Investing to Stay Ahead of Growing Demand for Wireless Calling, Data Access and Music as Area Businesses and Consumers Increasingly Rely on All-in-One Wireless Devices
The new cell sites improve network coverage and capacity in the following areas:
-- Fairview- along Bergen Boulevard from Walker Street to Hillcrest Avenue and along Edgewater Avenue from Pleasantview Terrace to Anderson Avenue. -- Fair Lawn- on route 208 from Fair Lawn to Morlot avenues, and along Berdan Avenue from River to Saddle River roads.
With the improved network coverage, more customers can use their wireless phones to send and receive email and text, picture and video messages; view high-quality videos; and access turn-by-turn directions, while enjoying clearer reception and fewer dropped calls.
"Reliable networks aren't built overnight," said
Verizon Wireless has invested over
Demand for Verizon Wireless services continued during the third quarter of 2008 when the company added 1.48 million new customers, and continued its industry-leading customer loyalty rates. Verizon Wireless now serves more than 83.7 million customers nationwide. During the third quarter, the company delivered nearly 80 billion text messages and completed nearly 1.5 billion picture/video messages and 43 million music downloads.
Nationally, Verizon Wireless' real-life test men and women drive 98 specially equipped vehicles nearly one million miles each year on the country's most frequently traveled roadways to confirm that voice calls and data connections are successful on the first attempt and stay connected. Vehicles are equipped with computers that automatically make more than three million voice call attempts and more than 16 million data tests annually on Verizon Wireless' network and the networks of other carriers.
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