• Has 37.5 million wireless phone customers.
• Has 40,000 employees.
• 2003 annual revenue was $22.5 billion.
• Has 140 Switching Centers.
• Digital network technology utilized is Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA).
• U.S. market coverage: 49 of top 50; 97 of top 100.
• Has the first national high-speed data network. First downloadable applications over the air onto phones.

What Verizon Wireless Offers:

• Increase the power of your Verizon Wireless PDA or Smartphone with efficiency-boosting productivity applications that you can purchase and download.
• With Voice Activated Services, you can bring the power, convenience, and ease of speech to your wireless phone with Voice Gear. Retrieve email, make calls, and access stocks, news, weather, sports and more - all with just the sound of your voice.
• You'll enjoy the largest, most reliable nationwide wireless network.
• Send and receive instant messages and email, and browse the web to catch up on all the latest information.
• With Picture Messaging, you can take snapshots, add sound and text, and send to other Verizon Wireless camera phones.
• Plans for just about everyone. We cover more towns, cities and places than anyone else and connect more people than any other wireless service provider in the nation.
• You have the option to change to any qualifying calling plan or airtime promotion at any time.
• You'll get a free phone every two years with New Every Two^sm.
• With Wireless Internet, access the Internet, your email, or download important documents from your laptop or PDA.
• With Get It Now services, you can download full featured applications over the air onto your wireless phone, including games, personalized ring tones, pictures and more.
• With Mobile Web service, you can access the best services from MSN® on your wireless phone. These include MSN Hotmail, instant messaging with MSN Messenger, personalized alerts, and access customized content from MSNBC, ESPN, Expedia, and more.
• Send and receive text messages from your wireless phone. Perfect for those times when you need to talk, but can't.
• If you ever have a problem, it becomes our problem the first time you call.
• Push to Talk is the newest way to communicate coast to coast. With the push of a button on your handset, you can talk with individual co-workers or entire teams.
• Our Mobile Office kit for your wireless device provides you with everything you need to get your laptop computer onto Verizon Wireless' NationalAccess service, for wireless access to your business network.