Verizon Wireless Completes $31 Million Investment in New Omaha Network Facility

The switching center, which is housed in a 26,000-square-foot building, is a large digital computer center that controls all aspects of wireless calls and data applications. Currently the Omaha MTSO handles more than four million data connections and two million voice calls a month. The new facility has room to expand for projected increases in voice and data network capacity for the next 25 years.

Verizon Wireless' network capacity requirements increase each year as the company grows its customer base and offers increasingly sophisticated wireless products and services such as navigation systems, multimedia services and Internet access.

"This new MTSO prepares our network for a substantial increase in usage by our existing and new customers," said Brian Mecum, executive director of network -- Great Plains Region, Verizon Wireless. "This state-of-the-art facility also brings the latest wireless technology toNebraska and western Iowa."

Redundancy is built into the MTSO facility for reliability in the event of an unplanned event or power outage. Within 15 seconds of a power loss to the facility, the MTSO's generator assumes the network power needs with no interruption to customers' service.

The 1.5 megawatt diesel generator is stocked with 10,000 gallons of fuel that can provide days of uninterrupted service. The MTSO is also equipped with enough backup battery power to keep the building operational for an additional eight hours, giving Verizon Wireless' network team ample time to refuel and maintain the generator and continue providing customers with uninterrupted service. The MTSO also houses 262 tons of air conditioners needed to cool the entire system.

"As the backbone of our wireless network, this MTSO ensures that Verizon Wireless has the capacity to accommodate our customer needs -- both in times of normalcy and in the event of an emergency or natural disaster," Mecum said. "We are committed to delivering the most reliable wireless network, and the redundancy features that are built-in throughout our network system helps us do just that."

This new MTSO is part of Verizon Wireless' continuous effort to augment the quality of its wireless voice and data network inNebraska and across the country. Verizon Wireless has invested more than $45 billion since it was formed -- more than $5.5 billion on average every year -- to increase the coverage and capacity of its national network and to add new services. From January 2005 through September 2008, more than $95 million of this investment were spent inNebraska on network improvements.

About Verizon Wireless

Verizon Wireless operates the nation's most reliable wireless voice and data network, serving 68.7 million customers. Headquartered inBasking 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.

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