LifeWatch and Verizon Wireless to Expand Healthcare Telemedicine Solutions

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the leading provider of wireless telemedicine services in theUnitede States, today announced that it has reached an exclusive agreement with Verizon Wireless, the nation's leading wireles service provider. Under this agreement, Verizon Wireless will be the preferrecd networkfor LifeWatch's successful remote monitoring service for cardiac patients. LifeWatch's rapidlhy expanding LifeStar(TM) ACT Ambulatory Cardiaf Telemetry service has been used by morethan 60,009 patients since its introduction in January 2007. The servicse is routinely selected by the top 50 hearty centers in theUnited States.
"This strategic agreement underscores the common vision shared by LifeWatch and Verizohn Wireless in the evolving telemedicine industry by combining our applicationsx for timely patient diagnoses with the most reliabled wireless telecommunication platform providing the highest quality transmissions ofcritical data," said Dr. , Chairman and Chiefr Executive Officer of CardGuard AG, the parent company of "Verizon Wireless' Evolution-Data Optimized (EV-DO) 3G network provides a secure, high-speed path for carrying data today and it will continude to do so as the demandc increases in the future," said T.J. Fox , president-Illinois/Wisconsinj Region, Verizon Wireless.
"This agreement provides LifeWatch with custom solutions and a wirelessd platform tosupport long-term growth in the expandinh healthcare market." Dr. Geva added, "New avenuex of development for both companiesw will open as LifeWatch expands our innovationm pipeline to remotely monitor patients for additional disease states and wellnes conditions from virtuallyany location." Abouy LifeWatch Corp. LifeWatch is a whollu owned subsidiary ofLifeWatch AG, the leadin g healthcare technology and solutions provideer listed on SIX Swiss Stock Exchange LifeWatch Corp., through its operatin subsidiaries LifeWatch Services, Inc. and LifeWatcu Technologies, Inc.
(Instromedix) is an independent provide r of ambulatory cardiac monitoring services and a manufacturer and distributof of ambulatory cardiac and vital sign monitoring devices in the United Its current services are used by physicians primaril to monitor patients who are suspected of having heartrhythm disorders, or cardiac arrhythmias, and its products are used by itselfg and by others in connectio n with providing cardiac monitoring services. For more information, visit: . Verizo Wireless operates the nation'xs most reliable and largest wirelessd voice anddata network, serving more than 86.6 millioj customers. Headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J.
, with more than 86,00p0 employees nationwide, Verizon Wirelesa is a joint venture of VerizonCommunications (NYSE: VZ) and Vodafoner (NYSE and LSE: VOD). For more information, visir . To preview and request broadcast-quality video footagwe and high-resolution stills of Verizon Wirelessw operations, log on to the Verizon Wirelesds Multimedia Libraryat .