Roadside Assistance

Downloadable GPS Application Offers AAA’s Travel Information, Navigation, Roadside Assistance in Palm of Hand

Orlando, Fla., 10/16/2007 -- Verizon Wireless, the leading wireless company with the nation’s most reliable wireless voice and data network, and AAA, North America’s foremost motoring and leisure travel organization, today announced AAA Mobile®. A tool for travelers, both AAA members and non-members, AAA Mobile enables Verizon Wireless customers to find AAA-rated points of interest and quickly access roadside assistance, right from their GPS-enabled Verizon Wireless phones.

AAA Mobile subscribers can use their Verizon Wireless phones to receive visual and audible directions to any travel destination in the U.S.; locate AAA Approved® points of interest (POIs), including Diamond Rated® hotels and restaurants; and search more than 100,000 locations that offer AAA member savings. Subscribers can review detailed AAA descriptions for POIs on their phone, receive a map showing a destination on the mobile phone screen, and bookmark locations as favorites for quick recall in future.