Verizon Wireless' Broadband Wireless Network Speeds Into Mississippi, US
January 11, 2007
Customers in Jackson and along the Mississippi Gulf Coast can now access the latest high-speed business and entertainment services on their wireless phones, laptop computers and other wireless devices thanks to Verizon Wireless.
The new capabilities come with the expansion of the company's EV-DO network, enabling both its BroadbandAccess and V CAST services. The launch includes the Jackson Metro area as well as communities along the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
BroadbandAccess
BroadbandAccess provides on-the-go professionals with full, mobile access to their corporate information as if they were attached to the information via a high-speed wired connection. Users can conduct business anytime, anywhere in the BroadbandAccess coverage area via a secure, true high-speed data connection.
With average access speeds of 400-700 kbps, users can download a 1 Megabyte e-mail attachment - the equivalent of a small PowerPoint presentation or a large PDF file - in about 20 seconds.
Connecting to BroadbandAccess is easy, using a PC Card that slides directly into most laptop computers, through an integrated option on select notebook computers or by connecting a laptop to a BroadbandAccess-capable PDA or phone.
V CAST
V CAST, the nation's first wireless broadband multimedia service for consumers, offers the most comprehensive selection available of music, videos and 3D games on-demand. Users can stream video clips (up to five minutes long) of the hottest entertainment, music videos, movie trailers, sports highlights, news and breaking weather directly to their Verizon Wireless V CAST-capable phones.
With V CAST Music, customers can browse and download songs from the V CAST Music library of more than 1.5 million songs directly onto their V CAST Music-enabled phones or WindowsXP-enabled PCs. They can also transfer music from their PCs to their V CAST Music-enabled phones and take their tunes with them without a second device.
Coverage Area
Verizon Wireless' Mississippi EV-DO expansion includes the Jackson Metro area from Clinton to Brandon and from south of Jackson to Ridgeland and Madison. The Gulf Coast expansion includes Waveland, Bay St. Louis, Pass Christian and Gulfport along Hwy 90 as well as portions of Biloxi along Hwy 90 and I-110.
The company invests more than $1 billion in its network every quarter with over $6 billion invested in 2006 alone. The company has invested more than $35 billion nationwide over the last six years - to ensure network reliability and expanded coverage, capacity and capabilities.
In addition to allowing advanced applications such as BroadbandAccess and V CAST, the network upgrade in Mississippi will further strengthen the Verizon Wireless network in the event of emergencies. The network stood up well to the recent extraordinary storm seasons, while other communication networks sometimes suffered substantial disruptions.
Verizon Wireless was the first national wireless provider to commercially launch a high-speed wireless broadband network in the United States. Verizon Wireless' EV-DO network coverage area now covers more than 200 million people.
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