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VERIZON WIRELESS TXT CUSTOMERS JOIN THE MULTI-LANGUAGE TEXTING WORLD OF blah!
URL(s): http://www.verizonwireless.com/blah
Verizon Wireless Customers Chat and Interact with Others in the United
States and Latin America
BEDMINSTER, NJ and MIAMI, FL-Verizon Wireless, the
nation's largest wireless provider, and blah!, the largest wireless
"infotainment" provider in Latin America, today announced that Verizon
Wireless is the first U.S. wireless provider to join blah!'s
multi-language mobile chat service. The new, cool interactive service
enables English, Spanish and Portuguese speaking customers of Verizon
Wireless to chat and play games one-on-one in a unique virtual community
using Verizon Wireless TXT Messaging service. With blah!, Verizon
Wireless customers have access to the 2 million users in the blah!
community throughout Latin America.
To register, Verizon Wireless customers create a text message on
their wireless phone using REG as the message content and 777 as the
telephone number. Once registered, customers can search and chat with
others nationally or internationally or play interactive games such as
futblah!, a one-on-one soccer penalty shoot-out game where they
challenge other players or have the system match them up.
"Verizon Wireless continues to offer new and exciting data
services and blah! provides our mobile community with a fun pathway into
Latin America." said Jim Straight, VP Wireless Data and Multimedia
Services for Verizon Wireless. "blah!, coupled with the technology of
Verizon Wireless TXT Messaging, provides an entirely new TXT experience
for customers."
"We are excited that Verizon Wireless has joined the blah! community,"
said Federico Pisani Massamormile, blah! CEO. "Becoming part of blah!
enables Verizon Wireless to provide its subscribers cool new services,
and makes them part of a global community for the mobile youth. For
blah!, this validates the industry's interest in our unique offering."
Verizon Wireless customers must subscribe to TXT Messaging to access
blah! With TXT Messaging, customers pay as they go for $0.02 for each
message received and $0.10 for each message sent, or select from bundled
plans for $2.99 per month for 100 messages, $3.99 per month for 200
messages and $7.99 per month for 600 messages sent or received. Verizon
Wireless Prepay service customers can also join the excitement - prepay
customers with text messaging-capable phones can send and receive
messages for just $0.05 each. To learn more about blah! for Verizon
Wireless customers, visit http://www.verizonwireless.com/blah.
About Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless is the nation's leading provider of wireless
communications. The company has the largest nationwide wireless voice
and data network and 33.3 million customers. Headquartered in
Bedminster, NJ, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon
Communications (NYSE:VZ) and Vodafone (NYSE and LSE: VOD). Find more
information on the Web at www.verizonwireless.com.
About blah!
blah! is the leading provider of cool and exciting "infotainment"
products for wireless carriers in Latin America, focused on the mobile
youth. blah! serves a community of 2 million users of 12 wireless
carriers in 8 countries. Created in June, 2000 in Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil, blah! is a wholly owned subsidiary of Telecom Italia Mobile
(TIM). For more information about blah!, please visit www.blah.com.
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