High-Speed Network Gives Verizon Wireless Customers Access to Fast
Wireless Internet, Email, Full-track Songs, Videos and More
Verizon Wireless announced today that it has expanded the national
rollout of its high-speed wireless network to portions of Elk, Cameron
and McKean counties including the towns of Bradford, Smethport, Port
Allegany, Kane, Johnsonburg, Ridgway and Saint Marys, and along portions
of U.S. Route 219 in Elk County and U.S. Route 6 in McKean County.
“Our high-speed wireless network gives our
customers three key advantages in wireless communication—speed,
mobility and security,” said Roger Tang,
president–Ohio/Pennsylvania/West Virginia
Region, Verizon Wireless. “With these
advantages, business customers and mobile professionals can increase
productivity and see bottom-line business benefits. In addition, our V
CAST services, such as V CAST Music with Rhapsody, help keep customers
entertained while on the go—on the same
devices they carry with them every day.”
BroadbandAccess
The network expansion in these counties offers Verizon Wireless’
business customers a truly mobile office experience with
BroadbandAccess, giving them access to their calendars, the Internet,
email and critical business information residing behind their companies’
firewalls. BroadbandAccess was developed with a range of users in mind,
and it 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.
Customers in wireless broadband coverage areas can expect average
download speeds of 600 kilobits per second (kbps) to 1.4 megabits per
second and average upload speeds of 500 kbps to 800 kbps. That means
they can download a 1 megabyte email attachment—the
equivalent of a small PowerPoint®
presentation or a large PDF file—in about
eight seconds and upload the same-sized file in less than 13 seconds. To
help customers stay connected, BroadbandAccess seamlessly switches to
the company’s NationalAccess service if they
travel outside the BroadbandAccess coverage.
V CAST Music with Rhapsody
The company’s wireless broadband network
powers its V CAST Music with Rhapsody service, which combines Verizon
Wireless’ world-class, over-the-air mobile
music service with Rhapsody’s leading desktop
solution. V CAST Music with Rhapsody delivers unlimited monthly access
to music on up to three Rhapsody-compatible mobile phones and players,
and online on multiple PCs and Web browsers. With V CAST Music with
Rhapsody, customers who purchase music over-the-air can download the
master copy of the songs or albums to their PCs free of digital rights
management (DRM) software that restricts how and where music can be
played.
V CAST
The company’s V CAST service gives customers
the ability to play cutting-edge 3D games and stream video clips
straight to their handsets. V CAST offers content updated daily so
customers can watch dozens of on-demand videos, including breaking news,
weather updates, sports highlights and the hottest entertainment clips.
Network Technology and Investment
Verizon Wireless’ broadband network is based
on CDMA 1x Evolution-Data Optimized (EV-DO) Revision A (Rev. A)
technology and provides customers in the area with speeds significantly
faster than the company’s NationalAccess
service.
The multi-million dollar expansion includes the installation of
high-tech wireless hardware and software in wireless transmission sites
throughout the region. It is part of an ongoing network investment by
Verizon Wireless, which has invested more than $45 billion since it was
formed—$5.5 billion on average every year—to
increase the coverage and capacity of its national network and to add
new services. Last year, the company invested more than $235 million in
its Pennsylvania network improvements.
For more information about Verizon Wireless products and services, call
1-800-2 JOIN IN or go to www.verizonwireless.com.
About Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless operates the nation’s most
reliable wireless voice and data network, serving 68.7 million
customers. Headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with 70,000 employees
nationwide, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon
Communications (NYSE: VZ) and Vodafone (NYSE and LSE: VOD). For more
information, go to: www.verizonwireless.com.
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Verizon Wireless
Laura Merritt, 614-560-2605
laura.merritt@verizonwireless.com
or
For
Verizon Wireless
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heather.pharo@elias-savion.com
