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Verizon Wireless Launches Nation's First Major Advanced Wireless Networkdate: January 28, 2002 Starting today, Verizon Wireless customers in major East and West Coast markets will be able to reap the rewards of a significantly faster, more robust wireless experience with the company's commercial launch of its 1XRTT network. The 1XRTT network will enhance all levels of wireless communications -- from a simple voice call, to full Internet browsing, streaming video, and email. This high-speed network also supports enterprise applications, giving companies with mobile employees tools for increased productivity and efficiency. The company is the first U.S. wireless carrier to commercially launch a sizeable 3G footprint. The 1XRTT network is available now to customers in areas of the Northeast U.S., from Norfolk, VA, Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, up to Boston and in Portland, Maine; in the technology-savvy Silicon Valley and San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California; and in Salt Lake City, site of the 2002 Winter Olympics. 1XRTT network capabilities are already available in more than 20% of the Verizon Wireless footprint, reaching more than 53 million Americans. The Express Network is Verizon Wireless' 1XRTT data network, capable of data transmission speeds up to 144 kbps. Business customers and individual consumers in Express Network markets may take advantage of high wireless data speeds and robust Internet access by using the new Verizon Wireless 2235 handset from Kyocera with a compatible Mobile Office kit as a modem for their laptops, or by using the AirCard 555 PC card from Sierra Wireless, for their laptops and select PDAs. Express Network subscribers on the high-speed data network can now have access to their company network or Internet at faster speeds. The Express Network will give users full Internet access, intranet access and traditional email functionality via a laptop at unprecedented speeds for wireless access. Users should expect average speeds between 40 and 60 kbps, significantly higher than speeds being produced by competing technologies and comparable to what PC users get when using a dial-up Internet service at home. "The rollout of our Express Network is a major expression of our differentiation in the wireless marketplace: the high quality of our wireless network," said Verizon Wireless chief technical officer Dick Lynch. "Wireless data is only as good as the network it's on, and the premier Verizon Wireless network, already the most advanced in the nation, just took another giant step ahead of its competitors." Lynch added, "We will continue expansion of the Express Network, and by the close of 2002 the majority of the nearly 222 million covered POPs should be able to use the Express Network every day." "Together with the nation's most expansive network, Express Network gives our customers a strategic advantage as they continue to increasingly rely on wireless products for their business and personal communications needs," said Lowell McAdam, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Verizon Wireless. "Given the very positive response from the participants who previewed the 1XRTT network this fall, we are confident that our high-speed data network will fulfill and exceed our customers' expectations."
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