Verizon Wireless today launched a wireless service that lets parents check their children's whereabouts. Based on Global Positioning System (GPS) data, the Chaperone service also lets parents set up geographic limits and receive text alerts if their children, who also carry phones, go too far from home.

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The availability of Chaperone with Child Zone marks the first time a wireless service allows parents to establish predetermined areas for children to travel, automatically alerting the parent about the location of the device when it enters or leaves the defined area. Features of these services include:

Once the child is equipped with a new or updated Migo phone and the service is activated on the account, parents can locate their child's Migo phone from a PC via the Chaperone Web site (www.VerizonWireless.com/Chaperone). Optionally, parents can download the Chaperone application from the Get It Now virtual store, at no charge, to conduct single location requests for the Migo phone directly from the parent's Verizon Wireless phone.

Using this service, parents can:

- Perform single location requests of the Migo phone's whereabouts and display the location of the Migo phone on a map via the Chaperone Web site or the parent's Verizon Wireless phone
- Program the Migo phone's automatic calling buttons over the air from the Chaperone Web site
- Customize Chaperone settings, including 'English' or 'Spanish' language, creating a unique name for the child's Migo phone and enabling or disabling the emergency calling button

Using the Chaperone Web site, a parent can construct an area called a Child Zone around the vicinity of locations that their child frequents (such as school, playgrounds or daycare centers). Different locations can be "zoned" for one time, always on, or for up to 24 hours. When the child arrives or leaves the predetermined area with their Migo phone, the parent is alerted via TXT Message on their Verizon Wireless phone.

Additionally, the Migo phone allows a child to be in quick contact with their parents or other relatives by pressing one of four buttons to speed dial loved ones when the buttons are programmed by their parents, whether they are calling just to say "hello" or in the event a problem occurs. Designed for family communication, the Migo phone allows parents to program up to four important phone numbers, like their home, mobile or work numbers, emergency services, a babysitter or a grandparent, then children can speed dial these "helpers" with the simple touch of a button.

To purchase Chaperone, parents first need to subscribe to a Verizon Wireless Family Share Plan and must have a Migo phone on that account. Parents can add the basic Chaperone Child Locator for $9.99 monthly access per line or add Chaperone Child Locator and Chaperone with Child Zone for $19.99 monthly access per line.

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