'DROID Does Times Square' - Broadcast-Quality Video Available

November 6, 2009 7:00 PM EST

    WHO:            Verizon Wireless, the company with the nation's largest
                    and most reliable wireless voice and 3G data network

    WHAT:           Broadcast-quality video showing callers controlling two of
                    Times Square's largest digital billboards - the NASDAQ and
                    Reuters signs - using voice commands

    WHERE:          In the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at
                    www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia

    BACKGROUND:     Verizon Wireless created a first-of-its-kind interactive
                    experience in New York City called, "DROID Does Times
                    Square," letting callers control two of Times Square's
                    largest digital billboards - the NASDAQ and Reuters signs
                    - using voice commands.

                    The digital billboards instructed passersby to call a
                    toll-free number (1-888-376-4336) to search locations in
                    the Times Square area.  Participants can search for
                    practically anything (e.g. their favorite restaurants,
                    plays, movies, stores), and the search results will be
                    displayed on the digital billboards using Google Maps.
                    This activity will take place daily from 12:30 p.m. to
                    2:10 p.m. and from 6:30 p.m. to 8:10 p.m. through Nov. 20,
                    and from 6:00 a.m. on Nov. 27 through 2:00 a.m. on Nov.
                    28.

                    Fans worldwide can view the experience in real
                    time by visiting www.droiddoes.com/timessquare.

    MEDIA CONTACT:  Tom Pica
                    Verizon Wireless
                    908.559.7516
                    Thomas.Pica@verizonwireless.com

About Verizon Wireless

Verizon Wireless operates the nation's most reliable and largest wireless voice and 3G data network, serving 89 million customers. Headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with 85,000 employees nationwide, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) and Vodafone (NYSE and LSE: VOD). For more information, visit 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 www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.

/PRNewswire -- Nov. 6/

SOURCE Verizon Wireless

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