Verizon Wireless Customers Can Spread Holiday Cheer With Their Wireless Phones This Season

BEDMINSTER, NJ — While decking the halls this holiday season, Verizon Wireless reminds customers not to forget about their wireless phones. Never be accused of letting the phone ring "Bah, Humbug" — add a holiday-themed ring tone to demonstrate the spirit of the season. Customers can browse through and choose from classic holiday favorites, goofy jingles and newly released covers by their favorite pop artists.

Verizon Wireless customers can surround themselves with a little extra holiday cheer by selecting the perfect holiday-themed ring tone to play on their wireless phones for any festive occasion. Whether it's during the holiday season, or just in time for the New Year, choosing the perfect holiday-themed ring tone will be the easiest purchase you will make this season.

Offering customers a much needed break from the mall, Verizon Wireless offers customers a way to shop without fighting the madness — its Get It Now® virtual store. Customers with Get It Now-enabled handsets can simply visit the getTONES shopping aisle of the Get It Now virtual store and browse through ring tone providers such as Track Magnet, Modtones, Xringer, Ringster and MIDIRingTones to view lists of holiday-themed ring tones organized by song title and artist.

Verizon Wireless ring tone providers are turning up the tunes and offering customers the most popular holiday downloads for the season:

Track Magnet by Ztango, Inc.

1. All I Want for Christmas is You by Mariah Carey (Sony BMG)
2. O Holy Night by South Park (Sony BMG)
3. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra (Warner Music Group)
4. Carol of the Bells by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra (Warner Music Group)
5. Christmas in Hollis by Run-DMC (Sony BMG)
6. Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer by Elmo & Patsy (Sony BMG)
7. Frosty the Snowman by Patti Page (Sony BMG)
8. Oh Holy Night by Kelly Clarkson (Sony BMG)
9. Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer by Patti Page (Sony BMG)
10. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas by Frank Sinatra (Sony BMG)

Modtones by Faith West, Inc.

1. Sleigh Ride
2. Jingle Bell Rock
3. Frosty the Snowman
4. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
5. You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch
6. We Wish You A Merry Christmas
7. Jingle Bells
8. Jingle Bells 2
9. Winter Wonderland
10. Christmas Time is Here (from A Charlie Brown Christmas) by Vince Guaraldi

Xringer by Kanematsu USA Inc.

1. Sleigh Ride
2. Frosty The Snowman
3. You're A Mean One Mr. Grinch
4. Deck The Halls
5. Jingle Bells
6. We Wish You A Merry Christmas
7. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
8. Silver Bells
9. Joy To The World
10. Little Drummer Boy (El Nino Del Tambor)

MIDIRingTones by MIDIRingTones, LLC

1. Jingle Bell Rock
2. Frosty the Snowman
3. Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer
4. You're a Mean One Mr. Grinch by Boris Karloff
5. Jingle Bells
6. Deck the Halls
7. Let it Snow
8. We Wish You a Merry Christmas
9. Ho! Ho! By Ying Yang Twins
10. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas by Bing Crosby

Ringster^TM by InfoSpace Mobile^TM

1. You're a Mean One Mr. Grinch
2. We Wish You a Merry Christmas
3. Frosty the Snowman
4. All I Want for Christmas is You by Mariah Carey
5. Deck the Halls
6. Jingle Bells
7. Joy to the World
8. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas by James Taylor
9. The First Noel
10. Little Drummer Boy

Download charges for Get It Now applications vary and airtime charges apply when browsing, downloading and using certain applications. Verizon Wireless products and services are available in more than 1,200 Verizon Wireless Communications Stores, at participating Circuit City and RadioShack locations and on the Web at www.verizonwireless.com.  

About Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless owns and operates the nation's most reliable wireless network, serving 42.1 million voice and data customers. Headquartered in Bedminster, NJ, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ - News) and Vodafone (NYSE and LSE: VOD - News News). Find more information on the Web at www.verizonwireless.com. To receive broadcast-quality video footage of Verizon Wireless operations, log onto www.thenewsmarket.com/verizonwireless.  

About Get It Now
Get It Now from Verizon Wireless puts a virtual software store inside a wireless phone and lets customers download applications over the air and purchase them directly from their phones. Virtual shopping aisles include getGAMES, getTONES, getGOING, getPIX, getFUN and getMESSAGING to help customers find what they want, when they want it.

Get It Now is a registered trademark of Verizon Wireless.

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