Verizon Showcases Its Fiber-Optic FiOS TV At CEDIA EXPO 2006

Product-training Session Demonstrates How Home Theater Retailers Can Market the Latest TV Technology

September 19, 2006

Verizon, which is celebrating the first anniversary of Verizon FiOS TV, will introduce its fiber-optic-powered TV technology to the home theater industry at CEDIA EXPO 2006 here this week. Verizon also announced it is now a CEDIA member. Verizon makes its CEDIA EXPO debut at Booth #2604. Verizon is also hosting product- training sessions titled "Market Your Business with the Latest TV Technology – Verizon FiOS TV." Verizon is the only service provider that CEDIA has accepted to provide product training at the show. The lead instructor for the course is James Westbrook, president of Home Theater Technologies in Keller, Texas, the first dealer to offer Verizon FiOS TV service. (Note: reporters can contact Verizon spokesperson Sharon Cohen-Hagar to schedule interviews with Westbrook and Verizon.) "Our experience with Home Theater Technologies shows that both retailers and Verizon benefit from this kind of collaboration," said Matt Wilson, director of indirect distribution for Verizon. "Home Theater Technologies saw an immediate increase in traffic with FiOS, while Verizon had a high-profile, high-tech showcase for its service. Technicians from both industries also benefit from collaborative learning on home-theater installations." Said Westbrook, "Home Theater Technologies tapped into customers who would not have come to us had we not advertised the Verizon FiOS experience. This is a huge win for both companies and our customers." During the course, Westbrook and Verizon representatives will discuss techniques for using FiOS TV to market a home-theater business. Topics include pre-wire requirements, network requirements and troubleshooting. The session will also include a demonstration of FiOS TV's newest service, Home Media DVR. Launched in August, Home Media DVR combines a multi-room digital video recorder with Media Manager, a feature that lets subscribers view photos and listen to music stored on their PCs through their TV. The training sessions (Course Code: MPT413) will be offered Thursday, from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., and Friday and Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., in Hyatt, Mineral F. About Verizon FiOS TV Verizon FiOS TV provides a broad array of all-digital programming, two dozen high-definition channels, up to 2,500 on-demand titles and FiOS TV Widgets, which supplies one-touch, on-demand access to real-time local weather and traffic. FiOS TV is delivered over Verizon's fiber-to-the-home network, the largest of its kind in the country. Verizon launched FiOS TV on Sept. 22, 2005, and today offers it in more than 70 communities in parts of seven states: California, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Virginia and Texas. It is adding new markets as it obtains franchises giving it the legal authority to do so. Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ), a Dow 30 company, is a leader in delivering broadband and other wireline and wireless communication innovations to mass market, business, government and wholesale customers. Verizon Wireless operates America's most reliable wireless network, serving nearly 55 million customers nationwide. Verizon Business operates one of the most expansive wholly-owned global IP networks. Verizon Telecom is deploying the nation's most advanced fiber-optic network to deliver the benefits of converged communications, information and entertainment services to customers. Based in New York, Verizon has a diverse workforce of more than 252,000 and generates annual consolidated operating revenues of approximately $90 billion. For more information, visit http://www.verizon.com.

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