Verizon Cuts 3G Wireless Prices

US : Building on its successful strategy to provide customers superior wireless services in the United States, Verizon Wireless today announced the expansion of two award-winning services in the New York, one developed primarily for business customers, the other for the consumer market. BroadbandAccess -- the only national wide-area wireless broadband Internet access service available in the United States -- and V CAST, the nation's first and only wireless broadband multimedia service for consumers, are both available today throughout the Bronx and in Westchester County. Both services run on the company's high-speed EV-DO (Evolution Data- Optimized) wireless broadband network, the only national wireless broadband network available in the country today.

Already available in Manhattan, portions of Brooklyn and Queens, on southern Long Island and in Rockland and Westchester counties, this latest expansion covers all of the Bronx as well as southeastern Westchester including Yonkers, Mt Vernon, Mamaroneck, New Rochelle, Scarsdale, Hartsdale and Rye.

In conjunction with today's expansion of the high-speed EV-DO network in New York, Verizon Wireless also announced new pricing for its BroadbandAccess service. Current and new customers with any monthly voice plan now can get unlimited BroadbandAccess for $59.99 monthly access with a two-year customer agreement -- a $20 savings. For non-voice customers, BroadbandAccess is available for $79.99 monthly access for unlimited use with a one- or two-year customer agreement. The new pricing is available through December 31, 2005.

"BroadbandAccess takes mobility to a whole new level," said Charles Hand, president of Verizon Wireless' New York Metro Region. "Verizon Wireless' EV-DO network gives BroadbandAccess customers a superior wireless data experience while away from the office and full access to their corporate information, just as if they were attached via a high-speed wired connection, but with the freedom of true mobility. And with V CAST, consumers can access the latest in multimedia programming to stay connected, informed and entertained via their wireless phones."