AirTouch Cellular Launches 2 Cents and 7 Cents a Minute Digital Calling Plans.SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 6, 1998--There's no such thing as penny candy and a quarter won't buy you a call on a pay phone. But for 2 or 7 cents a minute customers now can make a phone call on AirTouch's sophisticated and reliable digital network. Just in time for the busy holiday season, AirTouch is launching an irresistible offer to make digital calling affordable for holiday shoppers. For budget-conscious personal users, AirTouch offers 1,000 off-peak digital minutes (nights and weekends) for $19.95. For those callers who want a balance of weekday/weekend minutes, there's the $39.95 digital calling plan that includes 600 digital minutes - half peak and half off-peak. A one-year service agreement is required. "Everyone is cost-conscious this time of year and AirTouch wants to offer the best value to all those people considering the purchase of wireless phone service," said Brian Shay shay n. Informal A chaise. [Back-formation from chaise (taken as pl. )] Noun 1. , executive vice president and general manager for AirTouch's Western Region. "What more dramatic way to demonstrate this than by shattering the dime barrier." These offers are available in the following AirTouch markets: Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Oregon, Utah and Washington. 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, serving 35 million total global customers. AirTouch has 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. operations in 19 states, including 15 of the top 30 U.S. markets: 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. and Sacramento, California; Cincinnati; Kansas City; Seattle; Portland, Oregon; Denver; Phoenix and Minneapolis. |
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