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Verizon Wireless Expands EVDO Rev-A Across Maine

WILMINGTON, Mass., Jan. 11 -- Verizon Wireless today announced the further expansion of wireless broadband service across several Maine counties through a recent network enhancement. Now more Verizon Wireless customers in the Pine Tree State can access e-mail and the Internet on their laptops and PDAs, and download video and music to their wireless phones.

Verizon Wireless' high-speed wireless data network is now available within the following communities:

    -- Androscoggin County -- Auburn, Greene, Lewiston, Lisbon Falls, Poland,
       Sabattus, and Turner
    -- Aroostook County -- Ashland
    -- Hancock County -- Dedham, Ellsworth, Orland, and Verona
    -- Kennebec County -- Augusta, Benton, Chelsea, China, Clinton,
       Farmingdale, Gardiner, Litchfield, Monmouth, Oakland, Randolph, Sidney,
       Vassalboro, Waterville, and Winthrop
    -- Knox County -- Camden, Owls Head, Rockland, Rockport, Thomaston, and
       Warren
    -- Oxford County -- Bethel, Gilead, Greenwood, Newry, Norway, Oxford,
       Paris, Rumford, and Woodstock
    -- Penobscot County -- Bangor, Brewer, Carmel, Enfield, Etna, Hampden,
       Hermon, Holden, Old Town, Orono, Orrington, Plymouth, and Springfield
    -- Somerset County -- Palmyra and Pittsfield
    -- Waldo County -- Belfast, Belmont, Frankfort, Liberty, Montville,
       Palermo, Prospect, and Searsmont

    In addition, the new coverage is available along portions of:

    -- Route 1 between Rockland and Ellsworth
    -- Interstate 95 between Richmond and Old Town
    -- Route 3 between Augusta and Belfast

"Our product lineup is stocked with best-in-class multimedia phones, all running on the nation's most reliable wireless network," said Ken Dixon, president of Verizon Wireless' New England region. "This latest network investment provides more Maine residents and visitors the ability to surf our high-speed wireless network, send and receive e-mail and take their desktop experience with them on-the-go."

Verizon Wireless' high-speed wireless service, which powers its BroadbandAccess Internet and V CAST multimedia applications, is based on the company's Evolution-Data Optimized (EV-DO) Revision A network technology.

BroadbandAccess

The company's flagship data service, BroadbandAccess, provides 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. Verizon Wireless' BroadbandAccess service allows customers to download files approximately 10 times faster than customers of other wireless service providers that use different broadly deployed network technologies.

V CAST: Video and Music

The company's high-speed network also enables its V CAST multimedia services, offering customers the ability to download full-song tracks, play cutting-edge 3D games and stream video clips straight to their phones. With content updated daily, customers can watch dozens of on demand videos, including breaking news, weather, sports highlights, and the hottest entertainment clips.

With V CAST Music, Verizon Wireless has built a massive full-song mobile music store that contains more than 2.5 million songs from well-known and independent artists that customers can download over-the-air, right onto their V CAST Music-enabled phones.

Since 2000 Verizon Wireless has invested more than $2 billion to enhance wireless capacity and coverage throughout the six states of New England. Nationally the company invests more than $1 billion every 90 days to stay ahead of the growing demand for Verizon Wireless voice and data services. The company's ongoing network investment now totals more than $40 billion nationally since it was formed.

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