NaaS or bundled pricing.

Network architecture and transport

#CapabilityStatusDefinition
F09Encrypted overlay fabricYesSecure tunnels across broadband, DIA, MPLS, LTE/5G, satellite or private WAN.
F10Dynamic path selectionYesReal-time routing based on latency, jitter, packet loss, brownouts, MOS and policy.
F11Active-active link utilisationYesUse multiple links concurrently rather than passive backup only.
F12Application-aware routingYesIdentification and routing for SaaS, UCaaS, ERP and custom applications.
F13QoS and traffic shapingYesPer-application and per-class prioritisation, reservation and policing.
F14Packet loss remediationYesFEC, packet duplication, jitter buffering, TCP optimisation and WAN optimisation.
F15Local internet breakoutYesSecure direct internet access from branch sites.
F16MPLS coexistence and migrationYesHybrid MPLS/internet/cellular during transition.
F17Cellular and 5G supportPartialIntegrated/external modem, SIM management, signal monitoring and failover.
F18Cloud on-rampYesAutomated/simplified connectivity to AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Oracle, Equinix, Megaport and SaaS.

Gateway, PoP and backbone design

#CapabilityStatusDefinition
F19Public cloud gatewaysPartner / integratedVendor-operated gateways/PoPs for SaaS optimisation, remote access or security enforcement.
F20Private PoPs / dedicated PoPsUnknownCustomer-hosted, dedicated or sovereign PoP options.
F21Private global backboneYesVendor-owned or controlled backbone between PoPs.
F22Regional breakout and data residencyYesPin traffic to countries, regions or approved inspection locations.
F23Multi-cloud transit fabricYesBranch-to-cloud, cloud-to-cloud and user-to-cloud connectivity under common policy.
F24Flexible edge form factorsYesPhysical, virtual, cloud marketplace, container or uCPE.
F25High availability designYesDual appliances, dual circuits, dual power, HA clustering and gateway redundancy.
F26SLA-backed service fabricYesSLA for uptime, response, change handling and possibly latency/jitter/loss.

Security and SASE capability

#CapabilityStatusDefinition
F27Integrated next-generation firewallPartner / integratedStateful firewall, app control, IPS/IDS, malware inspection and URL filtering.
F28Full SASE platformYesSD-WAN plus SWG, CASB, ZTNA, FWaaS, DLP, RBI, DNS security and threat prevention.
F29SSE ecosystem integrationYesInteroperation with Zscaler, Netskope, Palo Alto Prisma Access, Cisco Secure Access, Cloudflare etc.
F30Zero Trust Network AccessYesIdentity and posture-based access to private applications.
F31Secure web gatewayYesURL filtering, SSL inspection, malware scanning and acceptable-use controls.
F32CASB capabilityYesSaaS discovery, sanctioned/unsanctioned app control and SaaS policy enforcement.
F33Data loss preventionPartner / integratedData classification, inspection, blocking, alerting and exception workflow.
F34Remote user accessYesClient or clientless access for remote workers, contractors and mobile users.
F35SOC/SIEM/SOAR integrationYesSyslog, APIs, event export, threat intelligence and workflow integration.

Operations, assurance and automation

#CapabilityStatusDefinition
F36Centralised orchestrationYesTemplates, intent-based policy, zero-touch provisioning and configuration compliance.
F37Customer portal and RBACYesReal-time status, role-based access, reporting, tickets and change requests.
F38Observability and digital experience monitoringYesApp experience, user experience, device health, SaaS telemetry and path analytics.
F39APIs and automationPartialREST APIs, Terraform, webhooks, event streaming and ITSM integration.
F40Managed service assuranceYes24/7 NOC/SOC, proactive monitoring, incident ownership, RCA, service reviews and change governance.

Commercial

Cost model and pricing visibility

Public pricing visibility

Quote-based. No complete public enterprise price was found in reviewed sources.

Cost model

Quote-based managed service; typically platform, access, security bundle, sites/users/bandwidth/term.

Evidence

Sources and exclusions

40 facts about Verizon Business were re-verified on 2026-07-29 against named sources, each carrying a sentence quoted from the source and confirmed present on that page. 50 sources were used. 8 more were read and rejected, and are listed below with the reason.

Sourced facts for Verizon Business, each with its grade, the source it rests on and the sentence quoted from that source.
FactFindingEvidenceQuoted from the source
Fully managed serviceYes[4] [3] [6]"From fully managed to monitor/notify only, Managed SD Branch offers flexible management options that give you the control you need"
Co-managed servicePartial[4]"From fully managed to monitor/notify only, Managed SD Branch offers flexible management options that give you the control you need"
Multi-tenant MSP / white-label supportNot found[18]Not found in public sources reviewed. The Verizon Partner Solutions wholesale SD-WAN page (source 18) does market Managed SD-WAN to Service Providers, stating 'Verizon Managed SD-WAN has the ability to enable Service Providers to quickly realize this opportunity', but it is silent on every element the definition actually requires: tenant isolation, delegated administration, branded customer portals and reusable templates enabling an MSP to operate the platform under its own brand. Selling wholesale to service providers is not the same as white-label multi-tenancy, so an inference either way would be unsafe. Also checked sources 3, 4, 9 and the Verizon Enterprise Center portal references without result.
Professional services and migration supportYes[3] [1] [17]"Verizon brings decades of expertise in designing, transitioning, implementing and managing SD WAN networks."
Lifecycle managementPartial[13] [14]"Verizon Care is an equipment maintenance service that provides advanced parts replacement with on-site repair support."
Cellular and 5G supportPartial[4]"Whether you have Verizon wireline or wireless access, SD Branch can support both."
Public cloud gatewaysPartner / integrated[8] [9] [12] [1]"Integrates network operation centers (NOCs) and security operation centers (SOCs) with our Managed SD WAN and Virtual Network Services (VNS), and supports Versa, Cisco cEdge and vEdge, Zscaler ZIA, Zscaler ZPA and Palo Alto Prisma Access."
Private PoPs / dedicated PoPsNot found[8] [9] [10]Not found in public sources reviewed. No page describes customer-hosted, dedicated or sovereign PoP deployments as an alternative to shared multi-tenant locations. Specifically checked the UK and US SASE product pages (sources 8, 9), the Private IP page (source 10) and the SD Branch page (source 4), and ran a targeted search for Verizon sovereign or dedicated SASE PoPs which returned only generic private-IP-addressing explainer pages. Note that on-premises security enforcement is offered ('SD Branch manages SD WAN (and other) services and can optionally employ either premises-based or cloud-based security mechanisms'), but premises-based security appliances are not the same thing as a dedicated PoP, so this is recorded as unknown rather than inferred.
Private global backboneYes[10] [11] [7]"Private IP is a MultiProtocol Label Switching (MPLS) network that connects locations and clouds around the globe in 185+ countries."
SLA-backed service fabricYes[6] [7] [5]"This SLA only applies to Verizon managed NaaS components on a NaaS Order."
Integrated next-generation firewallPartner / integrated[2] [8] [1]"Intrusion detection and prevention services (IDS/IPS)"
Data loss preventionPartner / integrated[2] [12]"Data loss prevention (DLP)"
Managed service assuranceYes[2] [15] [6] [4]"Support provided by Verizon's Network Operations Center (NOC) and Security Operations Center (SOC) teams"
delivery modelmanaged_provider[1] [3] [8] [9]"We partner with leading SASE vendors including Palo Alto, Zscaler, Versa Networks, Viptela and Netskope."
underlay ownershipowns_own_circuits[11] [10] [7]"We have more than 160,000 employees around the world, and we own and operate one of the largest and most reliable networks on the planet."
sse layer ownershippartner[1] [8] [9] [12]"We partner with leading SASE vendors including Palo Alto, Zscaler, Versa Networks, Viptela and Netskope."
regulatory documentationnot_found[15] [16]"Learn how to get to the root of your payment security strategy to better address PCI DSS v4.0 compliance requirements."
pop countNot found[19] [10] [20]Not found in public sources reviewed. The only PoP figures located anywhere on verizon.com are in source 19, which on inspection is the 1998 MCI WorldCom merger announcement, not a current Verizon Business document: it reads 'MCI WorldCom will bring together the Internet expertise of UUNET and MCI to create one of the world's largest providers of Internet services with over 2,000 points-of-presence around the globe' and, contradicting itself elsewhere on the same page, 'over 1,000 Points of Presence (POPs) throughout the United States and in Canada, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region'. Those describe a predecessor company nearly three decades ago and are internally inconsistent, so neither can be reported as Verizon Business's current PoP count. The networks overview page and Private IP page publish reach figures instead of PoP counts (185+ countries and territories; services in more than 150 countries). Separately, because the SASE security PoPs are Zscaler's and Palo Alto's estates rather than Verizon's, any Verizon PoP figure would not be the relevant number for a SASE comparison in any case.
sla availability pct100[6] [7] [5]"Verizon will maintain the Availability for each Site Type as detailed below, with MLAN and MWLAN Network Components meeting the Functionality Threshold, if applicable."
sectors.healthcareYes[25] [32] [41]"Deploying a Verizon SASE solution helped a large healthcare business optimize its security operations."
sectors.financial servicesYes[27] [28] [41]"A slow and dated network kept this retail bank from moving its business into the future."
sectors.retail ecommerceYes[34] [36] [45]"Deploy network monitoring and cloud security services to address core network security, and leverage mobile solutions to help ensure data security across all your devices."
sectors.manufacturingYes[29] [50] [41]"Verizon Professional Services provided a detailed plan for SD WAN design and roll-out, while engineers prepared the manufacturer's LANs."
sectors.energy utilitiesPartial[42] [41]"Dakota Valley Electric Cooperative powers efficiency with Verizon Grid Wide."
sectors.government public sectorYes[35] [40]"Network modernization, full lifecycle communications integration, mobility, secure collaboration, managed security services."
sectors.educationYes[43]"A Managed SD WAN solution can provide intelligent control over network services to improve performance for students and faculty without expensive infrastructure upgrades."
sectors.transport logisticsPartial[44] [41] [30]"Connecting workers to high-speed networks can help unlock the full potential of automation, robotics and other technologies needed to drive warehouse transformations."
sectors.professional servicesPartial[36]"the industries with the highest percentage of remote and hybrid working arrangements are information, financial activities, and professional and business services"
sectors.hospitality leisureNot found[55] [41] [30]No sector-specific evidence found. Checked: the industry solutions index, which lists Live entertainment but has no hospitality or leisure entry and whose live entertainment page returned HTTP 404; the en-gb Travel and Hospitality resource hub, which rendered as navigation and a subscription form with no network, SD-WAN or SASE content; and the full customer success stories index, where the closest entries are sports venue, stadium and bar fixed wireless stories that are 5G and fixed wireless access rather than SD-WAN or SASE. Recording unknown rather than inferring from the venue connectivity work.
regions.uk irelandYes[50] [37] [39]"a UK-based manufacturing business"
regions.europeYes[37] [39]"Europe, Middle East, and Africa"
regions.north americaYes[26] [35] [39] [49]"150 countries where we manage networks"
regions.asia pacificYes[39] [31]"Asia Pacific"
regions.middle east africaPartial[37] [39]"Europe, Middle East, and Africa"
regions.latin americaYes[38] [39]"Latin America"
regions.china mainlandPartial[39] [57]"Asia Pacific"
organisation fit.large global enterpriseYes[46] [26] [29] [50]"Learn how Verizon helps power enterprise and medium businesses with a broad portfolio of secure technology solutions that are built to power scale and growth."
organisation fit.mid marketYes[46]"Learn how Verizon helps power enterprise and medium businesses with a broad portfolio of secure technology solutions that are built to power scale and growth."
organisation fit.small businessPartial[47] [31]"Available to businesses with 19 employees or less."
published pricingnot_publishednoneNo price is published that we could quote. The value_tier field on this record is a Netify assessment of relative cost position, not a supplier claim.

Sources used

  1. [1] Tier 1. SASE Solutions landing page (Verizon Business) Undated. Read 2026-07-29. Supplier's own campaign landing page for the exact URL under assessment. Names the third-party SASE vendors Verizon partners with. Undated, so treated as current but not time-stamped.
  2. [2] Tier 1. Verizon Partners with Versa Integrated Solutions Undated. Read 2026-07-29. Supplier-hosted technology partner page. Enumerates the security functions (DLP, IDS/IPS, URL filtering) delivered via Versa and confirms Verizon NOC/SOC support wraps it. Strong for capability presence and for third-party attribution.
  3. [3] Tier 1. Managed SD WAN Solutions and Services Undated. Read 2026-07-29. Supplier's own product page. Marketing register rather than contractual, so useful for service posture and professional services language but thin on technical specifics.
  4. [4] Tier 1. Managed Software-Defined Branch Services Undated. Read 2026-07-29. Supplier's own product page. The only page reviewed that states the management-model spectrum verbatim and confirms wireless access support.
  5. [5] Tier 1. Adaptive Network Fabric Service Level Agreement Published 2026-07-15. Read 2026-07-29. Contractual SLA document published in the supplier's own service guide, dated and current. Highest reliability class available for SLA figures.
  6. [6] Tier 1. Network as a Service Solution SLA Published 2026-01-15. Read 2026-07-29. Contractual SLA covering Verizon-managed NaaS components including MWAN and managed security VNFs. Dated and current. Primary basis for the SLA and assurance grades.
  7. [7] Tier 1. Global Private IP Service Level Agreement Undated. Read 2026-07-29. Contractual SLA in the supplier's service guide covering the Private IP MPLS backbone. Gives tiered availability plus jitter and packet delivery ratio commitments. Undated in the page body.
  8. [8] Tier 1. Advanced Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), Verizon UK Undated. Read 2026-07-29. Supplier's own SASE product page. The single clearest statement of which third-party stacks the SASE service supports. Quote independently re-verified against the page in a second read.
  9. [9] Tier 1. Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Solutions, Verizon US Undated. Read 2026-07-29. US-market equivalent of source 8. Corroborates the same third-party vendor list, confirming it is not a region-specific arrangement.
  10. [10] Tier 1. Private IP Network Solutions Undated. Read 2026-07-29. Supplier's own product page for the MPLS backbone. Gives the 185+ country figure and the statement that traffic is separated from the public internet. Primary basis for the backbone grade.
  11. [11] Tier 1. Global Integrated Solutions Undated. Read 2026-07-29. Supplier's own page. Contains the explicit network ownership statement. Caveat: the page cites a 2016 capital investment figure, so parts of it are stale and it was used only for the ownership claim.
  12. [12] Tier 1. Zscaler product description (Verizon service guide) Undated. Read 2026-07-29. Supplier-hosted service guide document describing the Zscaler subscriptions Verizon sells. Decisive for establishing that the cloud security edge is Zscaler technology, not Verizon-built.
  13. [13] Tier 1. Verizon Care: CPE and Network Hardware Maintenance Undated. Read 2026-07-29. Supplier's own product page. Establishes hardware maintenance exists but as a discrete purchasable service, which is what limits the lifecycle grade.
  14. [14] Tier 1. CPE and Subscription Services Undated. Read 2026-07-29. Supplier's own product page. Corroborates procurement, deployment, maintenance and refresh, but returned mostly sentence fragments rather than full quotable sentences.
  15. [15] Tier 1. Advanced Security Operations Center (SOC) Services Undated. Read 2026-07-29. Supplier's own product page. Supports 24/7 SOC monitoring. Named PCI DSS v4.0 only in a customer-advisory context, which is why it does not support a 'documented' regulatory grade.
  16. [16] Tier 1. Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) Services Undated. Read 2026-07-29. Supplier's own page. Checked specifically for supplier-held attestations. Names PCI DSS and SWIFT CSCF but only as frameworks Verizon helps customers meet, not as Verizon certifications.
  17. [17] Tier 1. Professional Services service guide table of contents Published 2020-12-01. Read 2026-07-29. Contractual service guide index confirming a Professional Services Service Attachment exists. Dated 2020 and lists no network migration SOW by name, so it corroborates existence but not migration scope.
  18. [18] Tier 1. Verizon Partner Solutions: SD-WAN (wholesale) Undated. Read 2026-07-29. Supplier's wholesale channel page. Checked specifically for white-label and multi-tenant evidence. Confirms Verizon sells Managed SD-WAN to Service Providers but is silent on rebranding, tenant isolation and delegated administration.
  19. [20] Tier 1. Networking Solutions & Services overview Undated. Read 2026-07-29. Supplier's own page, read and rejected for grading. Contains only high-level positioning ('30+ years of network management experience') with no infrastructure figures, PoP counts or service-model detail.
  20. [21] Tier 1. SD WAN Solutions & Services Undated. Read 2026-07-29. Supplier's own page, read and rejected for grading. Solution overview and customer stories only; yielded no quotable statement on any of the 18 fields.
  21. [22] Tier 3. Managed and Professional Services for Your Business Undated. Read 2026-07-29. Undated supplier resource article, corroboration only. Discusses professional versus managed services generically rather than describing Verizon's own scope, so it carries no grade.
  22. [24] Tier 1. SASE Security Solutions for Business | Verizon Business (SASE landing page) Undated. Read 2026-07-29. Supplier's own SASE landing page, the page named in the brief. Carries analyst-recognition claims and an industry navigation list but no pricing and no named SASE customer.
  23. [25] Tier 1. Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Solutions | Verizon Undated. Read 2026-07-29. Supplier's own SASE product page. Contains the only sector-specific customer proof point on the SASE product pages (an unnamed healthcare business).
  24. [26] Tier 1. Managed SD WAN Solutions and Services | Verizon Undated. Read 2026-07-29. Supplier's own managed SD-WAN product page. Source of the headline global delivery statistic and links to the SD-WAN case studies.
  25. [27] Tier 1. Financial Services Network Case Study (leading bank) | Verizon Business Undated. Read 2026-07-29. Supplier's own case study. Customer anonymised but the sector and the SD-WAN solution are stated explicitly.
  26. [28] Tier 1. Retail Banking Network Technology Case Study | Verizon Business Undated. Read 2026-07-29. Supplier's own case study. Customer anonymised, sector and SD-WAN outcome stated explicitly.
  27. [29] Tier 1. Manufacturing SD-WAN Use Case | Verizon Business Undated. Read 2026-07-29. Supplier's own case study. Customer anonymised. Describes a global SD-WAN and LAN rollout with Verizon Professional Services.
  28. [30] Tier 1. Digital Transformation Examples & Success Stories | Verizon Undated. Read 2026-07-29. Supplier's own case study index. Used to map which sectors Verizon publishes customer proof for. Note most listed stories are 5G, private wireless and IoT rather than SD-WAN or SASE.
  29. [31] Tier 1. SD WAN Solutions & Services | Verizon Global (en-en) Undated. Read 2026-07-29. Supplier's own global SD-WAN solutions page. Country selector and segment definitions are useful, but a country selector is a website locale list and is weak evidence of service delivery on its own.
  30. [32] Tier 1. How SASE Solutions Can Help a Large Business Provide a Consistent User Experience | Verizon Business Undated. Read 2026-07-29. Supplier's own written case study of a SASE and NaaS deployment at a diversified healthcare company across 200 sites. Customer not named, but the account is detailed and sector-specific.
  31. [33] Tier 1. International Network Services | Verizon Business Undated. Read 2026-07-29. Supplier's own answers page. States a global country count for network coverage. Conflicts with the 150 country figure on the managed SD-WAN page, see note.
  32. [34] Tier 1. Retail Ecosystem Digital Connectivity for Retail Businesses | Verizon Undated. Read 2026-07-29. Supplier's own retail sub-page. Carries retail-specific network visibility and cloud security copy under an SD-WAN heading, but no named retail customer.
  33. [35] Tier 1. Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) contract | Verizon Undated. Read 2026-07-29. Supplier's own page describing a US federal contract vehicle. Lists SD-WAN network virtualisation and managed network services as available scope to federal agencies.
  34. [36] Tier 1. 3 SD WAN Use Cases for Enterprises | Verizon Undated. Read 2026-07-29. Supplier's own thought-leadership article. Names retail, manufacturing and professional and business services as SD-WAN use cases. Generic market commentary, no customers, so supports partial only.
  35. [37] Tier 1. Verizon Business terms and conditions, Europe, Middle East and Africa Undated. Read 2026-07-29. Supplier's own legal terms index. A per-country terms page is reasonable evidence of a contracting and service relationship in that country, stronger than a website locale switcher.
  36. [38] Tier 1. Verizon Business terms and conditions, Latin America Undated. Read 2026-07-29. Supplier's own legal terms index for Latin America with eight per-country terms pages.
  37. [39] Tier 1. Verizon Business terms and conditions, region index Undated. Read 2026-07-29. Supplier's own top-level terms index listing five contracting regions and their per-country pages, including an Asia Pacific list containing China.
  38. [40] Tier 1. State & Local Government | Verizon Undated. Read 2026-07-29. Supplier's own dedicated public sector page. Lists Managed SD WAN and SASE among the products offered to state and local agencies.
  39. [41] Tier 1. Industry Solutions and Services | Verizon Undated. Read 2026-07-29. Supplier's own industry index. Establishes which sectors have a dedicated industry page. Does not itself evidence SD-WAN or SASE capability per sector.
  40. [42] Tier 1. Connected Technology for Production & Distribution of Energy | Verizon Undated. Read 2026-07-29. Supplier's own dedicated energy and utilities page with one named utility customer. The customer proof is a smart-grid product, not SD-WAN or SASE, so it supports partial only.
  41. [43] Tier 1. Education solutions | Verizon Undated. Read 2026-07-29. Supplier's own dedicated education page. Unusually explicit: it names Managed SD WAN and describes the education-specific benefit in a full sentence.
  42. [44] Tier 1. Distribution and logistics | Verizon Undated. Read 2026-07-29. Supplier's own dedicated logistics page with several named customers. All named proof is private 5G, IoT and warehouse connectivity, not SD-WAN or SASE, so it supports partial only.
  43. [45] Tier 1. Retail IT Solutions and Services for Shopping Experiences | Verizon Undated. Read 2026-07-29. Supplier's own dedicated retail industry page. Networking and security copy is present but no named retail customer and no retail SD-WAN or SASE case study.
  44. [46] Tier 1. Enterprise and Medium Business Technology Solutions | Verizon Undated. Read 2026-07-29. Supplier's own segment page. Gives Verizon's explicit organisation-size definitions and an explicit statement that the portfolio targets enterprise and medium businesses.
  45. [47] Tier 1. Business Internet Secure: Small Business Security Tools | Verizon Undated. Read 2026-07-29. Supplier's own small business security landing page. Establishes that Verizon's small business security product is capped at a very small headcount and is not a SASE or SD-WAN offer.
  46. [48] Tier 1. Enterprise Internet Cost | Verizon Business Undated. Read 2026-07-29. Supplier's own pricing answers page. Publishes broadband, mobile and voice prices only. Confirms that no SD-WAN or SASE price is published anywhere Verizon lists prices.
  47. [49] Tier 1. GSA Schedule Program (GSA MAS) | Verizon Undated. Read 2026-07-29. Supplier's own contract vehicle page. Checked specifically for a published rate card. States pricing is pre-negotiated but publishes no rates on the page.
  48. [50] Tier 1. How SASE secured a Manufacturing Brand's Future | Verizon (en-gb) Undated. Read 2026-07-29. Supplier's own SASE case study. Strongest single piece of evidence in this set: identifies the customer as a UK-based manufacturer and describes a zero trust and cloud security migration off firewalls and MPLS. Customer not named.
  49. [51] Tier 1. SD WAN Solutions & Services | Verizon (US) Undated. Read 2026-07-29. Supplier's own US SD-WAN solutions page. Confirms the Cisco-based SD-WAN positioning. No pricing, no size targeting statement, no sector detail.
  50. [52] Tier 3. Verizon Business launches Advanced SASE solution (GlobeNewswire) Published 2021-06-09. Read 2026-07-29. Vendor press release on a newswire, dated but not independently authored. Read for regional availability and size targeting and contained neither. Corroboration only, not used to carry any grade.

Sources found and not used

These were read and rejected as evidence. They are listed so the record can be audited rather than taken on trust, and because what a comparison refuses to rely on says as much as what it cites.

  1. [19] Combined company facts sheet. https://www.verizon.com/about/news/combined-company-facts-sheet Not used as evidence. Although hosted on verizon.com, the body text is the 1998 MCI WorldCom merger announcement ('MCI WorldCom will bring together the Internet expertise of UUNET and MCI'). Its 'over 2,000 points-of-presence' and 'over 1,000 Points of Presence (POPs)' figures are historic and internally inconsistent, and describe a predecessor company, not the current Verizon Business estate. Retained in the register because it documents a conflicting PoP claim.
  2. [23] Verizon Business expands Cisco relationship with SD-WAN managed service offers (Cisco newsroom). https://newsroom.cisco.com/press-release-content?type=webcontent&articleId=2143456 Not used as evidence. Surfaced in search results and noted for the Cisco SD-WAN relationship, but not fetched in this task, so under the rules it cannot support any grade. The Cisco relationship is instead evidenced from Verizon's own pages (sources 8 and 9).
  3. [53] Verizon Business Extends Managed Local Area Network Service to EMEA and Asia-Pacific. https://www.verizon.com/about/news/verizon-business-extends-managed-local-area-network-service-to-emea-and-asia-pacific Not used as evidence. The release is undated on page and internal references date it to around 2007, far too old to evidence current SASE or SD-WAN delivery, and it mentions neither SD-WAN nor SASE.
  4. [54] Verizon Global Networks Map (PDF). https://www.verizon.com/business/content/dam/business-markets/img/why-verizon/global_networks_map_en_xg.pdf Not used as evidence. The PDF is image-based with no machine-readable text, so no verbatim quote could be taken from it. This would otherwise have been the best regional points-of-presence source.
  5. [55] Travel and Hospitality | Verizon Business (en-gb). https://www.verizon.com/business/en-gb/resources/travel-and-hospitality/ Not used as evidence. Checked specifically for hospitality and leisure sector proof. The page is a resource hub with navigation and a subscription form only, containing no hospitality-specific network, SD-WAN or SASE content and no named customer.
  6. [56] Business Case Studies | Verizon Global (en-gb). https://www.verizon.com/business/en-gb/resources/casestudies/ Not used as evidence. Rendered with a single unrelated US education case study and no UK or European SD-WAN or SASE customers, so it did not support any regional or sector grade.
  7. [57] Verizon Business terms and conditions, China. https://www.verizon.com/business/terms/apac/cn/ Not used as evidence. Returned HTTP 404. This was the targeted check for a licensed mainland China service arrangement and it could not be completed.
  8. [58] Get SD WAN | Verizon Enterprise Solutions (en-gb). https://www.verizon.com/business/en-gb/solutions/achieving-business-objectives/get-sdwan/ Not used as evidence. Returned HTTP 404. Was targeted as a UK-specific SD-WAN availability page.

Claims that disagree

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  • pop count. [19] over 2,000 points-of-presence around the globe [19] over 1,000 Points of Presence (POPs) throughout the United States and in Canada, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region
  • sla availability pct. [6] NaaS SLA site availability table commits to 100% for a Highly Available site type and 99.95% for a Large site type [7] Global Private IP SLA commits to 99.9% end-to-end availability for the Gold tier, 99.5% for Silver and 97.0% for Bronze
  • sla availability pct. [6] NaaS SLA site availability table commits to up to 100% depending on site type [5] The Service is designed to maintain 99.9% Port Network Availability per billing cycle
  • f19 public cloud gateways. [11] Verizon states it owns and operates one of the largest and most reliable networks on the planet, implying vendor-owned service infrastructure [8] The SASE cloud security gateways are named as Zscaler ZIA, Zscaler ZPA and Palo Alto Prisma Access, which run on those vendors' own PoP estates

Verification notes

Re-verified 2026-07-29 against named primary sources. Every graded fact carries a source, a tier and a verbatim quote confirmed present on the cited page by an independent check. Industry, region, organisation-size and pricing evidence was sourced on the same basis. Facts that could not be sourced are published as unknown with the reason. The value_tier field is a Netify assessment of relative cost position, not a supplier claim: most of this market publishes no price. Sources found and rejected are listed at tier 4.

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