AirGate PCS, Inc. Announces Appointment of New Board Member.Business Editors ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 28, 2002 AirGate PCS (1) (Personal Communications Services) Refers to wireless services that emerged after the U.S. government auctioned commercial licenses in 1994 and 1995. This radio spectrum in the 1. , Inc., (Nasdaq/NM: PCSA PCSA Primary Care Service Area PCSA Personal Computing Systems Architecture PCSA Power Crane and Shovel Association PCSA Peel Committee on Sexual Assault (Canada) PCSA Presbyterian Church of Southern Africa ), a Sprint PCS Network Partner, today announced the appointment of James W. Akerhielm to its board of directors. Mr. Akerhielm is the independent director designated by the former iPCS shareholders and approved by AirGate in accordance with the merger agreement between AirGate and iPCS effective November 30, 2001. Mr. Akerhielm has been appointed to a term that expires at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2004. The Company also announced that John R. Dillon, who has been a director of AirGate since 2000, has resigned from the board. With these changes, the AirGate board of directors continues to have eight members. Mr. Akerhielm brings over 16 years of senior management experience in the telecommunications industry to AirGate. He currently serves as the president and chief executive officer of NewSouth Communications, a regional competitive local exchange carrier in the southeastern United States that operates in 29 markets and generates $150 million in annual revenue. He previously served as president and chief executive officer of a wireless telecommunications company, Triton Cellular Partners, L.P. During his tenure at Triton, he led the acquisition of three contiguous RSA (1) (Rural Service Area) See MSA. (2) (Rivest-Shamir-Adleman) A highly secure cryptography method by RSA Security, Inc., Bedford, MA (www.rsa.com), a division of EMC Corporation since 2006. It uses a two-part key. markets covering over 2.4 million POPs. In addition, he served in various senior management positions with Bell Atlantic Mobile. Mr. Akerhielm holds an Executive Master of Science in Engineering Noun 1. Master of Science in Engineering - a master's degree in engineering master's degree - an academic degree higher than a bachelor's degree but lower than a doctor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania (body, education) University of Pennsylvania - The home of ENIAC and Machiavelli. http://upenn.edu/. Address: Philadelphia, PA, USA. and a Bachelor of Science Noun 1. Bachelor of Science - a bachelor's degree in science BS, SB bachelor's degree, baccalaureate - an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies in Mechanical Engineering from Lafayette College where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa Phi Beta Kappa: see fraternity. Phi Beta Kappa Leading academic honour society in the U.S., which draws its membership from college and university students. The oldest Greek-letter society in the U.S. . He also serves on the board of The United Way of Greenville, South Carolina
Greenville is a mid-sized city located in the upstate of South Carolina. It is the county seat of Greenville CountyGR6 , and is a member of the Steering Committee for the Carolina Crescent Coalition. Commenting on the announcements, Thomas M. Dougherty, president and chief executive officer of AirGate PCS, said, "We are very excited about the many contributions that someone with Jim Akerhielm's experience can make to our company. His knowledge and understanding of the industry and fresh perspective will make him a valuable addition to our board as we continue to strengthen AirGate's leadership position in the wireless communications market. "John Dillon has made a significant contribution to the success of AirGate. With his prior experience on the Sprint PCS board of directors when Sprint initially launched wireless service, he played a critical role in guiding AirGate's growth and development. We appreciate his hard work and dedication and wish him the best of continued success," added Dougherty. About AirGate PCS AirGate PCS, Inc., including its subsidiaries, is the Sprint PCS Network Partner with the exclusive right to sell Sprint's PCS products and services in territories within seven states located in the southeastern and mid-western United States. The territories include over 14.6 million residents in key markets such as Grand Rapids, Michigan “Grand Rapids” redirects here. For other uses, see Grand Rapids (disambiguation). Grand Rapids is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 197,800. ; Charleston, Columbia, and Greenville-Spartanburg, South Carolina South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15. ; Augusta and Savannah, Georgia; Champaign-Urbana and Springfield, Illinois; and the Quad Cities areas of Illinois and Iowa. AirGate PCS is among the largest Sprint PCS Network Partners. As a Sprint PCS Network Partner, AirGate PCS operates its own local portion of Sprint's PCS network to exclusively provide 100% digital, 100% PCS products and services under the Sprint name in its territories. About Sprint Sprint operates the nation's largest all-digital, all-PCS wireless network, already serving the majority of the nation's metropolitan areas including more than 4,000 cities and communities across the country. Sprint has licensed PCS coverage of more than 280 million people in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. In mid-2002, Sprint plans to launch its 3G network nationwide and expects to deliver faster speeds and advanced applications on Sprint PCS 3G Phones and devices. For more information on products and services, visit www.sprint.com/mr. Sprint PCS is a wholly-owned tracking group of Sprint Corporation trading on the NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "PCS." Sprint is a global communications company with more than 80,000 employees worldwide and $26 billion in annual revenues and is widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying state-of-the art network technologies. |
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