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Teletouch President Interviewed on Market News First Bob & Rich Morning Show - Podcast Now Available on MN1.com.


FORT WORTH, Texas Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas, 18th-largest city in the United States[1], and voted one of "America’s Most Livable Communities.  -- On Jan. 29, 2007, T. A. "Kip" Hyde, Jr., the President & COO of Teletouch Communications, Inc. (PINK SHEETS: TLLE) and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of Hawk Electronics joined the Market News First team for an exclusive interview about the company's Cingular[R] Wireless and related products and services. If you missed the Live IPTV broadcast of this interview Monday, you can still catch the entire podcast on MN1.com's "Downloads and Podcasts."

During the interview, Hyde broadly touched on the company's long history in the wireless industry, trusted brand identity, its current position with shareholders and various technology trends direct from their recent review of the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Hawk Electronics is a leading independent retailer of Cingular wireless services in the Dallas/Fort Worth area and is also the leading provider of cellular services to local government agencies throughout North Texas. The segment discussed how Hawk Electronics differs from normal resellers and agents by using their own billing platform and local call center (located just outside Fort Worth), providing customized billing applications for their largely consumer, B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G.

B2B - business to business
 and B2G subscriber base. Hyde discussed how their call center supports approximately 90,000 cellular subscribers who've purchased their wireless plans from the nearly thirty Hawk Electronics retail stores and authorized Hawk agents, plus its own direct sales force.

Again, to access the podcast in its entirety, go to www.MN1.com to listen to the interview, or download the podcast at http://www.mn1.com/mp3/tlle012907.mp3 and www.Teletouch.com.

About Teletouch Communications

For over 40 years, Teletouch has offered a comprehensive suite of telecommunications products and services, including cellular, two-way radio communications, GPS-telemetry and wireless messaging services throughout the United States. Teletouch's wholly-owned subsidiary, Progressive Concepts, Inc. (PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS.

(2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus).
), is a leading U.S. provider of wireless cellular voice, data, and entertainment products and branded wireless services to individuals, businesses, and government agencies. PCI provides these products and services through its chain of retail stores (under the "Hawk Electronics" brand), Hawk-branded agents, a direct sales force in Texas and Arkansas, and through the Internet at www.hawkelectronics.com. PCI also operates a significant national wholesale distribution business serving smaller cellular and automotive retailers, car dealers and cellular service providers throughout the country. Teletouch's common stock is traded on the OTC OTC

See: Over-the-counter.


OTC

See over-the-counter market (OTC).
 Pink Sheet electronic exchange under stock symbol: TLLE. Additional information about Teletouch and Hawk Electronics can be found at: www.hawkelectronics.com and www.teletouch.com.

About MN1.com

Market News First is an online, market news provider that brings investors current news on the market. Market News First is the only online, live radio web site that brings real market news to investors and features live interaction with companies from the AMEX AMEX

See: American Stock Exchange
, NYSE NYSE

See: New York Stock Exchange
, NASDAQ NASDAQ
 in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations

U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on
, Over the Counter Bulletin Board and the Pink Sheets.

Through daily, live commentary we keep you up to date on the companies you invest in along with what's going on What's Going On is a record by American soul singer Marvin Gaye. Released on May 21, 1971 (see 1971 in music), What's Going On reflected the beginning of a new trend in soul music.  in the stock markets by the second.

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