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AT&T responds to Verizon Wireless ads
By siliconindia
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Saturday, 14 November 2009, 19:12 IST
Bangalore: AT&T has issued an open letter to its customers which it says 'sets the record straight' about a recent Verizon Wireless TV advertising campaign boasting that Verizon has more 3G coverage than AT&T.
AT&T has already filed a federal lawsuit alleging that the initial ad in the Verizon series is misleading. The company is seeking a temporary injunction to prevent that advertisement from airing along with unspecified financial damages. A hearing on the injunction is set for Nov. 18, reports Network World.
Today's AT&T letter calls the Verizon ads 'blatantly false and misleading.' It notes that AT&T's 3G wireless data coverage reaches 233 million people, or 75 percent of the U.S. population. It also notes that AT&T offers EDGE and GPRS networks, each serving more than 300 million people.
AT&T also says it has twice the number of smartphone customers as Verizon, with the most popular smartphones (without naming its most popular device, the iPhone), more wireless apps, and the top 3G speeds. AT&T also allows voice communications simultaneously with surfing the Web and sending email, the carrier notes. The letter includes a link to a coverage map.
Verizon could not be reached for comment, but a spokeswoman previously said that the first ad is accurate.
