Litchfield, Connecticut Residents to Benefit from Verizon Wireless Network Expansion

Litchfield, Connecticut Residents to Benefit from Verizon Wireless Network
Expansion
Investing to Stay Ahead of Growing Demand for Wireless Voice, Multimedia and
Internet Access

LITCHFIELD, Conn., June 6 /PRNewswire/ -- In a continuing effort to
provide the best wireless service for local residents in Litchfield County,
Verizon Wireless has activated a new cell site. The new site increases
wireless voice and data coverage and capacity along Route 202 between
Torrington and downtown Litchfield, and Route 63 in Litchfield between Goshen
and Bethlehem, Connecticut, as well as the surrounding area.
Verizon Wireless has invested more than $45 billion since it was formed to
increase the coverage and capacity of its national network and to add new
services like BroadbandAccess and V CAST. Regionally the company has invested
nearly $2.2 billion into its New England network, including over $292 million
in 2007 alone. As a result of these investments, every Verizon Wireless cell
site in New England offers wireless broadband connectivity.
BroadbandAccess offers computer users the nation's most reliable high-
speed wireless mobile broadband network, operating at average upload speeds
between 500 and 800 kbps, and download speeds between 600 kbps and 1.4 mbps
over Verizon Wireless' BroadbandAccess with EV-DO Revision A network. V CAST
brings video clips of TV shows, music on demand and other multimedia services
to wireless phones.
Strong demand for Verizon Wireless services continued during the first
quarter of 2008 as the company added 1.5 million net new customers and, for
the fourteenth consecutive quarter, reported the lowest customer turnover
(highest customer loyalty) rate in the wireless industry.
The company's 'nation's most reliable wireless network' reputation is
based on network studies performed by real-life test men and test women
throughout the country who inspired the "can you hear me now" national
advertising campaign. Nationally, these test men and women drive nearly 100
specially equipped vehicles almost 1,000,000 miles annually on Interstate,
U.S. and state highways as well as major roads and surface streets in high-
population areas, based upon U.S. Census counts, to confirm that voice calls
and data connections are successful on the first attempt and stay connected.
Vehicles are equipped with computers that automatically make more than three
million voice call attempts and more than 16 million data tests annually on
Verizon Wireless' network and the networks of other carriers.
About Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless operates the nation's most reliable wireless voice and
data network, serving 67.2 million customers. Headquartered in Basking Ridge,
N.J., with 69,000 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 . 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 .
SOURCE Verizon Wireless

Michael Murphy of Verizon Wireless, +1-781-932-1213; or Marcia Simon of
Thomson Communications for Verizon Wireless, +1-860-399-0191