VNR Available: Skype Mobile for Verizon Wireless

VNR Available: Skype Mobile for Verizon Wireless

Includes Footage from Joint Verizon Wireless/Skype News Conference at CTIA, App Demos and Customer Comments

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

WHAT: A VNR featuring:

-- Video from the Verizon Wireless/Skype news conference at CTIA WIRELESS 2010(R)

-- Sounds bites from:

- John Harrobin, senior vice president of digital media and marketing, Verizon Wireless

- Russ Shaw, general manager of Mobile, Skype

-- Customer comments about the Skype mobile application

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

Verizon Wireless' YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/VerizonWirelessTV

ADDITIONAL INFO: Broadcast-quality B-Roll and high-resolution images of the Skype mobile app are also available in the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library.

WHEN: Available now

BACKGROUND: From CTIA WIRELESS 2010 in Las Vegas, Verizon Wireless and Skype announced earlier today 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-- March 24

Source: Verizon Wireless
   

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