Verizon Launches and Demonstrates FiOS TV, Company's New, All-Fiber Video Service

Verizon Launches and Demonstrates FiOS TV, Company's New, All-Fiber Video Service

KELLER, Texas, Sept. 21 -- Verizon will hold a news conference Thursday, Sept. 22, to announce details of the company's new video service and planned offering. Texas Gov. Rick Perry will join Verizon executives to describe the new service and its benefits. The event will include the nation's first public demonstration of FiOS TV. The new, all-fiber service represents the next generation in television entertainment and will provide customers in Texas now, and in other states in the future, a competitive alternative to cable and satellite.

WHEN: 10:05 a.m. CDT Thursday, Sept. 22

DIAL-IN NUMBER: 1-800-733-8519

REPORTERS CAN VIEW A WEBCAST (listen-only mode) AT: http://presentation.uvision.net/verizonfios/

B-ROLL: http://newsfeed.verizon.com/

WHERE: The Keller Pointe 405 Rufe Snow Drive Keller, Texas The facility is located about 10 miles northwest of DFW International Airport.

WHO: Steve Banta, Verizon Southwest region president Gov. Rick Perry Bob Ingalls, Verizon president of Retail Markets Paul Tassinari, Verizon exec. director of Network Services

A question-and-answer session will immediately follow the speakers' comments.

BACKGROUND: In 2004, Verizon began constructing its 100-percent fiber-optic network, and will pass 3 million homes with fiber by the end of 2005. The company already offers its FiOS broadband service in many of its markets. This announcement and demonstration of the company's new FiOS TV service represents the realization of Verizon's new network, which uses the unlimited capacity of glass and light to deliver voice, data and now, television.

MEDIA CONTACTS: Bob Elek, 813-417-1596 (cell)

Bill Kula, 972-718-6924 (office), 214-789-1644 (cell)

PRNewswire -- Sept. 21

Source: Verizon

Web site: http://www.verizon.com/ http://newsfeed.verizon.com/ http://presentation.uvision.net/verizonfios

Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/094251.html

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