Millville, Delaware, Residents to Benefit from Verizon Wireless Network Expansion

Millville, Delaware, Residents to Benefit from Verizon Wireless Network
Expansion

Investing to Stay Ahead of Growing Demand for Wireless Calling, Data Access,
and Music

MILLVILLE, Del., March 30 /PRNewswire/ -- In a continuing effort to provide
the best wireless service for residents in Millville, Verizon Wireless has
expanded its network with a new cell site. The new site increases coverage and
capacity along Route 26, Route 17 and Road 347.

The network expansion is part of an aggressive multi-billion dollar network
investment each year (more than $1 billion every 90 days) to stay ahead of the
growing demand for Verizon Wireless' voice and data services. The company
spent more than $200 million last year to expand and enhance its wireless
network across central, northeastern and southeastern Pennsylvania, southern
New Jersey and Delaware, bringing the network investment in the region to more
than $1.2 billion since 2001. Nationally, the company has invested more than
$50 billion since it was formed to increase the coverage and capacity of its
national network and to add new services, including wireless data services
such as picture messaging and text messaging and the company's exclusive V
CAST service. V CAST brings video clips of TV shows, music on demand and
other multimedia services to wireless phones over Verizon Wireless' high-speed
EV-DO network. Verizon Wireless' high-speed third generation wireless
broadband network has been enhanced with EV-DO Rev. A technology. This
enhancement allows customers who use the company's flagship business data
service, Mobile Broadband, to interact with Web-based applications, download
music over-the-air, access to e-mail, everyday corporate data, the Internet,
and more at speeds that are eight to nine times faster than before. For
example, Mobile Broadband customers with Rev. A compatible devices can now
expect average download speeds of 600 kilobits per second (kbps) to 1.4
megabits per second and average upload speeds of 500-800 kbps, which means
customers can download a 1 megabyte e-mail attachment - the equivalent of a
small PowerPoint(R) presentation or a large PDF file - in about eight seconds
and upload the same sized file in less than 13 seconds.

Strong demand for Verizon Wireless services continued during the fourth
quarter of 2008 as the company added 1.4 million net new customers. For the
17th consecutive quarter, Verizon Wireless also led the wireless industry with
an all-time high in customer loyalty. The company posted a churn (customer
turnover) rate of just 1.35%, well below the rate reported by the other major
wireless carriers.

Verizon Wireless tests its network and those of its competitors to ensure the
Verizon Wireless network remains the Nation's most reliable. Nationally,
Verizon Wireless' real-life test men and women drive 90 specially equipped
vehicles almost 1 million 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 determine if 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 and largest wireless
voice and data network, serving more than 80 million customers. Headquartered
in Basking Ridge, N.J., with more than 85,000 employees nationwide, Verizon
Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) and Vodafone
(NYSE and LSE: VOD). For more information, visit 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

Pam Boyd or Carla Reinas, both at +1-856-642-6226, for Verizon Wireless; or
Sheldon Jones of Verizon, +1-215-638-5668, Sheldon.Jones@verizonwireless.com