Roseville, Ohio, Residents to Benefit from Verizon Wireless Network Enhancements / New Cell Site Means Clearer Reception, Fewer Dropped Calls

ROSEVILLE, Ohio, May 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Wireless, the wireless company with the highest customer loyalty, has activated a new cell site in Roseville, which will enable more customers to use their wireless phones concurrently to make calls; send and receive email and text, picture and video messages; access the Internet; and download games and ringtones, while enjoying clearer reception and fewer dropped calls.

The new cell site improves coverage in Roseville, as well as south along State Route 93 from Lambert Road in Muskingum County to just north of Crooksville in Perry County. In addition, coverage is improved from Hoop Pole and Swackhammer Roads west to State Route 345.

"Network reliability is the No. 1 reason that customers choose and stay with Verizon Wireless," said Roger Tang, president-Ohio/Pennsylvania/West Virginia Region, Verizon Wireless. "Getting through on the first try and maintaining a connection are important to our customers. We continue to optimize our network so that it remains the most reliable in the nation."

This network improvement is part of Verizon Wireless' continual effort to expand coverage, improve capacity and enhance the quality of its premier wireless voice and data network in Ohio and throughout the country. Verizon Wireless has invested more than $50 billion 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. In 2008, the company invested more than $258 million in its Ohio network.

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