Verizon Wireless Launches High-Speed Wireless Network in Kansas City
OVERLAND PARK, Kan., April 3 -- Verizon Wireless customers in Kansas
City and its surrounding areas can now have access to the Internet and
to their e-mail and corporate data at faster speeds, uploading files
eight to nine times faster than before as Verizon Wireless rolls out
its next- generation high-speed broadband network. Based on CDMA 1x
Evolution-Data Optimized (EV-DO) Revision A (Rev. A) technology, the
enhanced wireless broadband network provides Verizon Wireless customers
in the Kansas City area with data uplink speeds significantly faster
than the company's award-winning national EV-DO network, which the
company rolled out in June of 2005.
The EV-DO Rev. A network coverage now spans the Kansas City
metropolitan area, including the Interstate 435 loop surrounding the
city. Coverage extends along Interstate 70 from Odessa, west through
Kansas City and to Topeka. The coverage reaches north from the southern
Johnson county line to the Platte City area.
The company's existing EV-DO network enables customers to access
BroadbandAccess on their laptops, e-mail on their PDAs, and V CAST
Video and Music on their wireless phones. The company's national
wireless broadband network, the first in the nation, is already
available to more than 200 million Americans in 242 major metropolitan
areas and 180 major airports from coast to coast.
"Our existing wireless broadband network has enabled customers to
work remotely and stay entertained in unprecedented ways; now we're
taking wireless to the next level by introducing technology that helps
them work faster," said Mark Crumpton, president-Kansas/Missouri
region, Verizon Wireless. "Our customers who enjoy the latest
technology will applaud Rev. A's faster data uplink speeds for their
cutting-edge devices."
The company's flagship business data service, BroadbandAccess, will
run faster and more efficiently with the new network enhancements.
Customers in enhanced coverage areas can take advantage of upload
speeds that are eight to nine times faster than that of the company's
existing wireless broadband network, while interacting with Web-based
applications with improved latency for a better customer experience.
For example, BroadbandAccess customers in enhanced broadband wireless
coverage areas can expect average download speeds of 600 kilobits per
second (kbps) to 1.4 megabits 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® presentation or a large PDF
file - in about eight seconds and upload the same-sized file in less
than 13 seconds.
In addition, customers who travel outside the BroadbandAccess
coverage area will switch seamlessly to the fastest Verizon Wireless
network available, whether it is the wireless broadband network or the
network that operates the company's NationalAccess service.
Devices that take advantage of Verizon Wireless' wireless broadband
network include the new V740 ExpressCard, the compact USB720 wireless
modem, the AirCard 595 and the PC5750 PC Card from Verizon Wireless,
all of which are fully compatible with the company's wireless broadband
network and its NationalAccess network (based on CDMA 1xRTT
technology). BroadbandAccess also is available as an integrated option
on select notebook and laptop computers.
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