AirTouch Confirms Vodafone Proposal.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 5, 1999--AirTouch Communications (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :ATI (ATI Technologies Inc., Markham Ontario, http://ati.amd.com) A leading manufacturer of graphics chips and display adapters. Founded in 1985 by K. Y. Ho, Benny Lau and Lee Lau, ATI chips and boards are widely used by OEMs. ) today confirmed that it is in receipt of a proposal from Vodafone that could lead to a combination of the two companies. AirTouch is reviewing the proposal, but there can be no assurance that any agreement will result. AirTouch Communications is the largest wireless company in the world, based on the total number of customers served by its ventures. AirTouch owns interests in cellular, paging, and personal communications services See PCS. in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Belgium, Egypt, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, South Korea, Spain, and Sweden, as well as an interest in the Globalstar satellite system. Based on its ownership share of its global ventures, the company serves over 16 million proportionate pro·por·tion·ate adj. Being in due proportion; proportional. tr.v. pro·por·tion·at·ed, pro·por·tion·at·ing, pro·por·tion·ates To make proportionate. customers (over 35 million total venture customers). For a fax copy of this or other AirTouch press releases, please call 1-800-344-7531 or visit the AirTouch web site at www.airtouch.com. |
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