VERIZON WIRELESS EXPANDS DIGITAL SERVICE
IN WYOMING AREA
March 12, 2001
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ROCHESTER, NY
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Verizon Wireless has introduced CDMA digital wireless service to Wyoming County by adding digital service to its Warsaw and Castile cell sites. Adding digital service to the two sites will expand Verizon Wireless' CDMA digital service into Wyoming County for the first time.
According to Gene Fassett, executive director of network for Verizon Wireless' Upstate New York Region, the site will provide the wireless carrier's Wyoming-area subscribers with improved wireless coverage when making cellular calls across the region.
Verizon Wireless expects to further increase service coverage in the area by adding additional cell sites in 2001.
About Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless is the largest wireless communications provider in the U.S. with 27.5 million wireless voice and data customers. The new coast-to-coast wireless provider was formed by the combination of the U.S. wireless businesses of Bell Atlantic Corp. and GTE Corp -- now Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) -- and Vodafone (NYSE and LSE: VOD). The new company includes the assets of Bell Atlantic Mobile, AirTouch Cellular, GTE Wireless, PrimeCo Personal Communications and AirTouch Paging. The company has a footprint covering nearly 90 percent of the U.S. population, 49 of the top 50 and 96 of the top 100 U.S. markets. Verizon Wireless, headquartered in Bedminster, NJ, is 38,000 employees strong. Reporters and editors can find more information about the company on the Web at http://www.verizonwireless.com