Verizon Wireless has invested around $123m to improve its wireless voice and 3G high-speed data network in Metro New York and New Jersey in just the first six months of 2009.
The investment in New York City; Long Island; Rockland, Westchester and Putnam counties in New York, and Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Monmouth, Sussex and Somerset counties in New Jersey, is part of more than $2.2 billion invested in the region and $50 billion invested across the nation since the company was formed in 2000.
According to the company, local network enhancements during the first part of this year include: activating 40 new cell sites to improve voice and data coverage and adding 12 new sites to increase 3G data capacity.
The company claimed that with its improved network coverage, customers can use their wireless devices to send and receive email and text, picture and video messages; view videos; and access VZ Navigator’s turn-by-turn directions, while enjoying clearer reception and fewer dropped calls.
Pat Devlin, regional president of Verizon Wireless, said: “We’ve always believed even the most advanced cell phone is only as good as the network it runs on. Our 3G high-speed Mobile Broadband network is the largest and most reliable in the United States and we expect to commercially launch our Long Term Evolution (LTE) fourth generation network in up to 30 markets in 2010.”
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