Festival Kicks off on April 16;
Live Performances and More on V CAST Video

BASKING RIDGE, N.J., April
14 /PRNewswire/ — Music fans across the country can get
an all-access pass to the most critically acclaimed music festival in the United States — the Coachella Valley
Music & Arts Festival, taking place from Friday,
April 16 to Sunday, April 18.  For
the first time, Verizon Wireless and Coachella
will bring customers exclusive festival content to V CAST Video on
their Verizon Wireless phones, including live performances from some of
the most groundbreaking artists from all genres of music.

Beginning Friday, April 16 at 2
p.m. EDT, select musical performances from Coachella will be streamed live to Verizon
Wireless customers’ mobile phones, giving fans the opportunity to watch
the mega-music event live even if they are unable make it to the
festival grounds, thanks to the largest and most reliable wireless voice
and 3G data network in the country.  Additional coverage of Coachella will be streamed live over the
weekend.  The live and archived video stream can be found on V
CAST-capable phones in the Media Center/Get It Now® under V CAST
Video/Music.

Customers with select
3G Multimedia Phones and 3G Smartphones can check out V CAST Video for a
$10 monthly subscription, which includes
access to full-length television shows plus news, sports, weather, live
entertainment and access to Verizon Wireless’ ESPN MVP service.  There
are no megabyte charges to download, stream or watch V CAST content with
any V CAST subscription; however, customers must also have a data
package for a data usage allowance.  For more information about V CAST
Video, including how to subscribe, visit www.verizonwireless.com/vcast.

The 11th Coachella
Valley Music & Arts Festival will take place Friday,
April 16 through Sunday, April 18
at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, Calif.,
and will feature a mix of artists, including Jay-Z, Muse, Gorillaz,
Pavement, Thom Yorke, Vampire Weekend,
Them Crooked Vultures, LCD Soundsystem, Phoenix,
Tiesto, Faith No More, Deadmau5, David Guetta
and MGMT.  More details on Coachella
can be found at www.coachella.com.

For more information
about video content from Verizon Wireless, visit a Verizon Wireless
Communications Store, call 1-800-2 JOIN IN or go to www.verizonwireless.com.
 

About Verizon
Wireless

Verizon Wireless
operates the nation’s most reliable and largest wireless voice and 3G
data network, serving more than 91 million customers. Headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with 83,000 employees
nationwide, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon
Communications (NYSE, NASDAQ: VZ) and Vodafone (LSE, VOD). For more
information, visit 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 www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.Verizon Wireless