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Press release date: December 19, 2006
Verizon Wireless Expands High-Speed Wireless Network in Indiana
More Customers Can Now Get High-Speed Wireless Internet and E-mail Services, and Download Video Clips and Songs to Handsets
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 19-- Verizon Wireless has expanded the national rollout of its Evolution-Data Optimized (EV-DO) third generation (3G) wide-area network to Anderson, Evansville, Fort Wayne, Lafayette, Muncie and South Bend. The company will also build out its current coverage of Indianapolis by the end of this week.
The expansion of the wireless broadband network means more Verizon Wireless customers in Indiana can access the company's high-speed wireless network and enjoy two prime services: BroadbandAccess, the company's high-speed wireless service, with average user speeds of 400-700 kilobits per second (kbps), geared toward mobile professionals and business customers; and V CAST, a consumer-oriented multimedia service that offers music and short content on demand, including cutting-edge 3D games, music videos, news, weather and sports.
The network expansion will equip Verizon Wireless' business customers to experience a truly untethered mobile office experience, enabling them to wirelessly access their calendars, the Internet, e-mail and critical business information residing behind their companies' firewalls. With the added benefit of V CAST, consumers also now have access to the most comprehensive selection of downloadable music, high-quality videos and the coolest 3D games found anywhere.
Coverage
Verizon Wireless' BroadbandAccess and V CAST coverage covers the following communities and major highways:
o In Anderson, spanning approximately 325 square miles.
o In the greater Evansville area, spanning approximately 2,385 square miles and including Evansville, Boonville, Ft. Branch, Mount Vernon, Newburgh and Princeton.
o In the greater Fort Wayne area, spanning approximately 1,090 square miles and including Fort Wayne, Auburn, Huntington and New Haven. It also covers Interstate 469.
o In Indianapolis, it will span approximately 2,557 square miles and include the following communities: Franklin, Greenfield, Lebanon, Martinsville and Shelbyville.
o In Muncie, spanning approximately 300 square miles and including Ball State University. o In Lafayette, spanning approximately 550 square miles and including Purdue University and downtown Lafayette.
o In the South Bend area, spanning approximately 1,400 square miles and including South Bend, Granger, Elkhart and surrounding communities and covering routes between them along U.S. Interstate 80. Nearby towns located around and south of I-80 -- Georgetown, Simonton Lake, Mishawaka, Dunlap, Goshen, Bremen, Nappanee -- are within the coverage area. BroadbandAccess
BroadbandAccess provides mobile workers full access to their corporate information as if they were attached to the information via a high-speed wired connection, but with the freedom of true mobility. Developed with a range of users in mind, the service enables large enterprises, small- to medium-sized businesses and mobile professionals to conduct business anytime, anywhere in the BroadbandAccess coverage area via a secure, true high-speed data connection.
Business customers can access information when they are on the road -- at customer locations, at job sites or in taxis -- with BroadbandAccess. Customers can download a 1 Megabyte e-mail attachment (for example, a small PowerPoint(R) presentation or large PDF file) or receive three digital pictures (each 400 x 600 pixels) in less than 20 seconds. Also, customers who travel outside the BroadbandAccess coverage area with an EV-DO device will switch seamlessly to Verizon Wireless' existing NationalAccess network, and experience average data transmission speeds between 60 and 80 kbps with bursts up to 144 kbps.
"Our BroadbandAccess service gives our enterprise customers three key advantages in wireless communication -- speed, mobility and security," said Greg Haller, president-Indiana/Kentucky/Michigan Region, Verizon Wireless. "With these advantages comes an increase in productivity and bottom-line business benefits."
V CAST
The company's high-speed network also enables its V CAST multimedia services, offering customers the ability to download full-song tracks, play cutting-edge 3D games and stream video clips straight to the handset with top transmission speeds. With content updated daily, customers can watch dozens of on demand videos, including breaking news, weather, sports highlights and the hottest entertainment clips.
V CAST Music, available to customers with V CAST Music-enabled handsets, is the world's most comprehensive, over-the-air mobile music service. Customers with V CAST Music can download song tracks directly to their Verizon Wireless handsets or to PCs equipped with Windows(R) XP operating software. The V CAST Music on demand service includes access to a catalog of more than 1.5 million songs.
Investment
The multi-million dollar expansion entailed installing high-tech wireless hardware and software in wireless transmission sites. It is part of an ongoing network investment by Verizon Wireless that has totaled $35 billion nationally in the last seven years. The company has invested $680 million in the past seven years in its Indiana network.
Verizon Wireless was the first national wireless provider to commercially launch a high-speed wireless broadband network in the United States. The company's EV-DO network coverage area is available to more than half the nation's population.
Verizon Wireless' broadband network was introduced in Gary and Indianapolis in June 2005.
Product Offering
BroadbandAccess is available for $79.99 monthly access with a new one- or two-year customer agreement. For a limited time, Verizon Wireless customers with an existing voice plan can receive unlimited BroadbandAccess service for $59.99 monthly access. A new two-year customer agreement is required. BroadbandAccess service also is available as an integrated option on select notebook and laptop computers.
Wireless PC Cards for BroadbandAccess customers include the Verizon Wireless PC 5740, Verizon Wireless V620 and Kyocera KPC 650. A new Novatel Wireless V640 ExpressCard is available for laptop owners with ExpressCard/34 or ExpressCard/54 slots rather than with a traditional PCMCIA slot.
In addition, several handsets have the ability to "tether" to a laptop's USB port with the purchase of a Mobile Office Kit. BroadbandAccess-powered PDAs offered by Verizon Wireless include the Motorola Q(TM), the Palm(R) Treo(TM) 700w and the Palm Treo 700p. Popular BlackBerry(R) options include the new 8703e, the 7250 and 7130e.
To access V CAST Music, video and games, customers need a V CAST-enabled handset and must be on a Verizon Wireless calling plan. Currently, nearly 20 music capable handsets are available, including the popular Chocolate by LG, the Motorola RAZR V3m and MOTOKRZR K1m.
Customers with a V CAST Music-enabled handset and a calling plan can pay as they go to download songs directly to their phone for $1.99 per song plus airtime, download songs to their PC for 99 cents, and transfer their existing compatible digital music collection to their V CAST Music-enabled handset or memory card at no charge from their PC. Purchases from the handset include two copies of every song, one for the handset and one for the PC.
For more information about Verizon Wireless products and services, visit a local Verizon Wireless Communications Store or go to http://www.verizonwireless.com/.
About Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless operates the nation's most reliable wireless voice and data network, serving 57 million customers. The largest U.S. wireless company and largest wireless data provider, based on revenues, Verizon Wireless is headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with 60,000 employees nationwide. The company is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) and Vodafone (NYSE and LSE: VOD). Find more information on the Web at http://www.verizonwireless.com/. To preview and request broadcast-quality video footage and high-resolution stills of Verizon Wireless operations, log on to the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at http://www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.
CONTACT: Michelle Gilbert, Verizon Wireless, +1-248-915-3680, michelle.gilbert@verizonwireless.com; or Shannon Phillips, for Verizon Wireless, +1-317-631-6400, sphillips@bjmpr.com
Web site: http://www.verizonwireless.com/ http://www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia
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