AT&T WIRELESS SERVICES RESPONDS TO THE OKLAHOMA BOMBING; NEARLY $4 MILLION IN PHONES AND AIRTIME DONATED TO SUPPORT RELIEF EFFORTS.KIRKLAND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 21, 1995--McCaw Cellular Communications Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of AT&T said today that through its local cellular operations in Oklahoma City Oklahoma City (1990 pop. 444,719), state capital, and seat of Oklahoma co., central Okla., on the North Canadian River; inc. 1890. The state's largest city, it is an important livestock market, a wholesale, distribution, industrial, and financial center, and a farm , it has delivered nearly $4 million of phones from around the country and local airtime air·time n. 1. The time during which a radio or television station is broadcasting. Also called airspace. 2. The time at which a radio or television program is broadcast. and long distance to the relief efforts following the bombing that occurred on Wednesday morning. Over $1 million a day in donated airtime has been used by a large number of public safety organizations on the federal, state and local levels. Over 600 phones have been distributed since Wednesday and 200 additional phones are being flown in this afternoon. Three portable cell sites have been erected to increase the capacity of the local cellular system. Two have been placed downtown and one is placed near the fairground site of the presidential visit on Sunday. Two hundred of AT&T's local Cellular One employees have been dedicated full-time to not just getting communications into the hands of the families of victims and support organizations but volunteering to help their neighbors. Bill Malloy, the company's area vice president and general manager said, "We are really pleased that we have been able to provide people with the ability to get in touch with loved ones loved ones npl → seres mpl queridos loved ones npl → proches mpl et amis chers loved ones love npl and resources in this time of crisis. I am extremely proud of our team that has worked tirelessly tire·less adj. Not yielding to fatigue; untiring or indefatigable. tire  less·ly adv. getting phones and service out
and working on-site to comfort the families of the victims. Our
national partnership with the Red Cross and all the training we have
been able to give our people has really been great."
"Nothing can be more critical than communications at times such as these when help can't wait," said Red Cross Disaster Services International Liaison James Woodson, "Cellular has become critical to us when it is next to impossible to reach on-site organizations that are marshaling resources to assist victims and support the community. Our long term relationship with the McCaw team has become invaluable." McCaw Cellular Communications Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of AT&T. Its Oklahoma City operations still operate under the Cellular One(R) name, and will continue to do so until the company has completed the process of giving its customers a choice of long distance carriers as specified by a consent decree A settlement of a lawsuit or criminal case in which a person or company agrees to take specific actions without admitting fault or guilt for the situation that led to the lawsuit. A consent decree is a settlement that is contained in a court order. entered into with the Justice Department. McCaw has had a long history of bringing wireless resources to bear when disaster strikes. The company has dedicated millions of dollars of support as well as technical and human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. in relief efforts after hurricanes, earthquakes, flooding and man-made disasters man-made disaster Technological disaster Public health An event in which a significant number of people are injured or die as a result of human devices or activities, unrelated to conflicts, and attributed to operator error–eg, Exxon Valdez . CONTACT: Bob Ratliffe, 206/979-4254 (cellular) 206/329-2723 (home) |
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