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""As the first and only U.S. wireless carrier to commercially launch a sizeable 3G footprint, Verizon Wireless will
significantly expand its Express Network on April 2, 2002 by making it available in several more Northeast
cities, several metropolitan areas in the Midwest, and in important cities in the South. This 1XRTT network
expansion will make the Express Network available on one third of the Verizon Wireless footprint, reaching
more than 72 million Americans.""
Verizon Wireless Introduces Per-Megabyte Pricing Plans for Express Network Business Customers
Nation's Only Sizeable 3G Wireless Network Operator Continues Aggressive Roll Out of High Speed Data Network
Throughout U.S.
BEDMINSTER, N.J., March 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Wireless, operator of the nation's best and largest wireless
network, today announced a collection of rate plans based on megabyte usage for business customers using the Verizon
Wireless 3G 1XRTT Express Network. The new pricing plans are an alternative to the company's previously announced
minute-based plans, and are based on the amount of data transmitted.
The Express Network is Verizon Wireless' 1XRTT data network, capable of data transmission speeds up to 144 kilobits
per second (kbps). Business customers and individual consumers in current Express Network markets are taking
advantage of high-speed wireless data and robust Internet access at average speeds between 40 and 60 kbps, and many
experience speeds of 144 kbps.
Designed for business customers, this new flexible pricing takes into account heavy data users by offering rate plans
starting at $35 per month for 10 MB, $55 per month for 20 MB, with tiers up to 150 MB of data. Business customers will
pay the same amount, regardless of how long it takes to download the same amount of data. On the $35 monthly rate
plan, customers can download 10 MB of data-equivalent to thousands of emails or hundreds of Web pages.
``Our Express Network launch is a tremendous success and our customers are embracing this technology as valuable to
their mobile lifestyles,'' said John Stratton, vice president and chief marketing officer of Verizon Wireless. ``Our
corporate customers who are heavy data users will find value in these per-megabyte rate plans.'' Stratton said the new
price plans are a terrific option for businesses that understand the applications that they are using in a mobile
environment, and for those in a position to accurately determine usage patterns of their workforces.
First, Biggest, Best
Verizon Wireless also said it will commercially launch significant new markets to the Express Network at the beginning of
April, making its 1XRTT high-speed data network available to more of its customers in more places throughout the
United States.
As the first and only U.S. wireless carrier to commercially launch a sizeable 3G footprint, Verizon Wireless will
significantly expand its Express Network on April 2, 2002 by making it available in several more Northeast
cities, several metropolitan areas in the Midwest, and in important cities in the South. This 1XRTT network
expansion will make the Express Network available on one third of the Verizon Wireless footprint, reaching
more than 72 million Americans.
The 1XRTT network is already available 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.
Express Network Equipment
Express Network customers today can purchase the Sierra Wireless AirCard 555 or the Verizon Wireless 2235 by
Kyocera, a 1XRTT data-compatible wireless handset that acts as a modem, to access the 1XRTT network. With these
devices customers can add voice, circuit-switched data and short messaging service capabilities to their laptops, select
PDAs, and other computing devices.
The Sierra Wireless AirCard 555 retails for $299.99 and the Verizon Wireless 2235 by Kyocera, which retails for $79.99,
are available through Verizon Wireless corporate sales and in select Communications Stores where the Express Network
is available. The AirCard 555 inserts into a laptop and select PDAs for wireless Internet access over the Express Network
and with the connection of a headset, sold separately, the AirCard also enables the customer's laptop or PDA to be used
as a wireless phone. The Verizon Wireless 2235 tri-mode wireless handset is a communications system that includes
many attractive features: voice-activated dialing, a WAP browser, electronic games, two-way text messaging, and
predictive text-input software for rapid text entry. Kyocera 2235 customers will also need a compatible Mobile Office kit,
sold separately for $79.99.
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