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Caller ID Service Now Available to Most AirTouch Cellular Customers in Wyoming.


CASPER, Wyoming--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 23, 1998--AirTouch Cellular customers in Wyoming no longer have to wonder who is calling when their cellular phones ring.

With AirTouch Cellular's Caller ID A telephone company service that sends the caller's telephone number between the first and second ring of the call. If the calling number is not blocked, the calling number is displayed on the handset or base station of the called party.  service, customers using analog Narrowband Advanced Mobile Phone Service Advanced Mobile Phone Service, Inc. was a subsidiary of AT&T prior to the Bell System Divestiture. Abbreviated AMPS, the company was created in 1978 to build and operate the new Advanced Mobile Phone System also abbreviated AMPS.  (NAMPS NAMPS Narrowband Advanced Mobile Phone Service
NAMPS Night-Attack Mission Planning System
NAMPS Navy Manpower Programming System
NAMPS Narrowband Analog Mobile Phone Service
) phones with Caller ID capability will now see the incoming phone number displayed on their cellular phone before the call is answered.

"Caller ID is a great tool that allows customers to better manage their time and accessibility. With the freedom to know who's calling, customers can choose to answer a call right away or return the call at a more convenient time," said John Griffith John Griffith may refer to:
  • John H. Griffith, test pilot
  • Saint John Jones
  • John G. Griffith, football coach
, vice president and area general manager for AirTouch Cellular's Mountain Region.

From June 22 to July 5, AirTouch will offer free Caller ID service to all customers on select analog price plans. Beginning July 6, the Caller ID service will be available to analog customers for $2.95 per month. Wyoming customers who sign up for AirTouch Cellular's voice mail service also will receive free Caller ID on an ongoing basis.

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 the world with 29 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, including Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Atlanta, Detroit, Cleveland, San Jose, Sacramento, Cincinnati, Kansas City, Seattle, Portland, Denver, Phoenix and Minneapolis.

   CONTACT:  AirTouch
              Patti Finley, 425/603-7427


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