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Verizon Wireless offers world phone to businesses
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Verizon Wireless offers world phone to businesses
By Sinead Carew
NEW YORK, June 10 (Reuters) - Verizon Wireless on Thursday said it had begun selling corporate travelers a Samsung Electronics phone designed to work on mobile networks around the world.
The wireless venture of Verizon Communications (VZ) and Vodafone Group Plc (VOD), plans to begin selling the Samsung A790 phone to other retail customers in the next few months, according to Verizon spokeswoman Brenda Raney.
Hundreds of corporate clients had asked Verizon Wireless for a phone they can travel with, according to Jim Gerace, also a Verizon spokesman, who said this is a small but lucrative market.
Verizon Wireless, which h...
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