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• -Bell Atlantic And Airtouch Merger Creates Powerhouse, Says Strategy Analytics - AirTouch Communications, telecom industry

  - 1999-01-07

  TELECOMWORLDWIRE-C 1994-9 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Strategy Analytics Inc says that the potential merger of Bell Atlantic Corp and AirTouch Communications will create one more mega-player in the US telecomms marketplace, which it predicts is evolving into a landscape where three or four of these mega-payers dominate all the market. ...

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• Britain's Vodafone to Join in Bidding for AirTouch Communications.

  - 1999-01-06

  Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 5 -- Vodafone is poised for an audacious move on American giant AirTouch that would see the British mobile phones company take on the international businesses of the West Coast cellular operator, analysts believe. Fast-growing Vodafone...

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• British Firm Raises Bid for San Francisco-Based AirTouch Communications.

  - 1999-01-06

  Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7 -- The megabuck battle is on for AirTouch Communications. Britain's Vodafone Group confirmed yesterday it's upping the ante on Bell Atlantic's earlier merger approach for wireless telecom giant AirTouch. Bell Atlantic and AirTouch...

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• AirTouch Increases Ownership in Spanish Cellular Venture; AirTouch is Largest Partner in Airtel

  - 1997-12-16

  SAN FRANCISCO--BUSINESS WIRE--Dec. 16, 1997--AirTouch Communications (NYSE:ATI) today announced it has increased its ownership stake in Airtel, its Spanish cellular company, by 5 percent to 21.7 percent. AirTouch is the largest shareholder in Airtel, Spain's first private cellular operator. AirTouch acquired its additional interest from Banco...

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• AirTouch Increases Ownership Stake in Italian Cellular Venture

  - 1996-11-08

  SAN FRANCISCO--BUSINESS WIRE--Nov. 8, 1996--AirTouch Communications (NYSE: ATI) today announced it has increased its ownership of Omnitel-Pronto Italia OPI, its Italian cellular venture, by acquiring additional interests from three OPI shareholders, Banca di Roma and two smaller partners. These acquisitions bring AirTouch's indirect ownership interest to 15.5...

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• C. Lee Cox, Airtouch Vice Chairman, Elected to PG&E Board

  - 1996-02-21

  SAN FRANCISCO--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 21, 1996--Pacific Gas and Electric Company today elected to its board of directors C. Lee Cox, vice chairman of AirTouch Communications.Cox, 54, is also president and chief executive officer of AirTouch Cellular. AirTouch is a global wireless communications company that operates in 13 countries, providing cellular...

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• Bank of America Leads Group of Lenders Extending $2 Billion Credit Facility to AirTouch Communications

  - 1995-07-24

  SAN FRANCISCO--BUSINESS WIRE--July 24, 1995--Bank of America and AirTouch Communications (NYSE:ATI) today announced a transaction that provides a $2 billion credit facility for AirTouch, one of the world's leading wireless communications companies. The financing will be available to AirTouch to fund further investments in Cellular Communications, Inc., CCI and...

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• AirTouch announces changes in international management team

  - 1995-05-11

  SAN FRANCISCO--BUSINESS WIRE--May 11, 1995--To prepare for increasing competition in the Belgian wireless communications market, AirTouch Communications (NYSE:ATI) today announced that Jan Neels has been appointed president and chief executive officer of Belgacom Mobile, the company's cellular partnership in Belgium.Neels was formerly president and chief executive officer of AirTouch International.Under...

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• AirTouch Communications Names Lee Cox Vice Chairman; Makes New Appointments to Other Key Management Posts

  - 1994-11-21

  SAN FRANCISCO--BUSINESS WIRE--Nov. 21, 1994--AirTouch Communications (NYSE:ATI) today announced that its Board of Directors has named Lee Cox (Age 53) Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors and President, Domestic Wireless Businesses. In addition, the company made other key executive changes in its international operations to support...

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