DALLAS, Sept. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Get the weather report for Friday night's
football game or find where that new movie is playing, using Verizon
SuperPages On the Go's new Short Message Service (SMS). Using a Verizon
Wireless phone, text messagers can get movie show times, weather forecasts and
reverse number look up, in addition to residential and business phone numbers
and addresses.
Just send a text message from a TXT messaging-capable Verizon Wireless
phone to S-U-P-E-R (78737) and enter the ZIP code for weather, or the landline
phone number to see who just called. Or enter the movie, business or
resident's name and the selected area (city/state or ZIP code) to locate them
or get the phone number.
The first two queries are free. Subsequent queries are 30 cents each,
with no monthly access charges.
"SMS is the language that our young people use to communicate," said Eric
Chandler, vice president -- E-commerce marketing. "With our SMS technology,
teens and young adults can get the information they need by sending a simple
query using their Verizon Wireless phone."
This new offering is powered by m-Qube, a Boston-area mobile technology
provider and leading mobile channel enabler that helps companies develop,
deliver and bill for mobile content, messaging and applications.
More information is available at http://sms.superpages.com.
About Verizon SuperPages.com
Verizon Information Services, a division of Verizon Communications Corp.
(NYSE: VZ), is the nation's most advanced provider of yellow pages and related
shopping information. It has $3.6 billion in revenues from products
including: Verizon SuperPages yellow pages; Verizon SuperPages.com
(http://www.superpages.com), the nation's best Internet directory and a
leading online shopping resource; and the SuperPages On the Go information
directory offered through Verizon Wireless Get It Now services and on other
wireless carriers. The company is the largest publisher of Hispanic
directories in the U.S. and the first to provide a Hispanic online shopping
resource (http://www.superpages.com/espanol).
About Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless owns and operates the nation's most reliable wireless
network, serving 47.4 million voice and data customers. Headquartered in
Bedminster, NJ, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications
(NYSE: VZ) and Vodafone (NYSE and LSE: VOD). Find more information on the Web
at 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.
SOURCE Verizon
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Related links:
http://www.verizonwireless.com
http://www.superpages.com http://sms.superpages.com
http://www.superpages.com/espanol
http://www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia
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CONTACT:
Mary De La Garza, +1-972-453-7016,
mary.delagarza@verizon.com, or Dana Benton Russell,
+1-972-453-7014, dana.b.russell@verizon.com, both of Verizon
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