Verizon Wireless Expands 3G Wireless Network in Sugar Grove, Pennsylvania

Investment Increases Value for Consumers as Demand Grows for Wireless Voice,
3G Multimedia and Internet Access

SUGAR GROVE, Pa., Oct. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Wireless, the wireless
company with the highest customer loyalty, has activated a new cell site in
Sugar Grove, which enables more customers to use their wireless phones
concurrently to make calls; send and receive email and text, picture and video
messages; view high-quality videos; access the Internet; and download music,
games and ringtones, while enjoying clearer reception and fewer dropped calls.

The new cell site improves coverage from Sugar Grove south along State Route
69 to State Route 27 and from Turnpike Road east along State Route 957 to
Miller Hill Road.

"Even the most advanced cell phone is only as good as the network it runs on,"
said Roger Tang, president-Ohio/Pennsylvania/West Virginia Region, Verizon
Wireless. "Our 3G high-speed wireless broadband network is the largest and
most reliable in the United States, and field tests are under way that will
enable us to become the first wireless company to offer commercial LTE (Long
Term Evolution)-based 4G service in the nation, starting in 2010."

This network improvement is part of Verizon Wireless' continual effort to
expand coverage, improve capacity and enhance the quality of its wireless
voice and data network in Pennsylvania 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. Over the past 18 months, the
company has invested nearly $330 million in its Pennsylvania network.

About Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless operates the nation's most reliable and largest wireless
voice and data network, serving 87.7 million customers. Headquartered in
Basking Ridge, N.J., with more than 87,000 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

Laura Merritt of Verizon Wireless, +1-614-560-2605,
laura.merritt@verizonwireless.com, or Jennifer Schmitt for Verizon Wireless,
+1-412-642-7700, jennifer.schmitt@elias-savion.com