AirTouch Paging to Credit Customers for Service Outage Caused by Satellite Failure.

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 28, 1998--AirTouch Paging, a subsidiary of AirTouch Communications (NYSE:ATI), will provide its customers with a two-day credit for the period they were unable to receive messages due to the recent failure of the PanAmSat Galaxy IV satellite. Service was disrupted for the majority of AirTouch Paging's 3.1 million customers on May 19 at 3:30 p.m. Pacific time; by 8:30 a.m. Pacific time on May 21 virtually all of its customers were able to receive pages in their home markets.

AirTouch estimates its costs from the satellite failure to be approximately $2 million. This amount includes both customer credits and overtime labor costs. AirTouch employees worked round-the-clock to restore service to the company's paging customers in 170 markets around the U.S.

"We are crediting our customers for the service outage because we think it's the right thing to do," said AirTouch president Charlie Jackson. "Although we are not responsible for the faulty Galaxy IV satellite, we want to thank our customers for being so understanding and patient during this unfortunate incident."

Customers who are billed monthly will see their two-day credits on their July bills. Because of differing billing cycles, some customers may see their credits on a later bill. Only those 900MHz customers affected by the outage will receive credit. A small percentage of AirTouch customers with pagers using older terrestrial technology were not affected. For more information on the outage, AirTouch Paging customers can refer to the company's web site (www.paging.airtouch.com) starting May 29.

The satellite failure impacted nearly all of the nation's major paging companies. AirTouch was one of the first paging carriers to restore service to virtually all of its customers.

AirTouch Communications, based in San Francisco, is the largest multinational wireless company in the world. AirTouch owns interests in cellular, paging, and personal communications services in the United States and 12 other countries, as well as an interest in the Globalstar satellite systems. AirTouch Paging, a subsidiary of AirTouch Communications, is one of the largest paging companies in the U.S., with 3.1 million customers. It is the only large paging company that is profitable and free cash flow positive. -0-

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