The service from Verizon (www.verizonwireless.com), called BroadbandAccess and also based on EV-DO technology, delivers coverage to 181 metropolitan areas and half the nation's population, according to the company.
Here, an algorithm searches the websites of 21 UK news outlets, delivering coverage statistics and numbers of articles written by individual journalists.
The goal of these products is to deliver coverage that is as inconspicuous as possible, a contrast to the cakey foundations of yesteryear.
Social media sites are among the most visited on the Internet, and traditional media providers are increasingly tapping social networking to deliver coverage and interact with their audience.
Privately run, publicly funded, high-risk insurance pools administered at the state level have proven effective at delivering affordable coverage to those with pre-existing conditions.
A Vodafone spokesman said of the new deal: "We support the government's objective of delivering better coverage to rural areas including partial not-spots.
Ronald F. Pollack, executive director of Families USA, a consumer advocacy group, said the record of H.M.O.'s and other private insurers in delivering drug coverage to the elderly was "at best, spotty".
A Vodafone UK spokesman said it supported the government's objective of delivering better coverage to rural areas including partial not-spots.
Where it will end at some point is up for debate, but in the meantime following the war from a distance will be interesting, especially for those who in these challenging times are taking to the digital space as a way to make a living, find a voice, and deliver coverage.
But now, promised Guy Laurence of Vodafone, the two companies would be able to deliver 4G coverage to 98% of the UK population by the end of 2015 - two years earlier than would otherwise have been the case.
