TJ Fox, president of Illinois/Wisconsin region at Verizon Wireless, said: "Wireless consumers today understand that value is not defined by price alone. A major reason our customers choose Verizon Wireless and stay with us is because we offer the nation's most reliable network."

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SPICES is a credit linked structure whereby the note holders obtain credit exposure to the collateral assets, 7.75% Verizon Global Funding Corp. fixed rate notes (rated 'A+', Rating Watch Negative) via a cross currency swap transaction. Note proceeds are used to purchase the Verizon bond, which serves as the collateral for the swap between SPICES and Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ Bank, rated 'F1+/AA-', Outlook Stable), as the swap counterparty. ANZ Bank will make semi-annual interest payments in JPY to the note holders and SPICES will pass through the interest received on the collateral assets to ANZ Bank. At maturity, SPICES will pass through the par amount received on the collateral assets to ANZ Bank and in return ANZ Bank will pay SPICES the JPY equivalent using a fixed exchange rate.

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The "Big City Wireless Use Study" was initially developed by Verizon Wireless to compare the growth in text messaging from April 2006 to April 2008 in the Southeastern states of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia, the company said.

"Our text messaging study offers an interesting snapshot of how Americans have come to rely on their cell phones every day to do much more than make phone calls," said Jerry Fountain, Verizon Wireless president for the Carolinas/Tennessee region. "Text messaging is a great way to communicate information such as text and pictures quickly and efficiently and stay connected with family and friends all over the globe."

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