18th Oct 2006 18:30
Customers in greater Albuquerque and Santa Fe can now access thelatest high-speed business and entertainment services on theirwireless phones, laptop computers and other wireless devices thanks toVerizon Wireless. £ The new capabilities come with the expansion of the company'sEvolution-Data Optimized (EV-DO) network, enabling both itsBroadbandAccess and V CAST services. The launch includes northern NewMexico communities stretching from Albuquerque to Santa Fe and northto Nambe. £ "Verizon Wireless is committed to expanding our high-speed datanetwork across the nation and is proud to announce the launch ingreater Albuquerque and the state capital," said Tony Heyman, regionalpresident, Verizon Wireless. "Now customers in northern New Mexicohave access to America's most reliable wireless broadband network."* £ BroadbandAccess £ BroadbandAccess provides on-the-go professionals with full, mobileaccess to their corporate information as if they were attached to theinformation via a high-speed wired connection. Users can conductbusiness anytime, anywhere in the BroadbandAccess coverage area via asecure, true high-speed data connection. £ With average access speeds of 400-700 kilobits per second (kbps),users can download a 1 Megabyte e-mail attachment - the equivalent ofa small PowerPoint(R) presentation or a large PDF file - in about 20seconds. £ Connecting to BroadbandAccess is easy, using a PC card that slidesdirectly into most laptop computers, through an integrated option onselect notebook computers or by connecting a laptop to aBroadbandAccess-capable PDA or phone. £ V CAST £ V CAST, the nation's first wireless broadband multimedia servicefor consumers, offers the most comprehensive selection available ofmusic, videos and 3D games on demand. Users can stream video clips (upto 5 minutes long) of the hottest entertainment, music videos, movietrailers, sports highlights, news and breaking weather directly totheir Verizon Wireless V CAST-capable phone. £ With V CAST Music, customers can browse and download songs fromthe V CAST Music library of 1.4 million songs directly onto their VCAST Music-enabled phone or Windows(R) XP-enabled PC. They can alsotransfer music from their PC to their V CAST Music-enabled phone andtake their tunes with them without a second device. £ The company has invested more than $150 million in New Mexico andEl Paso, Texas in the past five years - part of its $30 billionnationwide network investment over the last six years - to ensurenetwork reliability and expanded coverage, capacity and capabilities. £ Coverage £ With the launch, Verizon Wireless' EV-DO coverage in northern NewMexico now includes the communities of Albuquerque, Santa Fe, RioRancho, Cedar Crest, Edgewood and Nambe. £ Verizon Wireless was the first national wireless provider tocommercially launch a high-speed wireless broadband network in theUnited States. Verizon Wireless' EV-DO network coverage area nowcovers more than 150 million people. £ BroadbandAccess customers who travel outside the coverage areawith an EV-DO-capable device will switch seamlessly to VerizonWireless' existing NationalAccess network that offers average datatransmission speeds between 60 and 80 kbps, with bursts up to 144kbps. £ BroadbandAccess and V CAST pricing and product informationavailable at www.verizonwireless.com. £ * -- America's most reliable wireless network claim based onfewest aggregate blocked and dropped connections; seewww.verizonwireless.com/bestnetwork for details. £ About Verizon Wireless £ Verizon Wireless owns and operates the nation's most reliablewireless network, serving 54.8 million voice and data customers.Headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., Verizon Wireless is a jointventure of Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) and Vodafone (NYSE andLSE: VOD). Find more information on the Web atwww.verizonwireless.com. To preview and request broadcast-qualityvideo footage and high-resolution stills of Verizon Wirelessoperations, log on to the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library atwww.verizonwireless.com/multimedia. Copyright Business Wire 2006Related Shares:
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