AirTouch Cellular Expands Digital Coverage Along Highway 26.PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 21, 1998--AirTouch Digital service continues to expand and improve throughout the Northwest. In Oregon, digital coverage has expanded on Highway 26, making it easier for recreational and winter enthusiasts to stay in touch. In addition to improving service to the towns of Sandy, Brightwood and Rhodendendron, the enhancements also make digital service available to customers residing in or visiting the Alpine and recreational areas heading toward and including Timberline Lodge Timberline Lodge is a mountain lodge and National Historic Landmark at 6,000 ft (1,800 m) elevation on the south side of Mount Hood in Oregon, USA, about 60 miles (95 km) east of Portland. . "AirTouch is committed to delivering the best service possible, and we're excited about the digital enhancements customers traveling on Highway 26 now have," said Joe Dodson, vice president and general manager for AirTouch in Oregon and Washington. "Nearly 20 percent of the American population now has a wireless phone," said Dodson. "And people are using their phones to increase personal safety, to serve as good samaritans and to balance their personal and professional lives." AirTouch Communications, based in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , is the largest wireless company in the world. AirTouch Cellular serves more than 7 million U.S. cellular U.S. Cellular (NYSE: USM) is a super-regional cellular telephone provider, serving 5.8 million customers in 189 markets in 26 U.S. states. The company was created in 1983 as a subsidiary of Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. Since April 2000, John E. customers and operates in 15 of the top 30 U.S. markets, including Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , San Francisco, San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. , Atlanta, Detroit, Cleveland, San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Sacramento, Cincinnati, Kansas City, Seattle, Portland, Denver, Phoenix and Minneapolis.
CONTACT: AirTouch Cellular, Bellevue, Wash.
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