South Carolina Sees Wireless Network Improvements In 2005 With Verizon Wireless' $51 Million Investment

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GREENVILLE, SC — Verizon Wireless today announced the completion of a $51 million enhancement to its South Carolina voice and data wireless network in 2005. The investment includes adding and updating cell sites and other technologies to improve call quality, increase coverage areas, and allow a variety of advanced services for customers. Verizon Wireless has invested $30 billion - on average $5 billion every year - since the company was formed six years ago to increase the coverage and capacity of its national network and to add new capabilities. Verizon Wireless is dedicated to delivering outstanding customer satisfaction by providing dependable wireless coverage to over 51 million customers.

During the past year, Verizon Wireless customers across the Palmetto state have benefited from increased coverage and enhanced wireless service. Along the coast, vacationers and beach residents in Charleston and Myrtle Beach benefited from the Verizon Wireless investment. In particular, locations such as the New Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge in Charleston, along Ocean Blvd in Myrtle Beach and Highway 701 from Conway to Georgetown. In the Midlands, downtown Columbia and Rosewood Dr. received coverage enhancements as well as Highway 10 near Greenwood in the Upstate.

"Providing customers with the nation's most reliable network in the wireless industry means making these large-scale investments," said Jerry Fountain, Verizon Wireless Carolinas/Tennessee region president. "Since 2000, Verizon Wireless has invested over $326 million across South Carolina, which is key to maintaining strong coverage during hurricanes and other emergencies across the state."

The company's real-life test men and women are Verizon Wireless engineers who make more than 3.5 million test calls nationwide on Verizon Wireless' and other wireless carriers' networks, riding in specially-equipped, company-owned test vehicles and traveling more than one million miles a year -- about half the distance from the earth to the moon. In fact, the company's 'most reliable wireless network in the nation' claim is based on these network studies.

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About Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless owns and operates the nation's most reliable wireless network, serving 51.3 million voice and data customers. Headquartered in Bedminster, NJ, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) and Vodafone (NYSE and LSE: VOD). Find more information on the Web at 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 www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.  

EDITOR'S NOTE: Test Man Ride-Along Program for the News Media
Specially equipped Verizon Wireless test vehicles simultaneously test the Verizon Wireless network as well as the networks of as many as seven other wireless providers, using a mobile laptop computer to generate phonically diverse "conversations." If one of your reporters is interested in setting up an interview or ride-along test drive with your locally-based Verizon Wireless test man or woman, please contact Jared Kelowitz at 864-233-3776 ext. 24

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