Verizon Wireless Expands Digital Service in Center City Philadelphia
TREVOSE, PA — In a continuing effort to provide the best wireless service for local residents, Verizon Wireless, the nation's leading wireless provider, today announced it has expanded its digital network in Center City Philadelphia, PA with a new cell site. The new site provides improved wireless voice and data service along Broad Street from Cherry to Chestnut Streets, and along Market Street from 11th to 20th Streets. Service will also be improved in and around Philadelphia City Hall, which is located within this coverage area.
The new cell site is part of the company's aggressive multi-billion dollar network investment each year to stay ahead of the growing demand for Verizon Wireless voice and data services, like two-way text messaging and Internet access, in the Philadelphia Tri-State Region.
This investment is part of the company's commitment to offer customers the most reliable service available on the nation's largest wireless network. The company's most reliable network claim is based on network studies performed by real-life test men and test women who inspired the company's national advertising campaign. They conduct more than 300,000 call attempts monthly on Verizon Wireless' and other national wireless carriers' networks while traveling over 100,000 miles nationwide in specially-equipped company-owned quality test vehicles.
"This network expansion will allow us to meet the growing need of local businesses and consumers for their voice calls and data applications, like our high-speed NationalAccess and two-way text messaging service," said Christine Baron, president, Philadelphia Tri-State Region, Verizon Wireless.
NationalAccess is the company's nationwide high-speed wireless data network, providing fast wireless Internet service, with bursts up to 144 kilobits per second (kbps). NationalAccess gives users full Internet access, intranet access and traditional E-mail functionality via a laptop at unprecedented speeds for wireless access. Users can expect average speeds between 40 and 60 kbps, significantly higher than speeds being produced by competing technologies and comparable, if not faster, to what PC users get when using a dial-up Internet service. Verizon Wireless has invested more than $8 billion over the last two years in its nationwide network, offering customers access to the most extensive wireless voice and data network in the United States.
About Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless is the nation's leading provider of wireless communications. The company has the largest nationwide wireless voice and data network and 37.5 million 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 receive broadcast-quality video footage of Verizon Wireless operations, log onto www.thenewsmarket.com/verizonwireless.
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