Mentone, Indiana, and Surrounding Community to Benefit From Verizon Wireless Network...

Mentone, Indiana, and Surrounding Community to Benefit From Verizon Wireless
Network Enhancements
New Cell Site Means Clearer Reception, Fewer Dropped Calls

MENTONE, Ind., July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Wireless, the wireless company
with the highest customer loyalty, has activated a new cell site in Kosciusko
County, which will enable more customers in the area to use their wireless
phones concurrently to make calls; send and receive email and text, picture
and video messages; access the Internet; view high-quality videos; and
download music, games and ringtones, while enjoying clearer reception and
fewer dropped calls.

The new cell site improves coverage in Mentone along South State Road 19,
north to State Road 10 and south to State Road 14, and from South State Road
19 west to U.S. Route 331 and east to County Road South 550 West.

"This network expansion reflects our ongoing commitment to meet the growing
needs of our customers and to provide them with the reliable, high-quality
service they expect from Verizon Wireless," said T.J. Fox, region president
for Verizon Wireless.

"The value we offer our customers is closely tied to our industry-leading
customer retention," Fox said. "Wireless consumers today understand that value
is not defined by price alone. A major reason our customers choose Verizon
Wireless and stay with us is because we offer the nation's most reliable
network."

The new cell site in Mentone is part of Verizon Wireless' continual effort to
expand coverage, increase capacity and enhance the quality of its wireless
voice and data network in Indiana and throughout the country. Verizon Wireless
has invested more than $50 billion since it was formed--$5.5 billion on
average every year--to increase the coverage and capacity of its premier
nationwide network and to add new services. In 2008, the company invested more
than $106.5 million in its Indiana network.

About Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless operates the nation's most reliable and largest wireless
voice and data network, serving more than 86.6 million customers.
Headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with more than 86,000 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
http://www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia

SOURCE Verizon Wireless

Carolyn A. Schamberger, APR of Verizon Wireless, +1-847-619-4282
carolyn.schamberger1@verizonwireless.com, or Kyle Niederpruem,
+1-317-509-7334, kyle@kylecommunications.com, for Verizon Wireless