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AIRTOUCH CELLULAR OFFERS PAY-AS-YOU-GO VOICE MAIL.


AirTouch Cellular customers in the Twin Cities who don't currently subscribe to regular voice mail service now can enjoy the convenience and flexibility of receiving messages without any monthly fees.

The new Message Delivery Service is automatically available to AirTouch customers in Minneapolis/St. Paul.

Message Delivery Service provides a pay-as-you-go alternative to voice mail by charging customers only for messages they choose to hear. Instead of a monthly charge, Message Delivery Service charges customers a flat fee of 50 cents plus airtime for listening to all messages delivered.

The easy-to-use system works on both analog and digital phones and requires no set up by the customer. When callers leave voice mail, the Message Delivery Service calls the AirTouch customer to tell them that messages are waiting and plays a recording of the callers' names. Customers then have the option to listen to all of the messages for a 50 cent fee or erase all of the messages and pay nothing.

"Message Delivery puts the power of choice in our customers' hands," said LeAnn Talbot, vice president of AirTouch's Midwest region. "Customers now can have the confidence they won't miss any important calls yet the choice of paying only for those messages they want to hear."

AirTouch is offering the service free of charge through September 15. If for some reason customers don't want to take advantage of the Message Delivery Service, they can press (asterisk) 770 SND from their cellular phone to remove the feature. To reactive the service, customers simply press (asterisk) 77 SND.

AirTouch serves 9 million U.S. cellular and PCS customers on a proportionate basis. Its ventures operate in 25 states and 22 of the top 30 U.S. markets, including Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Phoenix, San Diego, San Francisco and Seattle. AirTouch is part of the Vodafone AirTouch Group, the world's largest wireless communications firm, based in the United Kingdom. It has mobile operations in 24 countries on five continents, with more than 31 million proportionate customers.

For more information, call 425/603-7503.

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Copyright 1999, Gale Group. All rights reserved. Gale Group is a Thomson Corporation Company.

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