Verizon Wireless, owner and operator of the only national wide-area wireless broadband network in the United States, has again fulfilled its promise to expand its EV-DO wireless broadband network to more customers as it added seven new markets today to the growing list of areas where its two EV-DO (Evolution-Data Optimized) based services, BroadbandAccess and VCAST, are available. In addition, the company announced its success with its business service in existing markets has enabled it to offer Verizon Wireless customers with any monthly voice plan unlimited BroadbandAccess for $59.99 monthly access, a savings of 25% per month.

Dick Lynch, executive vice president and chief technical officer for Verizon Wireless, said: "We made the promise that Verizon Wireless' broadband network would be widely-available by the end of 2005, and here we are today, fulfilling that promise. It should come as no surprise that we are ahead of schedule - after all, this is what we do, we build networks. We are confident that our deployment and network technology will enable customers to reap the benefits of the nation's only national wireless broadband network."

Today, Verizon Wireless' EV-DO network now includes the major metropolitan areas and airports in Baton Rouge, LA; Charlotte and Raleigh Durham, NC; Denver; Louisville, KY; and San Francisco and Sacramento, CA. Customers in these and other major metropolitan areas from coast to coast can now access the only national wireless broadband network currently available in the U.S. Verizon Wireless' EV-DO network is currently available in the following major metropolitan markets:

Arizona
1. Phoenix

California
2. Los Angeles (includes Burbank and Ontario)
3. Orange County
4. Sacramento*
5. San Diego
6. San Francisco*

Colorado
7. Denver*

Connecticut
8. Hartford
9. New Haven
10. New London

Delaware
11. Wilmington

District of Columbia
12. Greater Washington

Florida
13. Ft. Lauderdale
14. Jacksonville
15. Miami
16. Orlando
17. Tampa/St. Petersburg
18. West Palm Beach

Georgia
19. Athens
20. Atlanta

Illinois
21. Chicago

Indiana
22. Indianapolis

Kansas
23. Kansas City (includes Overland Park) (also in MO)

Kentucky
24. Louisville*

Louisiana
25. Baton Rouge*
26. Lake Charles
27. New Orleans

Maryland
28. Baltimore

Massachusetts
29. Boston

Michigan
30. Detroit

Minnesota
31. Minneapolis

Missouri
Kansas City (also in KS)
32. St. Louis

Nevada
33. Las Vegas

New Jersey
34. Newark/Jersey City
35. Trenton

New York
36. Long Island (Suffolk and Nassau counties)
37. New York
38. Rochester
39. Syracuse

North Carolina
40. Charlotte*
41. Raleigh Durham*

Ohio
42. Akron
43. Cincinnati
44. Cleveland
45. Columbus
46. Dayton

Oregon
47. Portland

Pennsylvania
48. Philadelphia
49. Pittsburgh

Rhode Island
50. Providence

Tennessee
51. Knoxville

Texas
52. Austin
53. Beaumont
54. Dallas
55. Fort Worth
56. Houston
57. San Antonio

Virginia
58. Richmond

Washington
59. Seattle

Wisconsin
60. Madison
61. Milwaukee

*New market as of August 29, 2005