B-Roll Available To Media: Verizon Wireless Continues Network Restoration, Store Clean Up and Community Outreach Efforts in the Gulf Coast

BEDMINSTER, N.J., Sept. 19 /PRNewswire/ --

WHO: Verizon Wireless, the nation's leading wireless service provider WHAT: B-Roll illustrating Verizon Wireless' hurricane relief and recovery efforts across the Gulf Coast including: * Network technicians surveying affected cell sites during an aerial tour in a Blackhawk helicopter * Comments from Verizon Wireless Emergency Response Team members on the Blackhawk mission and the network information obtained * Verizon Wireless Disaster Recovery Team surveying the network from the company's switch in Baton Rouge, LA * Verizon Wireless Communications Stores - Interior and exterior views of the temporary RV Mobile Store set up in Slidell, LA - Comments from Joe Bush, District Manager, Gulf Coast region on the temporary RV Mobile Store - Interior and exterior views of clean-up of the damage caused by Hurricane Katrina to a store in Gulfport, MS * Verizon Wireless' Disaster Recovery Team helping evacuees at The River Center in Baton Rouge, LA, contact their families * Verizon Wireless employees describing how text messaging helped those in shelters to locate their loved ones * Verizon Wireless employees discussing the round-the-clock technical and network support available to customers and the feedback they have received WHERE: B-Roll can be found at http://www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia WHEN: Available now BACKGROUND: Verizon Wireless continues to work around-the-clock on its network and at stores to provide support to residents in the affected areas in the Gulf Coast. As the recovery efforts continue, Verizon Wireless has restored service to more than 95 percent of the areas in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and the Northshore areas of Lake Pontchartrain that were affected by the hurricane. CONTACT: Sheryl Sellaway Verizon Wireless 678.339.5564 (office) / 404.695.5564 (mobile) Sheryl.Sellaway@VerizonWireless.com In Gulf Coast: Patrick Kimball Verizon Wireless 281.686.1937 (mobile) patrick.kimball@verizonwireless.com All Other Calls: Brian Wood Verizon Wireless 908.306.7901 (office) Brian.Wood@VerizonWireless.com About Verizon Wireless

Verizon Wireless owns and operates the nation's most reliable wireless network, serving 47.4 million voice and data customers. Headquartered in Bedminster, NJ, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications and Vodafone (NYSE and LSE: VOD). Find more information on the Web at http://www.verizonwireless.com/. To preview and request broadcast-quality video footage and high-resolution stills of Verizon Wireless operations, log on to the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at http://www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.