WHO: Verizon Wireless, the nation's leading wireless service provider WHAT: The following materials are available for use by the media: * B-Roll featuring: * People using VCAST * Sound bites from Damon Morton, a VCAST multimedia preview customer * VCAST video on demand news clip (from NBC Mobile) playing on an VX8000 by LG phone * On the street interviews capturing initial reaction to VCAST from Verizon Wireless * Exteriors of Verizon Wireless Communication Stores * High-resolution still images illustrating VCAST from Verizon Wireless, including * VCAST and Verizon Wireless logos * VX8000 by LG WHERE: The B-Roll and images can be found at http://www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia WHEN: Available today, Friday, January 7, 2005 BACKGROUND: Verizon Wireless, the nation's leader in 3G services, announced today it plans to offer VCAST -- the first and only consumer broadband multimedia service in the country -- on February 1, 2005. VCAST runs on Verizon Wireless' 3G EV-DO network, the fastest commercially available wide-area wireless network in the nation, currently available in more than 30 major metropolitan markets from coast to coast. CONTACT: Angela Snow Weber Shandwick Worldwide for Verizon Wireless Office: 617-520-7087 /Mobile: 781-883-3721 asnow@webershandwick.com About Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless owns and operates the nation's most reliable wireless network, serving 42.1 million voice and data customers. Headquartered in Bedminster, NJ, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications and Vodafone (NYSE and LSE: VOD). Find more information on the Web at http://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.
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