20th Sep 2006 16:00
Customers in greater Tucson can now get access to 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 greaterTucson communities stretching from Green Valley to Marana. Tucsonjoins the metropolitan Phoenix market where these services werelaunched early last year.£ "With this launch, we have increased the broadband wirelesscoverage in Arizona by nearly 50 percent," said Tony Heyman, regionalpresident, Verizon Wireless. "Now customers in the state's two largestmetropolitan areas have access to America's most reliable wirelessbroadband network."(a) £ 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, an integrated option on selectnotebook computers: Dell (Latitude 620 and 820); Lenovo (ThinkPad Z60,T60 and X60); and HP (Compaq nc6140) 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 Tucson launch is part of our continuing focus on investing inour network reliability and providing innovative high-speed dataservices and faster downloads to our southern Arizona customers,"added Heyman.£ The company has invested more than $370 million in Arizona in thepast five years - part of its $30 billion nationwide networkinvestment over the last six years - to ensure network reliability andexpanded coverage and capacity. £ Coverage £ With the launch, Verizon Wireless' EV-DO coverage in southernArizona now includes the communities of Tucson, Sahuarita, GreenValley, Oro Valley, Marana and Catalina.£ 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 Americans.£ 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. £ (a) -- Network details at www.verizonwireless.com/bestnetwork. £ 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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