ISIS Launches In Austin

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ISIS, the mobile commerce joint venture created by major wireless providers, today announced the availability of the ISIS Mobile Wallet in Austin and Salt Lake City.

To celebrate the milestone in mobile commerce in Austin, Verizon Wireless hosted a store event at its Great Hills location on Monday, October 22.  Taking place at one of Verizon Wireless's concept stores, dubbed Evolution 2.0, the event allowed guests to experience the mobile wallet technology first-hand through "The ISIS Experience" game and store demonstrations of ISIS-ready smartphones.

"Mobile commerce is an area of growing interest to our customers," said Frank Antonacci , Central Texas region president, Verizon Wireless. "We are excited to gather in Austin today to celebrate the launch of ISIS. Verizon Wireless is not only bringing a convenient and secure way of mobile payment to our customers in Austin, but also letting them enjoy the service with the fast speeds of the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE network."   

Also at the store event, Verizon Wireless presented two HopeLine grants to The Texas Advocacy Project and ADVANCE-Austin to commemorate October, the national domestic violence awareness month. Both non-profit organizations are dedicated to the education and prevention of domestic violence. The HopeLine from Verizon program has been supporting domestic violence survivors and serving the community for more than a decade.

About Verizon Wireless

Verizon Wireless operates the nation's largest 4G LTE network and largest, most reliable 3G network. The company serves 94.2 million retail customers, including 88.8 million retail postpaid customers.  Headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with 78,000 employees nationwide, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE, NASDAQ: VZ) and Vodafone (LSE, NASDAQ: 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.

SOURCE Verizon Wireless

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