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Wyoming Customers Can See, Touch and Experience the Latest Wireless Phones and Devices

CASPER, Wyo., July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Wireless users inCasper who are looking to get hands-on experience with cutting-edge voice, data, music and video devices have a new place to call home.

Verizon Wireless today opens its first "evolution" communications store in the state and one of the first in the nation to seek LEED(R) certification. The store offers consumers and small business customers hands-on interaction with wireless voice, data, music and video services in a sleek, new full-service environment. The new store is located inCasper at 601 Wyoming Boulevard in the Eastridge Mall shopping center.

Wireless customers inCasper can sample a wide array of fully-activated new phones and devices first hand for a total wireless experience. What's more, data users can learn how to stay connected in more places with wireless data access on PC cards; learn about the MiFi 2200 (your own personal Wi-Fi hotspot); experience the new netbook; flip over the new smartphone from BlackBerry(R) and so much more.

LEED(R) Certification

The newCasper store is the first Verizon Wireless retail location in the nation to apply for LEED certification from the United States Green Building Council (USGBC). The store's design optimizes water and energy use, enhances indoor environmental quality, and reduces waste through specifications and responsible procurement and construction practices. The store is expected to be the first LEED certified project inCasper and will join only five other LEED-rated projects in the state. The LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System(TM) is the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of high-performance green buildings.

Additional convenience features of the newCasper store include:

    --  Interactive "demo zone" guided by knowledgeable staff
    --  Integrated systems and operational enhancements designed to streamline
        the sales process and increase customer satisfaction
    --  Check-in kiosk enables customers to sign in on arrival and stay informed
        via monitors that track their place in the queue for service
    --  Roomy and easy to locate technical assistance and customer support areas
        with interactive displays

"Our new, green store inCasper provides plenty of space for both shopping and customer service, in keeping with our commitment to deliver innovative voice and data plans, exciting new devices and services and the best possible wireless experience," said Melanie Braidich, regional president of Verizon Wireless.

Verizon Wireless has invested more than $91 million in Wyoming and nearly $50 billion nationally 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.

About Verizon Wireless

Verizon Wireless operates the nation's most reliable and largest wireless voice and data network, serving more than 86.6 million customers. Headquartered inBasking Ridge, N.J., with more than 86,000 employees nationwide, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) and Vodafone (NYSE and LSE: VOD). For more information, visit 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 www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.

About USGBC

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) is a 501(c)(3) non profit composed of leaders from every sector of the building industry working to promote buildings and communities that are environmentally responsible, profitable and healthy places to live and work. The U.S. Green Building Council developed the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System.

About LEED(R)

The LEED Green Building Rating System(TM) is the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings.

SOURCE Verizon Wireless