B-Roll, Images Available: Skype mobile for Verizon Wireless

B-Roll, Images Available: Skype mobile for Verizon Wireless

Joint Verizon Wireless/Skype News Conference at CTIA WIRELESS 2010(R) and App

                       Demos Among Available Assets

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

  WHAT:           Broadcast-quality B-Roll, including:
                  -- Sounds bites from:
                     - John Harrobin, senior vice president of digital media
                       and marketing, Verizon Wireless
                     - Russ Shaw, general manager of Mobile, Skype
                  -- Video of the Skype mobile(TM) app on a Verizon Wireless
                     phone

                  A VNR will also be available later today.

                  High-resolution still images, including:
                  -- Images from the Verizon Wireless/Skype news conference
                  -- The Skype mobile app on Verizon Wireless devices

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

  WHEN:           Available now

  BACKGROUND:     From CTIA WIRELESS 2010 in Las Vegas, Verizon Wireless and
                  Skype announced that Skype mobile will be available
                  on Thursday, March 25, starting with nine
                  Verizon Wireless 3G smartphones.  Skype mobile uses the
                  Verizon Wireless voice network for the wireless connection
                  of the Skype-to-Skype calls, providing Verizon Wireless
                  customers with a superior experience and top-notch call
                  quality. Learn more at
                  http://news.vzw.com/news/2010/03/pr2010-03-23a.html.

  MEDIA CONTACT:  Tom Pica
                  914.772.0757
                  Thomas.Pica@verizonwireless.comhttp://twitter.com/VZWNetwork

  About Verizon Wireless

Verizon Wireless operates the nation's most reliable and largest wireless voice and 3G data network, serving more than 91 million customers. Headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with 83,000 employees nationwide, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ)(NASDAQ: VZ) and Vodafone (NASDAQ:VOD). For more information, visit 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.

/PRNewswire -- March 23/

Source: Verizon Wireless
   

Web Site:  http://www.verizonwireless.com/