Verizon Wireless intros Network Extender for enhanced in-home calls

Monday, February 2, 2009, 7:10
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verizonnetworkextender Verizon Wireless has announced the unveiling of their latest Network Extender, which, the company claims, boasts of allowing users to take pleasure in house calls. Created by Samsung, the extender is aimed at improving the wireless call coverage when users are in their homes or at any other locations and structures that is likely to get in the way of call reception.

Size wise, Verizon’s latest Network Extender give the impression of wireless router. As the features, the device is also capable of improving the call attribute by steering calls via the user’s home broadband Internet connection. The system isn’t just simple to set up, but it also claims to offer trouble-free usability. The right out of the box device boasts of delivering coverage in an area of around 5,000 square feet.

So, if you want to enhance your phone’s wireless signal, the Network Extender could be the perfect choice. The users can make use of the device at the time of doing voice calls, sending text/picture/video messages, making access to Mobile Web or just making access to the smartphone or the phone’s data. Besides, the extender also boasts of enhancing the call capabilities in basement rooms, structural barriers and even in far-flung hilly areas.

Jack Plating, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Verizon Wireless, was quoted as saying, “Our new Network Extender device will bring the full benefit of the Verizon Wireless voice network to the small but important segment of customers who might experience a weaker signal in their homes as a result of geographic or structural conditions.”

As its reviews, the Network Extender, lacking any support for EVDO services or speeds, also boasts of offering better network access for users residing on the geological borders of the Verizon Wireless network. Users can maximize the call capabilities of the device in spite of their calling plans. The users can also make use of the extender to manage it using the account management attribute on their My Verizon online account.