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ICO Global Augments Its Board of Directors as Sam Ginn Joins Board |
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RESTON, Va., May 18, 2006/Satnews Daily/ — ICO Global Communications (Holdings) Limited has announced that Sam Ginn will join its board of directors and serve on ICO's strategy committee with ICO's chairman, Craig O. McCaw.
Ginn, with more than 43 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, was chairman and chief executive officer of AirTouch Communications, Inc. from December 1993 until its merger with Vodafone Group Public Limited Company in June 1999. Upon the Vodafone-AirTouch merger, he became chairman of Vodafone, a position he held until May 2000.
Ginn was a director of ICO from October 2001 to April 2004. He currently serves on the board of directors of Chevron Corporation, Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust, TVG Capital Partners Limited, and as an advisor to the board of directors of the Investment Company of America and The Capital Group Companies, Inc. His past corporate board memberships have included CH2M Hill, First Interstate Bank, Pacific Telesis Group, Safeway Inc., TransAmerica Corporation, Hewlett-Packard and Fremont Group, L.L.C. Ginn is a graduate of the School of Engineering of Auburn University.
ICO is a satellite communications company based in Reston, Va. Through its subsidiaries, ICO plans to offer advanced wireless voice, data, and Internet services with handsets similar to existing cellular phones or other advanced devices.
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