Small Businesses Can Now Order Verizon FiOS TV for Business for as Low as $12.99 per Month

Small Businesses Can Now Order Verizon FiOS TV for Business for as Low as $12.99 per Month

Local Programming Option Provides Affordable, High-Quality TV Service

NEW YORK, March 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Small and medium-sized businesses can now get FiOS TV for Business from Verizon for as little as $12.99 per month, or as part of a bundle that includes high-speed FiOS Internet and voice services for as low as $99.99 per month. Each offer has a one-year agreement.

In its latest effort to provide even greater value for small-business customers on a budget, Verizon now offers a TV package that includes local network affiliate broadcasters, PBS, and public education and government (PEG) programming. As an added bonus, both local affiliate and PBS stations are broadcast in standard and high definition. The new package is available in the 14 states where FiOS TV for Business is currently offered.

"Businesses use TV as a tool to draw in customers and keep employees informed," said Monte Beck, Verizon's vice president for small-business products and services. "Our new FiOS TV for Business local programming package offers small businesses a great way to receive the benefits of FiOS TV along with super-fast Verizon FiOS Internet and crystal-clear voice service -- all at an affordable price."

The company also offers businesses a FiOS TV Enhanced package that begins at $49.99 per month and includes 142 channels, and a FiOS TV Premier package featuring more than 200 channels, with 50 in high definition, starting at $79.99 per month.

Verizon FiOS TV for Business is available in parts of California, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Virginia and Washington.

More information on Verizon FiOS TV for Business local programming is available by calling 1-877-496-0053 or by logging on to http://smallbusiness.verizon.com/products/tv/.

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ), headquartered in New York, 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 more than 80 million customers nationwide. Verizon's Wireline operations include Verizon Business, which delivers innovative and seamless business solutions to customers around the world, and Verizon Telecom, which brings customers the benefits of converged communications, information and entertainment services over the nation's most advanced fiber-optic network. A Dow 30 company, Verizon employs a diverse workforce of nearly 224,000 and last year generated consolidated operating revenues of more than $97 billion. For more information, visit www.verizon.com.

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Source: Verizon

CONTACT: Kevin Laverty, MCDM, +1-425-261-5855,
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