Wireless Phone Users in Hardin and Dexter, Kentucky, Now Experience Even Clearer Reception and Fewer Dropped Calls

             Verizon Wireless Activates New Cell Site in Hardin



    HARDIN, Ky., Aug. 14 /EMWNews/ -- Verizon Wireless has activated a

new cell site in Hardin that expands network coverage, enabling more

customers to use their wireless phones concurrently to make voice calls;

send and receive email and text, picture and video messages; access the

Internet; view high-quality videos; and download music, games and

ringtones, while enjoying clearer reception and fewer dropped calls.



    The new cell site improves Verizon Wireless' voice and data network

coverage in Hardin and Dexter and along:



    -- U.S. Route 641 between Almo Road and the U.S. Route 641 Bypass/Main

Street split



    -- State Road 80 between State Road 1949 (Wadesboro Road) and State

Road 962 (Old Olive Road)



    "Our customers choose Verizon Wireless and stay with us because we

deliver on our commitment to provide the most reliable network," said Greg

Haller, president-Kentucky/Indiana/Michigan Region, Verizon Wireless.

"We'll continue investing in our network here in Kentucky as well as across

the nation so that our customers can rely on their wireless phones

everywhere they go."



    This new cell site is part of Verizon Wireless' continual effort to

expand coverage, increase capacity and enhance the quality of its wireless

voice and data network in Kentucky and throughout the country. Verizon

Wireless has invested more than $45 billion since it was formed - $5.5

billion on average every year - to increase the coverage and capacity of

its national network and to add new services. More than $250 million of

this investment has been spent in Kentucky since 2000. In 2007, the company

invested more than $38 million in Kentucky network improvements.

    About Verizon Wireless



    Verizon Wireless operates the nation's most reliable wireless voice and

data network, serving 68.7 million customers. Headquartered in Basking

Ridge, N.J., with 70,000 employees nationwide, Verizon Wireless is a joint

venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) and Vodafone (NYSE and LSE:

VOD). For more information, go to http://www.verizonwireless.com . To preview and

request broadcast-quality video footage and high-resolution stills of

Verizon Wireless operations, log on to the Verizon Wireless Multimedia

Library at http://www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia .