Verizon Cell Phones 2nd Biggest Wireless Mobile Network CDMA Technology Pioneer

Verizon Cell Phones are sold by Verizon wireless, which is a major telecom company of USA that covers a major section of US, cell phone users. As a matter of fact, it is the 2nd biggest wireless mobile network of USA and caters to a whopping 67.2 million-subscriber base. Its yearly revenue hovers around $40 billion.


The headquarters of the company is in New Jersey and the Vodafone Group owns a 45% stake in it. After a history of partnership and acquisitions, the company started operating with the name of Verizon Wireless from the year 2000. This name was derived from merging horizon and a Latin term ‘Veritas’ denoting truth. After the introduction of unlimited talk plans in 2008, the company reported record revenues and the sale of Verizon Cell Phones went up.

As a matter of fact, Verizon Wireless is among the first US cellular network companies to make use of the CDMA technology. To maintain and perform up gradation of its network the company spends around $8 billion per year. It offers a host of value added services for the users like wireless broadband and voice-based services. The Verizon Cell Phones also enable a user to get access to exclusive features like Video on Demand and a host of downloadable contents.

The introduction of the state of the art EV-DO Rev network technology has enabled Verizon Wireless to offer data download and upload at blazing speeds. At the end of 2007, Verizon Wireless declared its ambitious plans to incorporate a type of GSM standard named 4G standard LTE in collaboration with Vodafone. This marks a significant shift from their tradition of using CDMA technology but will enable the company to add the GSM users to its customer base.

The company offers a plethora of handsets from various cell phone manufacturers to its subscribers. The website of the company contains a list of the compatible Verizon Cell Phones. Some of the popular cell phone models in the company’s kitty are the LG Chocolate, Motorola Q, and Samsung Alias among many others.

Verizon wireless received a number of awards for the consistent performance and enhancements in its network and handsets, from the telecom industry. However, the company has also drawn the flak of some industry people for its tendency to restrict the inbuilt GPS features of some of the Verizon Cell Phones. Some users have alleged that the company has disabled the free GPS capabilities of some Blackberry models to force the users to stick to its own GPS service. Verizon Cell Phones