Mr Sarin, who had a reputation for this sort of thing from his days as chief operating officer at AirTouch, an American operator that Vodafone had bought in 1999, seemed the perfect choice.

Sarin先生早在AirTouch任运营主管时就以处理这类事情而闻名（AirTouch是一家美国的运营商，1999年被沃达丰收购），他似乎是最佳选择。

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Our initial goal is to complement both the fixed-line infrastructure and wireless configurations like Vodafone AirTouch.

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He later became president of AirTouch Communications, which was bought by Vodafone in 1999.

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Ideally, Vodafone would buy AirTouch and then sell its American business to Bell for cash.

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