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One of the biggest trends in the communications marketplace is the
consumer’s increasing appetite for wireless broadband applications
such as downloading music, watching TV, sharing photos and
connecting to the Internet. Recent advances in mobile technology
have transformed the wireless experience by moving traditional
high-bandwidth Internet applications off the PC and onto handheld
devices. As a result, consumers are now able to use their wireless
phones, laptops, PDAs and smartphones to download videos,
purchase songs, navigate city streets, watch the news, manage their
finances and send email from just about anywhere they may be.
Verizon is leading the way in meeting these evolving needs of
mobile customers. Our nationwide wireless broadband network is
available to more than 240 million people across the United States,
enabling a suite of services that deliver entertainment, information
and productivity benefits to customers.
With Verizon’s V CAST services, for example, customers can listen
to their favorite music by choosing from more than 2.6 million songs
available for downloading from Verizon’s online music store.
We also offer V CAST Mobile TV, which provides customers TV
broadcasts of their favorite full-length comedy, sports and news
programming right to their phone. In addition, our VZ Navigator
service is a real-time GPS navigation system, featuring up-to-date
maps and spoken turn-by-turn directions.
For business customers, Verizon’s BroadbandAccess service
provides high-speed wireless access to email, corporate intranets and
the Internet from notebook computers. We also offer a wide variety
of smartphones that provide wireless access to email and other
information stored on home or office computers.
Through our Open Development Initiative, announced late last
year, we will provide customers the option to use, on the Verizon
Wireless network, wireless devices and applications not offered by
the company but available from developers. These devices will be
certified that they meet our technical standards. By opening our
wireless network to an even wider array of innovators, we will set
the stage for the next level of wireless growth. This new option for
customers will be available by the end of this year.
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VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. 2007 ANNUAL REPORT