Wireless Phones Can Play A Big Part In Personal Emergency Communications Plans

Featuring Tips for Consumers: All New Broadcast-Quality Video Now Available From Verizon Wireless.

WHO:
Verizon Wireless, the leading wireless company with the nation�s largest and most reliable wireless voice and data network

WHAT:
With the start of hurricane season on Monday, June 1, broadcast-quality B-Roll can assist television news stations in explaining how wireless customers can prepare a personal emergency communications plan and best communicate during an emergency. Available video includes:

�Planning evacuation routes with VZ Navigator(SM)
�Keeping phones, batteries, chargers and other equipment in a dry, accessible location
�Programming emergency phone numbers in a wireless phone
�Sending text messages to free up the network for emergency personnel
�Checking news and weather reports with a wireless phone
WHEN:
Available immediately

WHERE:
The B-Roll can be found at www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia

BACKGROUND:
Verizon Wireless encourages consumers to set up an emergency communications plan now before the June 1 start of the 2009 hurricane season to help them stay connected during a hurricane or other natural disaster.

Verizon Wireless prepares year-round to ensure that customers can stay connected during natural disasters and other emergencies. The company�s ongoing intensive investments and preparations proved critical during and after past years� extraordinary storms when Verizon Wireless� network remained strong while many other wireless communication networks struggled. As a result, emergency response officials and residents were able to make calls, send text messages and harness the company�s high-speed wireless data services on the Verizon Wireless network to communicate with emergency officials, support services, businesses, family, friends and co-workers.

MORE INFO:
Additional information about Verizon Wireless� preparations for the 2009 hurricane season, including network information and Verizon Wireless spokesperson information, can be found online in the Verizon Wireless Emergency Information Center at http://news.vzw.com.

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 in Basking 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.