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To: T L Comiskey who wrote (30904)	5/25/1999 1:17:00 PM
From: bananawind	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

AirTouch Cellular Southern California Launches Affordable New National Calling Plans New Program Gives Customers One Nationwide Calling Rate Starting At $49.99 Per Month IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 25, 1999--AirTouch Cellular Tuesday announced that it is offering new AirTouch(TM) National Calling Plans for new and existing Southern California customers. Beginning today, AirTouch customers can get one calling rate no matter where or when they use their phone across the nation. The new plans, starting as low as $49.99 per month for 250 included minutes, eliminate domestic long distance and roaming charges and allow AirTouch customers to take their included anytime minutes with them across the nation. ''This is an important milestone for AirTouch,'' said Nancy Hobbs, AirTouch's executive vice president and general manager. ''It shows that a regional player like AirTouch can compete on a national level with other so-called national players. Plus, we're offering these all-inclusive plans at a price point more wireless users can afford.'' The AirTouch National Calling Plans are designed for consumers and business users who frequently make long distance calls and/or want simplified, predictable pricing. Pricing starts at $49.99 for 250 minutes, and customers with two or more services on an account will also receive 250 Mobile-to-Mobile minutes (for use in their home market's local calling area) and monthly access discounts on multi-phone accounts. ''With no charge for long distance, Deluxe Voice Mail and Text Messaging free of monthly charges, Mobile-to-Mobile minutes and Multi-Line Access Discounts, you don't have to be a heavy roamer to see the tremendous value of these plans,'' said Hobbs. ''Our National Calling Plan customers will never have to think about domestic long distance or roaming charges again!'' For wireless users who use fewer long distance and roaming minutes, AirTouch is also simplifying its rates for long distance and roaming on its existing California Choice(SM) and Digital Plans. Now on those plans, AirTouch roaming airtime charges are only 60 cents per minute anywhere in the United States (plus long distance if applicable). And, long distance charges are a flat 15 cents per minute, no matter where AirTouch customers are calling from, or calling to, across all 50 states. ''When you combine this with our superior customer service, the choice for our customers becomes obvious -- AirTouch offers the best value in wireless service,'' added Hobbs. AirTouch Cellular Southern California is a part of AirTouch Communications Inc. (NYSE:ATI - news). Consumers interested in learning more about AirTouch's National Calling Plans, should call 800/AIRTOUCH, or visit the company's Web site at www.airtouch.com. Business users should call 888/384-1775, where they can learn about special programs designed to suit the business user's needs. For media information, contact SoCalPR@airtouch.com, or visit the company's news release Web page at: www.app.airtouch.com/index_about.html. A chart detailing the AirTouch Cellular Southern California price plans and new National Calling Plans pricing is available for the media upon request. AirTouch serves more than 8 million U.S. cellular customers and operates in 22 of the top 30 U.S. markets, including Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Atlanta, Detroit, Cleveland, San Jose, Calif., Sacramento, Calif., Cincinnati, Kansas City, Seattle, Portland, Ore., Denver, Phoenix and Minneapolis. AirTouch Communications is the largest wireless company in the world based on the 44 million customers served by its global ventures. AirTouch has 19 million customers based on its ownership share in cellular, paging, and personal communications services in the United States and 12 other nations. It also has an interest in the Globalstar satellite system. Contact: AirTouch Cellular, Irvine Melissa May, 949/222-8781 Pager: 949/509-5601 melissa.may@airtouch.com or Andrew Colley, 949/222-8396 Pager: 949/729-0874 andrew.colley@airtouch.com

To: T L Comiskey who wrote (30904)	5/25/1999 1:23:00 PM
From: bananawind	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

All, Japan Packet Data Launch of cdmaOne Packet Data Services on Schedule in Japan by Year End May 25, 1999 (TOKYO) -- The launch of services in Japan using 64kbps packet data communications technology for cdmaOne mobile telephones is on schedule to be launched by the end of 1999. The reason is that U.S.-based Qualcomm Inc. started shipping its packet software for mobile phones on May 19, and because Motorola Inc. already completed development of all the necessary wireless base station technology, everything is now in place for outdoor field testing of the system to begin. In the Japanese market, portable telephone cdmaOne services are currently available from DDI Group and IDO Corp. Both have already made it clear that they are aiming to start offering customers new wireless packet communications services this December. The new technology will make it possible for data to be sent at up to 64kbps when being transmitted downstream (from a wireless base station to a mobile telephone handset) and at up to 14.4kbps upstream (from a handset to a wireless base station). In their effort to try to be the first in the world to launch cdmaOne packet services, DDI and IDO have both been involved, along with Qualcomm, Motorola, 3Com Corp., Toshiba Corp. and Hitachi Ltd., in trying to establish specifications for the system's hand sets, wireless base stations, routers and other equipment. The new software that Qualcomm has developed, which is for use in the system's mobile telephone hand sets, can actually cope with packet communications at a maximum transmission speed of 86.4kbps. It will be loaded into the MSM3000 mobile phone chip set, which is also a Qualcomm product. In this way, according to a DDI executive, the company will be able to use the technology to market handsets with 64kbps packet communications capability that are the same size and shape as current models. Chances are very high that hand set units sold from December onwards will be equipped with packet communications technology as a standard feature. (Nikkei Communications)