
Situated in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, this
American mobile provider is a joint venture of Verizon
Communications and Vodafone Group, with 55 and 45 percent
ownership respectively.
Nowadays, Verizon Wireless operates the second-largest wireless
telecommunications network in the United States, considering
market share of all mobile providers. The name Verizon
comes from -veritas-, meaning truth, and the word
-horizon-. Together, they are consider to support its entire
image of reliability, certainty, leadership, and limitless
possibilities among the different mobile owners all over the
world. As of January 2007, the company served a total
amount of 59,1 million customers and has the largest service by
area. Initially, Verizon Wireless has traced its roots to
Bell Atlantic Mobile, Nynex Mobile Communications, AirTouch
Communications, PrimeCo Communications, and GTE Mobilnet.
Thus, in September 1999, Vodafone AirTouch announced a 90
billion dollars joint venture with Bell Atlantic Corporation,
named Verizon Wireless, and comprised of the American wireless
assets of both main companies - Bell Atlantic Mobile and
AirTouch Paging. It began operations under the same name on
April 4, 2000. This American mobile provider already owns one
of the the largest wireless telecommunications network in the
United States in Puerto Rico along with Puerto Rico Telephone -
PRT. Verizon Wireless recently launched also its nationwide
Mobile Web service, which combines the convenience and mobility
of wireless communications with popular content from the
Internet.Today, Verizon Wireless claims it invests more than 6
billion dollars every year to --maintain and expand-- its
nationwide CDMA network and support its analog network. It
offers different voice services, such as wireless broadband
based on EV-DO, text and picture messaging, over-the-air
customized applications and content from its --Get it now--
package, --Video on demand-- in the form of V CAST,
location-based services, and of course, --Push-to-talk--.
Concise Verizon Wireless Information about Some Awards That
It Got Due To Its Open Position towards the Customers
They could also found information about
endangered and abducted children on the network of the company.
Verizon Wireless has continuously confirmed its open attitude
toward all mobile owners at recent days by starting a huge
variety of high social responsible events in the United States
and the rest part of the world. It allows the different
customers easier access to the emergency number 911. Verizon
Wireless also support a wide set of mobile decisions
appropriate to militaries and the government. Thus, it is no
surprise that this mobile provider receives a lot of various
awards, marking the high level of its social responsibility and
the entire open-minded policy towards the public. Here we will
list only the most important of them:
. carrier of the year for the years 2004
and 2006,
. best overall carrier by Laptop Magazine
in May 2004,
. best place to work in IT for the years
2004 and 2006,
. highest in wireless business
satisfaction by J D Power and Associates on 17 May 2006,
. highest rating of customer service quality by RCR
Wireless News on 21 January 2004,
. best wireless product by Wireless Systems Design
on 11 February 2004,
. corporation of the year by the Pan Asian American
Chamber of Commerce in the United States.
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