Verizon Wireless was the overwhelming network performance leader in the rankings of wireless providers in the United States in the first National RootScore® Report, issued today by Seattle-based RootMetrics®. Verizon Wireless ranked highest in five categories, including the Overall Award Winner in the National RootScore Report and the leader in the state rankings with wins or ties for first place for Overall Performance in 45 states.

1. VERIZON'S NETWORK RANKS 1ST
IN MORE U.S. STATES
Based on RootMetrics®studies* measuring wireless network performance, the
Verizon Wireless network was ranked 1st (or tied for 1st) in overall performance in
more states than any of the other national wireless providers.
16/
45/
CARRIER X
VERIZON
0/
CARRIER Y
OVERALL
PERFORMANCE
14/
46/
CARRIER X
VERIZON
0/
0/
CARRIER Z
24/
34/
CARRIER X
VERIZON
0/
CARRIER Y
18/
47/
CARRIER X
VERIZON
1/
CARRIER Y
CARRIER Y
0/
RELIABILITY
0/
2/
CARRIER Z
CARRIER Z
CARRIER Z
SPEED
18/
40/
CARRIER X
VERIZON
0/
CALL
35/
40/
CARRIER X
VERIZON
10/
CARRIER Y
CARRIER Y
0/
DATA
5/
CARRIER Z
CARRIER Z
*Rankings based on RootMetrics US State RootScore Reports: covering July-December 2013 for network performance test results of 4 mobile networks as an average
across all available network types. Carrier outright wins ("W")/ties ("T") for the following categories as follows: Overall (Verizon: 34W/11T; X: 5W/11T), Reliability
(Verizon:35W/11T;X:3W/11T), Speed (Verizon: 26W/8T; X: 16W/8T), Call (Verizon: 31W/16T; X: 3W/15T; Y: 0W/1T; Z: 0W/2T), Data (Verizon: 32W/8T; X: 10W/8T) and
Text (Verizon: 11W/29T; X: 10W/25T; Y: 0W/10T; Z: 0W/5T). The RootMetrics award is not an endorsement of Verizon. Visit www.rootmetrics.com for details.
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