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Verizon Wireless Reports 'Express Network' Success, Lays Groundwork For Rollout In 2002
BEDMINSTER, N.J., Dec 21, 2001 - Solidifying its leadership position in bringing advanced, high-speed wireless data services to customers,
Verizon Wireless reports promising results from participants in its Express Network preview, setting the stage for the planned commercial availability of its 1XRTT Express
Network in the first half of 2002. A broad base of participants, including IBM, GE, Gateway, PacketVideo, GoAmerica Communications, Wireless Knowledge and Aether
Systems, who used the Verizon Wireless Express Network in the preview, have lauded its speed and expanded capabilities and look forward to its commercial availability.
Verizon Wireless has long demonstrated its commitment to providing high-speed data services to its customers and over the last several years has invested significant
resources to upgrade its current CDMA network to 1XRTT.
While some areas of the country already have Express Network capabilities deployed, Verizon Wireless is continuing to work with manufacturers in order to provide
high-quality devices in significant numbers, in order to support commercial service. The preview demonstrated that popular business applications are compatible with the
Express Network, and Verizon Wireless eagerly awaits the broad availability of 1XRTT-enabled devices.
Expansion of the Express Network is underway, with 20% of the company's overall footprint covered by the end of 2001. By mid-2002, a majority of the CDMA network will
be upgraded.
"The excellent results achieved by the organizations participating in our Express Network preview represent another milestone in rolling out our advanced wireless network
and accompanying data services," said Lowell McAdam, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Verizon Wireless. "We are committed to bringing the
benefits of a higher speed network to all of our customers, and we have the right team in place under our Chief Marketing Officer John Stratton to achieve this goal. Verizon
Wireless has long been a leader in launching innovative wireless data services, and we continue to work with manufacturers to ensure that high-quality
commercially-available devices are readily available to support these important efforts."
The Express Network will offer significant benefits to customers. Verizon Wireless expects to consistently deliver between 40 and 60 kbps-higher than speeds generated
from competing wireless technologies, and higher than what PC users get when they use dial-up Internet service at home. The Express Network will give consumers a
richer Internet experience when browsing on their wireless devices, and should help increase productivity and efficiency given the scores of consumer and enterprise
applications that may be available.
About Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless is the largest wireless communications provider in the U.S. with more than 28.7 million wireless voice and data customers. The coast-to-coast wireless
provider was formed by the combination of the U.S. wireless businesses of Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) and Vodafone (NYSE: VOD; LSE). Verizon Wireless has
a footprint covering more than 90 percent of the U.S. population, 49 of the top 50 and 97 of the top 100 U.S. markets. The company, headquartered in Bedminster, NJ, is
40,000 employees strong. Reporters and editors can find more information about the company on the Web at http://www.verizonwireless.com.
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