18th Oct 2006 13:00
Just in time for ski season, wireless customers in Colorado willenjoy improved wireless coverage in several highly traveled ski areasthanks to new Verizon Wireless cell sites. The network enhancementswill benefit users in: £ -- Aspen - west end of town and Aspen Highlands £ -- Loveland - between Monroe Avenue and 33rd Street; and northeast Loveland £ -- Purgatory - along Highway 550 north of Durango and south of Silverton; and the Purgatory Ski Resort £ -- Steamboat Springs - near Highway 40 and High Point Drive £ -- Vail - mountain ski resort and surrounding facilities £ "Verizon Wireless leads in customer loyalty(a) for a very goodreason -- customers know they can count on our network reliability,"said Jeff Mango, regional president of Verizon Wireless. "We'veinvested more than $423 million in our wireless network in Coloradoover the past four years to stay ahead of the growth in demand for ourproducts and services." £ The company invested $30 billion in the last six years -- $5billion on average every year since the company was formed -- toincrease the coverage and capacity of its national network and to addnew services. £ The company's 'most reliable network' claim is based on networkstudies performed by the real-life test men and test women throughoutthe country who inspire Verizon Wireless' national advertising. Theseengineers conduct more than 750,000 voice call attempts and 1.4million data tests quarterly on Verizon Wireless' and other nationalcarriers' networks while traveling over 225,000 miles quarterly inspecially equipped, company-owned test vehicles. £ (a) Loyalty claims based upon publicly available churn (customerturnover) figures. £ NOTE TO EDITORS: If you are interested in setting up an interviewor ride-along test drive with your local Verizon Wireless test man orwoman, please contact Bob Kelley at 303-694-8990 [email protected]. £ 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:VOD)(LSE: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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