Verizon Wireless

Verizon Wireless operates the nation’s most reliable wireless network. It is the only major carrier with a 30-day network test-drive pledge that pays for calls if a customer isn’t satisfied and switches to another carrier.

Headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., Verizon Wireless has the largest number of retail customers in the industry and is the most profitable wireless company in the U.S. The company is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) and Vodafone (NYSE and LSE: VOD).    A leader in wireless voice and data services, the company:

• built the nation’s first wide-area wireless broadband network
• delivered the nation’s first wireless consumer 3G multimedia service
• launched the most comprehensive mobile music service in the world
• has the highest customer loyalty in the industry based on lowest-in-industry churn

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ), headquartered in New York, is a leader in delivering broadband and other wireline and wireless communication innovations to mass market, business, government and wholesale customers. Verizon Wireless operates America’s most reliable wireless network, serving nearly 66 million customers nationwide. Verizon’s Wireline operations include Verizon Business, which delivers innovative and seamless business solutions to customers around the world, and Verizon Telecom, which brings customers the benefits of converged communications, information and entertainment services over the nation’s most advanced fiber-optic network. A Dow 30 company, Verizon has a diverse workforce of nearly 235,000 and last year generated consolidated operating revenues of $93.5 billion. For more information, visit www.verizon.com . 

Vodafone is the world's largest mobile telecommunications company, with equity interests in 25 countries and Partner Networks in an additional 39 countries. At the end of September 2007, Vodafone had approximately 241 million proportionate customers worldwide.