VERIZON ACTIVATES NEW CELL SITE IN PIERPONT, OHIO.

Verizon Wireless, the wireless company with the highest customer loyalty, has activated a new cell site in Pierpont, Ohio, which will enable more customers to use their wireless phones concurrently to make calls; send and receive email and text, picture and video messages; access the Internet; and download games and ringtones, while enjoying clearer reception and fewer dropped calls.

The new cell site improves coverage along State Route 7 from State Route 84 south through the towns of Monroe Center, Pierpont and North Richmond to County Road 302. In addition, coverage is improved along State Route 167 from State Route 193 east to Pierpont.

"Network reliability is the number-one reason that customers choose and stay with Verizon Wireless," said Roger Tang, president-Ohio/Pennsylvania/West Virginia Region, Verizon Wireless. "Getting through on the first try and maintaining a connection are important to our customers. We continue to optimize our network so that it remains the most reliable in the nation."

This network improvement is part of Verizon Wireless' continual effort to expand coverage, improve capacity and enhance the quality of its wireless voice and data network in Ohio and throughout the country. Verizon Wireless has invested more than $50 billion since it was formed--$5.5 billion on average every year--to increase the coverage and capacity of its premier nationwide network and to add new services. In 2008, the company invested more than $258 million in its Ohio network.

About Verizon Wireless

Verizon Wireless operates the nation's most reliable and largest wireless voice and data network, serving more than 86.6 million customers. Headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with more than 86,000 employees nationwide, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) and Vodafone (NYSE and LSE: VOD).

For more information, visit http://www.verizonwireless.com or call 513/271-7222, ext. 25.

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