Vodafone and Verizon, Partners For High-speed Data

Vodafone has launched a high-speed datacard that enables customers to access business applications, email and the internet from their laptop whilst on the move in the United States.

Launched in partnership with Verizon Wireless, the new datacard uses Verizon Wireless' EVDO (Evolution-Data Optimized) network to provide customers with access to the largest national wireless high-speed, broadband network currently available in the United States.

Across Europe, Japan and New Zealand, Vodafone customers access the Vodafone 3G network, with data rates of up to 384kpbs using the award-winning Vodafone Mobile Connect 3G/GPRS datacard. When travelling in the United States, the service is just as easy to use. Customers simply need to remove the Vodafone Mobile Connect 3G/GPRS datacard and replace it with the Vodafone Mobile Connect EVDO datacard, then use the existing Vodafone Mobile Connect software to access Verizon Wireless' EVDO network.

The Vodafone Mobile Connect EVDO datacard will be sold as a package, containing both the Vodafone Mobile Connect 3G/GPRS datacard and the new Vodafone Mobile Connect EVDO datacard, or separately for customers who already own a Vodafone Mobile Connect 3G datacard. Data roaming usage of the Vodafone Mobile Connect EVDO datacard will be charged to the customers Vodafone account at the same predictable data roaming rates currently offered by the local Vodafone operator.

The datacard will initially be available to corporate accounts through Vodafone's direct sales force in Germany, the Netherlands and the UK, with other markets to follow next year.

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