Verizon Wireless, the wireless company with the highest customer loyalty, has activated a new cell site in Saint Henry, which will enable more customers to use their wireless phones concurrently to make calls; send and receive email and text, picture and video messages; access the Internet; and download games and ringtones, while enjoying clearer reception and fewer dropped calls.

The new cell site improves coverage:

* In the towns of Saint Henry, Coldwater, Montezuma, Chickasaw, Maria Stein, Sharpsburg, Burkettsville, New Weston, North Star, Osgood and Yorkshire;
* Along State Route 119 from Saint Peter Road east to State Route 716;
* Along State Route 118 from Buschor Road south to State Route 705;
* Along U.S. Route 127 from State Route 29 south to State Route 705;
* The southwestern portion of Grand Lake.

"Network reliability is the No. 1 reason that customers choose and stay with Verizon Wireless," said Roger Tang, president-Ohio/Pennsylvania/West Virginia Region, Verizon Wireless. "Getting through on the first try and maintaining a connection are important to our customers. We continue to optimize our network so that it remains the most reliable in the nation."

This network improvement is part of Verizon Wireless' continual effort to expand coverage, improve capacity and enhance the quality of its wireless voice and data network in Ohio and throughout the country. Verizon Wireless has invested more than $50 billion since it was formed -- $5.5 billion on average every year -- to increase the coverage and capacity of its premier nationwide network and to add new services. In the first half of this year, the company invested more than $160 million in its Ohio network.

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