Airtouch Cellular Venture in Germany Achieves Two Million Customers.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 6, 1996--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 announced that its German cellular joint venture, Mannesmann Mobilfunk GmbH, now serves two million cellular customers. So far this year, Mannesmann Mobilfunk GmbH (MMO See MMOG. ) has added 550,000 new subscribers to its network. AirTouch currently owns a 34.5 percent interest in MMO, a joint venture that holds the second GSM cellular license in Germany. Mannesmann Mobilfunk's other shareholder is Mannesmann AG, a German industrial engineering and steel manufacturer. Mannesmann Mobilfunk's network, known as D2, introduced service in June 1992 and was the world's first commercial cellular system to operate on the GSM standard. One of the largest networks in the world, D2 currently has more than 3000 cell sites and covers approximately 93% of united Germany's land and 97% of its population. Air Touch Communications Touch Communications, Inc. an OSI networking company of the 1980s, was founded in 1985 in Santa Cruz, California. For several years Touch Communications was located in Scotts Valley, eventually moving to Campbell and being acquired by SAIC. is a global wireless communications wireless communications System using radio-frequency, infrared, microwave, or other types of electromagnetic or acoustic waves in place of wires, cables, or fibre optics to transmit signals or data. company, with interests in cellular, paging, personal communications services See PCS. , and the Globalstar satellite system in the United States and 10 other nations: Belgium, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Poland, Portugal, South Korea, Spain, and Sweden. The company, based in San Francisco, serves more than 6.3 million customers worldwide. -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: For a fax copy of this or other recent AirTouch press releases, please call 1-800-344-7531 or visit the AirTouch web site at http://www.airtouch.com CONTACT: Airtouch Communications Susan Rosenberg, 510/210-3910 |
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