Why does my phone say "Verizon Wireless" when I receive a phone call? Whenever I receive a phone call on my DROID RAZR MAXX, the phone speaks the words "Verizon Wireless" in a female voice and then begins playing the ringtone.

If I put the phone into airplane mode, the same female voice says the words "Loss of service". Then when I turn airplane mode off, she says "Verizon Wireless" again, sometimes twice in a row.

What's going on? What is this feature? How do I enable or disable this?

My phone is running stock JB 4.1.2.
These voices were the result of having the so-called "Roaming tone" enabled in the Sound settings.

Strangely, the description of this setting is:


  Roaming tone
  Set notification tone informing the status of cellular service


After disabling this option, she no longer speaks to me when I receive a phone call or turn on/off airplane mode.

Though I have no idea how a speaking voice is considered a "notification tone"...