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Verizon (News - Alert) Wireless has expanded its network with a new cell site, which increases coverage and capacity along Columbus Boulevard, intersecting with Penn and Dock Streets, as well as the intersection of 2nd and Bread Streets.

Headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with 68,000 employees nationwide, Verizon Wireless has been on expansion spree which is part of an aggressive multi-billion dollar network investment each year, more than $1 billion every 90 days, to stay ahead of the growing demand for voice and data services.

So far in 2007 the company has spent $120 million to enhance services and coverage throughout southeastern, central and northeastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey and Delaware, bringing the network investment in the region to more than $1 billion since 2000.

The company has spent more than $40 billion over the last seven years into its national wireless network in a bid to offer customers the most reliable service available, including wireless data services such as picture messaging, text messaging, and the company's exclusive V CAST service that brings video clips of TV shows, music on demand and other multimedia services to wireless phones over Verizon Wireless' high-speed EV-DO network.

Moreover, BroadbandAccess, Verizon Wireless' high-speed third generation wireless broadband network, has been enhanced with EV-DO Rev. A technology that provides speeds that are eight to nine times faster than before.

Verizon Wireless a joint venture of Verizon Communications and Vodafone (News - Alert), serving 63.7 million customers.

Anil Sharma is a TMCnet Contributing Editor

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