Verizon Wireless Promotes Hands-Free Safety During National Wireless Safety Week

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As the summer approaches, Verizon Wireless reminds wireless callers to use their phones safely and responsibly in the car during high-travel holiday weekends. To recognize National Wireless Safety Week, the company is introducing new initiatives and products to make using wireless phones in the car easier and ultimately safer. These efforts aim to increase the development, affordability, and awareness of hands-free technologies. Verizon Wireless is offering four universal headsets, which work with most manufacturers' phones, starting at $14.99, and a free hands-free adapter with sales on select handsets.

Key Takeaways:

  • Verizon Wireless is promoting hands-free safety during National Wireless Safety Week, May 22 through May 28.
  • The company is introducing four new high-quality, universal headsets for hands-free talking, priced at under $20.
  • Two of the headsets are priced at $14.99, while the other two are priced slightly higher.
  • Verizon Wireless is offering a free hands-free adapter with sales on Audiovox CDM4000 and Samsung 411 handsets, while supplies last.
  • The company is also offering a 20 percent discount off all hands-free headsets through the Verizon Wireless Accessory Hotline: 800/247/6544, from next month through the end of July.
  • Verizon Wireless is reminding wireless users to think "safety" all year long, by following these tips: driving safely with their wireless phone, never using a handheld phone while driving, and keeping the phone out of reach while driving.
  • The company has taken an industry-leading position by announcing a series of initiatives to make using wireless phones in the car easier and ultimately safer.

Statistics:

  • Over 18 million wireless voice and data customers and nearly 4 million paging customers rely on Verizon Wireless services.
  • The company has 30,000 employees across the country.
  • Verizon Wireless will reach nearly 90 percent of the U.S. population, 49 of the top 50, and 96 of the top 100 U.S. markets.
  • The company's new coast-to-coast wireless operations were formed by the combination of the U.S. wireless businesses of Bell Atlantic Corp. and Vodafone AirTouch Plc.

Sources:

  • Business Wire, "Verizon Wireless Reminds Wireless Callers to Use Phones Safely and Responsibly", May 22, 2000.
  • Verizon Wireless, "About Verizon Wireless".
  • Verizon Wireless, "Media Center", available at http://www.verizonwireless.com/mediacenter.