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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549



                                   FORM 11-K



                                 ANNUAL REPORT



                        Pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
                        Securities Exchange Act of 1934


                  For the fiscal year ended December 31, 1994


                         Commission File Number 1-12342




                 AirTouch Communications, Inc. Retirement Plan




                         AirTouch Communications, Inc.
                             One California Street
                            San Francisco, CA 94111
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                               TABLE OF CONTENTS

                                  Description


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1.   Financial Statements and Exhibits                                  3
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Item 1.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

                 (a)      Financial Statements of the Plan included herein:

                          Report of Independent Accountants

                          Financial Statements:

                                  Statement of Net Assets Available for
                                  Benefits with Fund Information - December 31,
                                  1994.

                                  Statement of Changes in Net Assests Available
                                  for Benefits with Fund Information - for the
                                  period ended December 31, 1994.

                                  Notes to Financial Statements

                          Schedules:

                                  Schedule 1 -- Item 27a - Schedule of Assets
                                  Held for Investment Purposes

                                  Schedule II - Item 27d - Schedule of
                                  Reportable Transactions

                                  Other schedules are omitted because they are
                                  not applicable or the information required is
                                  contained in the Financial Statements.

                 (b)      Exhibits:

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<CAPTION>
                                  Exhibit
                                  Number            Description    
                                  -------           -----------
                                    <S>             <C>
                                    23              Consent of Independent
                                                    Accountants
</TABLE>


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                       REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


To the AirTouch Communications, Inc. Retirement Plans Committee
  and the AirTouch Communications, Inc. Retirement Plan:

We have audited the accompanying statement of net assets available for benefits
with fund information of the AirTouch Communications, Inc. Retirement Plan
(the Plan) as of December 31, 1994, and the related statement of changes in net
assets available for benefits with fund information for the period April 1,
1994 (inception) to December 31, 1994.  These financial statements are the
responsibility of the Plan's management.  Our responsibility is to express an
opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.

We conducted our audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards.  Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to
obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of
material misstatement.  An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence
supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.  An audit
also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant
estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial
statement presentation.  We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis
for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in
all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan as of
December 31, 1994 and the changes in net assets available for benefits for the
period April 1, 1994 (inception) to December 31, 1994 in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles.

Our audit was performed for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic
financial statements taken as a whole.  The supplemental schedules of assets
held for investment purposes as of December 31, 1994 and reportable (5%)
transactions for the period April 1, 1994 (inception) to December 31, 1994 are
presented for the purpose of additional analysis and are not a required part of
the basic financial statements but are supplementary information required by
the Department of Labor's Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure
under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.  The separate fund
information in the statement of net assets available for benefits and the
statement of changes in net assets available for benefits is presented for
purposes of additional analysis rather than to present the net assets available
for plan benefits and changes in net assets available for plan benefits of each
fund.  The supplemental schedules and separate fund information have been
subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audit of the basic
financial statements and, in our opinion, are fairly stated in all material
respects in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole.


San Francisco, California
May 5, 1995
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                 AIRTOUCH COMMUNICATIONS, INC. RETIREMENT PLAN
      STATEMENT OF NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS WITH FUND INFORMATION
                            as of December 31, 1994
                             (dollars in thousands)
                                _______________

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                    AIRTOUCH      TELESIS                                       MONEY      
                                                   STOCK FUND    STOCK FUND    GROWTH FUND    EQUITY FUND    MARKET FUND   
                                                   ----------    ----------    -----------    -----------    -----------   
<S>                                                  <C>           <C>           <C>            <C>            <C>         
            ASSETS                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                           
Investments at fair value:                                                                                                 
  AirTouch Communications, Inc. common shares        $28,791
  Pacific Telesis Group common shares                    -         $15,233                                                 
  SIT New Beginning Growth Fund                          -             -         $21,131                                   
  State Street S&P 500 Index Flagship Fund               -             -             -          $15,407                    
  State Street Yield Plus Fund                           -             -             -              -          $ 6,800     
  State Street Bond Market Fund                          -             -             -              -              -       
  State Street Balanced Fund                             -             -             -              -              -       
  Short-term investments                                   5           254            29              4            149     
                                                     -------       -------       -------        -------        -------     
                                                      28,796        15,487        21,160         15,411          6,949     
Investments at contract value:                                                                                             
  Contracts with insurance companies                     -             -             -              -              -       
                                                     -------       -------       -------        -------        -------     
        Total investments                             28,796        15,487        21,160         15,411          6,949     
                                                                                                                           
Contributions receivable - net of forfeitures          2,211           (63)        1,242            823          1,034     
Fund and other transfers receivable - net                685           -              59             10            -       
Dividends and interest receivable                        -             296           -              -              -       
                                                     -------       -------       -------        -------        -------     
        Total assets                                  31,692        15,720        22,461         16,244          7,983     
                                                     -------       -------       -------        -------        -------     
            LIABILITIES                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                           
Fund and other transfers payable - net                   -             616           -              -              571     
                                                     -------       -------       -------        -------        -------     
        Total liabilities                                -             616           -              -              571     
                                                     -------       -------       -------        -------        -------     
          Net assets available for                                                                                         
            plan benefits                            $31,692       $15,104       $22,461        $16,244        $ 7,412     
                                                     =======       =======       =======        =======        =======     
                                                                                                                           
<CAPTION>                                          
                                                                BALANCED     INTEREST
                                                   BOND FUND      FUND      INCOME FUND     TOTAL
                                                   ---------    --------    -----------     -----
<S>                                                 <C>          <C>          <C>          <C>
            ASSETS                                 
                                                   
Investments at fair value:                         
  AirTouch Communications, Inc. common shares                                              $ 28,791
  Pacific Telesis Group common shares                                                        15,233
  SIT New Beginning Growth Fund                                                              21,131
  State Street S&P 500 Index Flagship Fund                                                   15,407
  State Street Yield Plus Fund                                                                6,800
  State Street Bond Market Fund                      $1,381                                   1,381
  State Street Balanced Fund                            -        $10,010                     10,010
  Short-term investments                                 52           88      $   506         1,087
                                                     ------      -------      -------      --------
                                                      1,433       10,098          506        99,840
Investments at contract value:                     
  Contracts with insurance companies                    -            -         10,244        10,244
                                                     ------      -------      -------      --------
        Total investments                             1,433       10,098       10,750       110,084
                                                   
Contributions receivable - net of forfeitures           139          628           95         6,109
Fund and other transfers receivable - net               -            -            363         1,117
Dividends and interest receivable                       -            -            -             296
                                                     ------      -------      -------      --------
        Total assets                                  1,572       10,726       11,208       117,606
                                                     ------      -------      -------      --------
            LIABILITIES                            
                                                   
Fund and other transfers payable - net                   31           79          -           1,297
                                                     ------      -------      -------      --------
        Total liabilities                                31           79          -           1,297
                                                     ------      -------      -------      --------
          Net assets available for                 
            plan benefits                            $1,541      $10,647      $11,208      $116,309
                                                     ======      =======      =======      ========      
</TABLE>

  The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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                 AIRTOUCH COMMUNICATIONS, INC. RETIREMENT PLAN
 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS WITH FUND INFORMATION
         for the period April 1, 1994 (inception) to December 31, 1994
                             (dollars in thousands)
                                _______________

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                    AIRTOUCH      TELESIS                                       MONEY    
                                                   STOCK FUND    STOCK FUND    GROWTH FUND    EQUITY FUND    MARKET FUND 
                                                   ----------    ----------    -----------    -----------    ----------- 
<S>                                                  <C>           <C>           <C>            <C>            <C>       
Net assets available for benefits, April 1, 1994         -             -             -              -              -     
                                                     -------       -------       -------        -------        -------   
Employee Contributions/Salary Deferrals              $ 2,628           -         $ 1,684        $ 1,125        $   451   
Employing Company Contributions                        6,388           -           2,023          1,340          2,088   
Transfer from predecessor plan                        12,746       $20,218        18,601         13,451          6,196   
                                                     -------       -------       -------        -------        -------   
        Total contributions                           21,762        20,218        22,308         15,916          8,735   
                                                                                                                         
Dividend income                                          908           316           -              -              -     
Interest income                                           10             4             1              1            194   
Net appreciation (depreciation) of investments         5,132          (593)          990            739            -     
                                                     -------       -------       -------        -------        -------   
        Total additions - net                         27,812        19,945        23,299         16,656          8,929   
                                                                                                                         
Less distributions to participants                      (780)         (979)         (760)          (593)          (433)  
Forfeitures and other adjustments - net                  373          (542)          (75)           (50)          (234)  
                                                     -------       -------       -------        -------        -------   
        Net increase before transfers                 27,405        18,424        22,464         16,013          8,262   
                                                                                                                         
Interfund transfers - net                              4,287        (3,320)           (3)           231           (850)  
                                                     -------       -------       -------        -------        -------   
                                                                                                                         
            Net assets available for                                                                                     
              benefits, December 31, 1994            $31,692       $15,104       $22,461        $16,244        $ 7,412   
                                                     =======       =======       =======        =======        =======   
<CAPTION>                                          
                                                                BALANCED     INTEREST
                                                   BOND FUND      FUND      INCOME FUND     TOTAL
                                                   ---------    --------    -----------     -----
<S>                                                 <C>          <C>          <C>          <C>
Net assets available for benefits, April 1, 1994       -             -            -             -
                                                    ------       -------      -------      --------
Employee Contributions/Salary Deferrals             $  185       $   914          -        $  6,987
Employing Company Contributions                        251         1,134          -          13,224
Transfer from predecessor plan                       1,332         8,027      $12,120        92,691
                                                    ------       -------      -------      --------
        Total contributions                          1,768        10,075       12,120       112,902
                                                            
Dividend income                                        -             -            -           1,224
Interest income                                        -               1          582           793
Net appreciation (depreciation) of investments          (1)          281          -           6,548
                                                    ------       -------      -------      --------
        Total additions - net                        1,767        10,357       12,702       121,467
                                                            
Less distributions to participants                     (46)         (336)        (689)       (4,616)
Forfeitures and other adjustments - net                 38            50         (102)         (542)
                                                    ------       -------      -------      --------
        Net increase before transfers                1,759        10,071       11,911       116,309
                                                            
Interfund transfers - net                             (218)          576         (703)          -
                                                    ------       -------      -------      --------
                                                            
            Net assets available for                        
              benefits, December 31, 1994           $1,541       $10,647      $11,208      $116,309
                                                    ======       =======      =======      ========
</TABLE>                                              


  The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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                 AIRTOUCH COMMUNICATIONS, INC. RETIREMENT PLAN
                         NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                                _______________


1.       PLAN DESCRIPTION:

         The following description of the AirTouch Communications, Inc.
         Retirement Plan (the Plan) provides only general information.
         Participants should refer to the Summary Plan Description issued
         September 1, 1994, for a more complete description of the Plan's
         provisions, including the income tax consequences of participation and
         restrictions on early withdrawals from the Plan.

                 GENERAL:

                 Effective April 1, 1994, AirTouch Communications, Inc.
                 (formerly PacTel Corporation) was spun off from Pacific
                 Telesis Group.  Effective with the spin off, AirTouch adopted
                 the AirTouch Communications, Inc. Retirement Plan (the
                 AirTouch Plan or the Plan) which is substantially similar to
                 the PacTel Corporation Retirement Plan (the PacTel Plan).
                 Concurrently, Pacific Telesis Group transferred its
                 obligations as sponsor of the PacTel Plan to AirTouch and the
                 associated assets and liabilities were transferred to the
                 AirTouch Plan.  These financial statements reflect the
                 activity of the AirTouch Plan from April 1, 1994 (inception)
                 to December 31, 1994.  The Plan is a defined contribution plan
                 covering eligible employees of participating subsidiary
                 companies of AirTouch Communications, Inc. or its separate
                 operating units participating in the Plan (Participating
                 Entities).  It is subject to the provisions of the Employee
                 Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).

                 ELIGIBILITY:

                 An employee is eligible to participate in the Plan if he or
                 she (a) is an employee of a Participating Entity, and (b) has
                 completed at least six consecutive months with at least 500
                 hours of service.  Employees who are covered by a collective
                 bargaining agreement that does not provide for Plan
                 participation, employed by an AirTouch company that does not
                 participate, leased employees or nonresident aliens (except if
                 the Participating Entity expressly permits the employee to be
                 a Plan member) are not eligible to participate.

                 SALARY DEFERRALS AND EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS:

                 A participant may elect either to contribute salary deferrals
                 or make contributions to the Plan in the amount of any whole
                 percentage (not to exceed 16 percent) of compensation.
                 Contributions may be designated as before-tax deductions
                 (Salary Deferrals) or as after-tax deductions (Employee
                 Contributions).  Any before-tax deductions reduce an
                 employee's W-2 compensation for income tax purposes.  However,
                 they are taxable when distributed from the Plan, and they are
                 subject to restrictions on in-service withdrawals.  Before-tax
                 deductions are limited to a maximum of $9,240 for 1994.  This
                 maximum allowable limit is subject to annual revision for
                 cost-of-living increases.  Before-tax deductions do not reduce
                 an employee's compensation for FICA withholding (i.e., Social
                 Security benefits) and most Participating Entity benefits.


                                   Continued

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                 AIRTOUCH COMMUNICATIONS, INC. RETIREMENT PLAN
                         NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                                _______________


1.       PLAN DESCRIPTION, continued:

                 SALARY DEFERRALS AND EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS, continued:

                 A participant may not make more than two elections in total to
                 either authorize, change, suspend or resume employee
                 deductions in any calendar year, except that a participant may
                 always elect to suspend all salary deferrals or employee
                 contributions.

                 PARTICIPATING ENTITY CONTRIBUTIONS:

                 The Plan provides four types of Company contributions:

                 (a)      Basic Contributions -- Each participant will receive
                          an allocation of Basic Contributions equal to a
                          percentage between zero and six percent of
                          compensation, depending on the rate selected by his
                          or her Participating Entity.

                 (b)      Matching Contributions -- Each participant will
                          receive an allocation of Matching Contributions equal
                          to a percentage between zero and 100 percent of the
                          participant's Salary Deferral and Employee
                          Contribution, depending on the matching rate selected
                          by his or her Participating Entity.  For this
                          purpose, monthly Salary Deferrals and  Employee
                          Contributions on behalf of each participant in excess
                          of six percent of his or her compensation for such
                          month shall be disregarded.

                 (c)      Variable Contributions -- If a Participating Entity
                          elects to make a Variable Contribution for a calendar
                          year, each participant who was employed at the end of
                          the calendar year or who has died, attained
                          retirement status or incurred a disability during
                          such year will receive an allocation of Variable
                          Contributions equal to a percentage of compensation
                          determined by the Compensation and Personnel
                          Committee of the Board of Directors.  "Retirement
                          Status" means attaining any age with 30 years of
                          service, age 50 with 25 years of service, age 55 with
                          20 years of service, or age 65 with 10 years of
                          service.

                 (d)      QNEC Contributions -- If a Participating Entity
                          elects to make Qualified Nonelective Contributions
                          (QNEC) to meet Internal Revenue Code
                          Nondiscrimination requirements, each nonhighly
                          compensated participant employed by that entity will
                          receive a QNEC allocation.  The allocation will be a
                          percentage of the participant's compensation or a
                          fixed dollar amount per eligible participant.


                                   Continued

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                 AIRTOUCH COMMUNICATIONS, INC. RETIREMENT PLAN
                         NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                                _______________


1.       PLAN DESCRIPTION, continued:

                 INVESTMENT DIRECTIONS:

                 A participant's own deductions and share of Company
                 contributions will be remitted to The Northern Trust Company
                 (the Trustee) for investment under the Plan.  A participant
                 may direct the investment of his or her deductions and share
                 of Company contributions, other than Matching Contributions,
                 in increments of ten percent in one or more of the following
                 Investment Funds:

                 (a)      The AirTouch Stock Fund
                 (b)      The Telesis Stock Fund (closed to new contributions
                          and incoming transfers April 1, 1994)
                 (c)      The Growth Fund
                 (d)      The Equity Fund 
                 (e)      The Interest Income Fund (closed to new contributions 
                          and incoming transfers July 1, 1992 to December 31, 
                          1994) 
                 (f)      The Money Market Fund
                 (g)      The Bond Fund
                 (h)      The Balanced Fund

                 Matching Contributions are invested entirely in the AirTouch
                 Stock Fund.  Effective January 1, 1995, new contributions and
                 incoming transfers may be made to the Interest Income Fund.

                 A participant may, as of the first business day of any month,
                 change investment directions as to future deductions and
                 allocations of Company contributions and may redirect the
                 investment of his or her total account among the eight
                 investment funds, however, three months must pass between each
                 such change.  The election to make changes must be made at
                 least 15 calendar days before the effective date of the
                 change.  Amounts may only be transferred in 10% increments
                 from a fund.  No amounts may be transferred from the Interest
                 Income Fund to the Money Market Fund, Bond Fund, Telesis Stock
                 Fund or AirTouch Stock Fund.  No amounts may be transferred to
                 the Interest Income Fund or the Telesis Stock Fund, and
                 amounts attributable to the post-spin Company Match (which are
                 solely invested in the AirTouch Stock Fund), may not be
                 transferred from the AirTouch Stock Fund.


                                   Continued

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                 AIRTOUCH COMMUNICATIONS, INC. RETIREMENT PLAN
                         NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                                _______________


1.       PLAN DESCRIPTION, continued:

                 INVESTMENT DIRECTIONS, continued:

                 At spinoff, the following special one-time investment transfer
                 options were offered:

                 o        a participant could elect to transfer all or a
                          portion from his or her Telesis Stock Fund account
                          into any fund other than the Interest Income Fund;
                          and/or

                 o        a participant could elect to:

                          -       transfer all or a portion from his or her
                                  AirTouch Stock Fund into any fund other than
                                  the Interest Income Fund; or

                          -       transfer all or a portion from any other fund
                                  (including the Interest Income Fund) to the
                                  AirTouch Stock Fund.

                 The participant's interest in the investment funds, except for
                 the Interest Income Fund, is  valued as of the last business
                 day of each calendar month. The participant's interest in the
                 Interest Income Fund is reported at contract value.

                 VESTING:

                 Employee contributions and QNECs are always fully vested.
                 Other Company contributions are fully vested if, before the
                 participant terminates employment, the participant dies,
                 becomes disabled under the Company's Long-Term Disability Plan
                 or attains age 65, receives payment from the Company's
                 Severance Pay Plan, or the Plan is terminated or partially
                 terminated.

                 Company contributions which do not so vest become vested and
                 nonforfeitable pursuant to the following schedule:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                            PERCENTAGE
                          YEARS OF SERVICE                    VESTED  
                          ----------------                  ----------
                          <S>                                  <C>
                          Less than 3 years                      0%
                          3 years but less than 4 years         60%
                          4 years but less than 5 years         80%
                          5 years or more                      100%
</TABLE>

                 A participant receives credit for a year of service for each
                 calendar year in which at least 1,000 hours of service are
                 completed.  Company contributions which are not yet vested
                 will be forfeited when the participant terminates employment.


                                   Continued

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                 AIRTOUCH COMMUNICATIONS, INC. RETIREMENT PLAN
                         NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                                _______________


1.       PLAN DESCRIPTION, continued:

                 IN-SERVICE WITHDRAWALS:

                 While still an employee, a participant can withdraw all or
                 part of the value of his or her Rollover Account and/or
                 Employee Contribution Account.  Additionally, a participant
                 who is 100 percent vested in his or her Matching Account may
                 withdraw all or part of such account exclusive of the amounts
                 attributable to the post-spin company match.  Withdrawals from
                 a participant's Rollover Account, Employee After-Tax
                 Contributions or Matching Contributions Account may be made
                 for any reason.  Withdrawals from the participants' Employee
                 Pre-Tax Contributions account can be made by participants over
                 the age of 59 1/2 or by participants who have incurred a
                 serious financial hardship.  Other than withdrawals from the
                 participants' Employee Pre-Tax Contributions account, a
                 participant cannot make more than two withdrawals in any
                 period of 12 consecutive months.  A participant who makes a
                 withdrawal from any account other than the participants'
                 Employee Pre-Tax Contributions account is not eligible to
                 receive Matching Contributions for a six-month period,
                 regardless of the participant's age.  A participant under the
                 age of 59 1/2 who makes a withdrawal from the participants'
                 Employee Pre-Tax Contributions account is not eligible to
                 receive Matching Contributions for a six-month period.
                 Participants over the age of 59 1/2 who receive withdrawals
                 from their Employee Pre-Tax Contributions Accounts continue to
                 be eligible to receive Matching Contributions.  All
                 withdrawals are made pro rata from the various investment
                 types.  Withdrawals made before the age of 59 1/2 may be
                 subject to tax penalty.

                 PAYMENTS ON TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT:

                 If a participant terminates employment after he or she is
                 fully vested in all accounts, the entire amount in his or her
                 accounts will be distributed in a single sum to the
                 participant or, in the case of the participant's death, to the
                 participant's beneficiary. If a participant terminates
                 employment before he or she is fully vested in all accounts,
                 the vested portion of such accounts will be distributed in a
                 single sum and the nonvested portion will be forfeited.

                 A participant or beneficiary may elect to receive the single
                 sum distribution as of the close of the calendar month in
                 which termination of employment or death occurred.  If the
                 value of the participant's account exceeds $3,500, the
                 participant may elect to receive the distribution on any later
                 date no later than April 1 following the calendar year the
                 participant reaches the age of 70 1/2, and a beneficiary may
                 elect to receive the distribution on any later date no later
                 than five years after the participant's death.  However, if
                 the beneficiary is the participant's spouse, the beneficiary
                 may elect to receive the distribution on the latest date that
                 the participant could have elected to receive the
                 distribution.  If the value of a participant's account does
                 not exceed $3,500, the participant or his or her beneficiary
                 will receive the distribution as of the close of the calendar
                 month in which termination of employment or death occurred.


                                   Continued

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                 AIRTOUCH COMMUNICATIONS, INC. RETIREMENT PLAN
                         NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                                _______________


1.       PLAN DESCRIPTION, continued:

                 METHOD OF DISTRIBUTION AND WITHDRAWAL:

                 A participant's vested Plan Benefit shall be distributed in
                 the form of a single lump sum in cash except that, if any
                 portion of the Plan Benefit is invested in the Telesis Stock
                 Fund or the AirTouch Stock Fund, the participant may elect to
                 receive such Plan Benefit in whole shares of common stock held
                 by the fund, with cash for any fractional shares.

                 If a participant ceases to be an employee before becoming 100
                 percent vested in Company accounts, the nonvested portion of
                 each Company account constitutes a forfeiture during the plan
                 year in which the employment terminated.  Forfeitures arising
                 from Company contributions other than the Variable
                 Contribution are applied in the following order:

                 (a)      to restore allocations for participants improperly
                          excluded from such allocations.

                 (b)      to restore forfeitures for reinstated employees; and

                 (c)      to reduce future Company contributions.

                 Forfeitures arising from the Variable Contribution are added
                 to the current year's Variable Contribution.

                 RESTORATION OF FORFEITED AMOUNTS:

                 Forfeitures will be restored to the participant's accounts if
                 the participant is reemployed before incurring a permanent
                 service break (five consecutive calendar years during which
                 the participant does not complete more than 500 hours of
                 service in each calendar year).  Reinstatement is made from
                 other forfeitures of former employees of the Participating
                 Entity which reemployed the participant.

                 BENEFICIARIES:

                 A participant may designate one or more beneficiaries to
                 receive a distribution in case of his or her death.

                 STATEMENTS OF ACCOUNT:

                 Statements are prepared and distributed quarterly.

                 VOTING:

                 A participant will have the right to instruct the Trustee how
                 to vote the shares of AirTouch Communications stock and
                 Pacific Telesis Group stock allocated to the participant's
                 account under the AirTouch Stock Fund and Telesis Stock Fund
                 respectively.


                                   Continued

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                 AIRTOUCH COMMUNICATIONS, INC. RETIREMENT PLAN
                         NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                                _______________


1.       PLAN DESCRIPTION, continued:

                 ACCEPTANCE OF TAX-FREE ROLLOVERS:

                 Participants or Eligible Employees may make a rollover of the
                 taxable portion of a eligible rollover distribution from a
                 qualified plan or IRA by contributing all or part of that
                 portion in cash to this plan. The rollover does not qualify
                 for a Matching Contribution.

2.       ACCOUNTING POLICIES:

         The fair value of investments is determined as follows:

                 o        Shares or equivalent shares in the AirTouch Stock
                          Fund and Telesis Stock Fund are reported on the basis
                          of the last published sales price per share at
                          month-end as reported on the New York Stock Exchange
                          composite tape.

                 o        The Growth Fund, the Equity Fund, the Money Market
                          Fund, the Bond Fund and the Balanced Fund own units
                          of investment funds held by the investment manager.
                          The underlying investments are valued based on
                          published sources where available or, if not
                          available, from other sources considered reliable.

                 o        Short term investments are valued by the Trustee at
                          cost, which approximates market.

         Contracts with insurance companies in the Interest Income Fund are
         reported at contract value which is principal plus reinvested
         interest, less distributions.

         Purchases and sales of securities and units of investment funds are
         reflected as of the trade date.

         Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date.  Interest earned
         on investments is recorded on the accrual basis.

         Expenses of the Plan, with the exception of the Growth Fund, are paid
         directly by the Corporation and, as such, are not reflected in the
         accounts of the Plan.  However, brokerage fees, transfer taxes and
         other fees incident to the purchase and sale of securities are deemed
         part of the cost of the securities or shall be deducted from the sale
         proceeds, as the case may be.  Fees charged by the Growth Fund are in
         accordance with the fund's prospectus.

         Realized gains or losses and the change in unrealized appreciation
         (depreciation) of the investments of the Plan are presented in the
         statement of changes in net assets available for benefits as net
         appreciation/(depreciation) of investments.


                                   Continued

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<PAGE>   14

                 AIRTOUCH COMMUNICATIONS, INC. RETIREMENT PLAN
                         NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                                _______________


2.       ACCOUNTING POLICIES, continued:

         Amounts allocated to accounts of participants who have elected to
         withdraw from the Plan but have not been paid as of the year-end are
         included in net assets available for benefits.  As the Department of
         Labor requires these amounts to be reported as a liability on the Form
         5500, the following reconciles net assets available for benefits
         between these financial statements and the Form 5500:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                            DECEMBER 31,
                                                                1994   
                                                            ------------
                                                           (in thousands)
                  <S>                                         <C>
                  Net assets available for Plan benefits 
                    per financial statements                  $116,309
                  Amounts allocated to withdrawing 
                    participants                                  (440)
                                                              --------
                  Net assets available for Plan benefits 
                    per Form 5500                             $115,869
                                                              ========
</TABLE>

         Similarly, the distributions to participants amount reflected in the
         statement of changes in net assets available for benefits is
         reconciled to the Form 5500 as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                            FOR THE
                                                          PERIOD ENDED
                                                        DECEMBER 31, 1994
                                                        -----------------
                                                          (in thousands)
                  <S>                                        <C>
                  Distributions to participants per 
                    financial statements                     $4,616
                  Benefits due:
                    End of period                               440
                                                             ------
                  Distributions to participants per 
                    Form 5500                                $5,056
                                                             ======
</TABLE>

3.       TAX STATUS:

         The Company has established and intends to maintain the Plan and
         related trust in accordance with applicable sections of the Internal
         Revenue Code (IRC).  The Plan has applied for a favorable
         determination from the Internal Revenue Service with respect to its
         tax exempt status.  The Plan administrator and the Plan's tax counsel
         believe that the Plan is designed and is currently being operated in
         compliance with the applicable requirements of the IRC.  Therefore, no
         provision for income taxes has been included in the Plan's financial
         statements.


                                       14
<PAGE>   15

                 AIRTOUCH COMMUNICATIONS, INC. RETIREMENT PLAN
           ITEM 27a - SCHEDULE OF ASSETS HELD FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES
                            as of December 31, 1994
                                _______________


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                DESCRIPTION
      IDENTITY OF ISSUE                        OF INVESTMENT                          COST         CURRENT VALUE
      -----------------                        -------------                          ----         -------------
<S>                                     <C>                                       <C>               <C>
AirTouch Communications, Inc.*          Common Stock                              $23,691,401       $28,790,820

Pacific Telesis Group                   Common Stock                              $13,638,737       $15,232,766

SIT New Beginning Growth Fund           Mutual Fund                               $19,218,490       $21,130,879

State Street S&P 500 Index              Collective Trust Fund                     $13,624,005       $15,407,381
  Flagship Fund

State Street Yield Plus Fund            Collective Trust Fund                     $ 6,799,619       $ 6,799,619

State Street Bond Market Fund           Collective Trust Fund                     $ 1,343,679       $ 1,380,565

State Street Balanced Fund              Collective Trust Fund                     $ 9,134,529       $10,010,104

John Hancock Life Ins. Co.              GAC 6082, 6.61% matures 12/31/96          $ 2,199,829       $ 2,199,829

Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.              GA#12050, 8.9% matures 12/31/95           $ 3,161,528       $ 3,161,528

Mutual Life Insurance Company           GAC #MM71160  8.46% matures
  of New York                           12/31/94                                  $ 1,631,871       $ 1,631,871

Provident Life & Accident               #627-05395 rate 6.44%, matures
                                        12/31/96 & 12/31/97                       $ 1,652,935       $ 1,652,935

Prudential Insurance Company            GA-7756-211 5.39% matures 12/31/98        $ 1,597,756       $ 1,597,756

State Street                            Short Term Fund                           $    10,000       $    10,000

Northern Trust Co. *                    Short Term Investment Fund                $ 1,078,229       $ 1,078,229
</TABLE>

* party-in-interest


                                      15
<PAGE>   16

                 AIRTOUCH COMMUNICATIONS, INC. RETIREMENT PLAN
              ITEM 27d - SCHEDULE OF REPORTABLE (5%) TRANSACTIONS
         for the period April 1, 1994 (inception) to December 31, 1994
                                _______________


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                   EXPENSE    
                                                                                                   INCURRED   
                                                                PURCHASE    SELLING     LEASE        WITH     
IDENTITY OF PARTY INVOLVED          DESCRIPTION OF ASSETS         PRICE      PRICE     RENTAL    TRANSACTION  
- --------------------------          ---------------------       --------    -------    ------    -----------  
<S>                              <C>                             <C>         <C>         <C>       <C>        
AirTouch Communications, Inc.    Common stock:                   $25.09*        -         -        $14,873    
                                   448,111 shares bought                                                      
                                     in 47 transactions                                                       
                                   2,091 shares sold in                                                       
                                     5 transactions                 -        $25.73*      -        $   106    
                                                                                                              
Northern Trust Co.               Collective short-term                                                        
                                   investment fund                                                            
                                     279 purchases               $    1         -         -            -      
                                     330 sales                      -        $    1       -            -      
<CAPTION>                                                          
                                                 CURRENT VALUE
                                                  OF ASSET ON
                                    COST OF       TRANSACTION     NET GAIN
IDENTITY OF PARTY INVOLVED           ASSET           DATE         OR (LOSS)
- --------------------------           -----       -------------    ---------
<S>                               <C>             <C>               <C>
AirTouch Communications, Inc.     $11,242,687     $11,242,687          -
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                  $    48,198     $    53,803       $5,499
                                 
Northern Trust Co.               
                                 
                                  $20,202,625     $20,202,625          -
                                  $21,745,617     $21,745,617          -
</TABLE>

* Average price


                                       16
<PAGE>   17

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
administrator has duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


                                         AirTouch Communications, Inc.
                                         Retirement Plan

                                         By:  AirTouch Communications, Inc.
                                              (Plan Administrator)

                                         By:  /s/ Lydell L. Christensen
                                              --------------------------------
                                              Lydell L. Christensen
                                              Executive Vice President and
                                              Chief Financial Officer

Date:  June 29, 1995


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<PAGE>   18

                                 Exhibit Index


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
         Exhibit
         Number                         Description   
         -------                        -----------
           <S>                          <C>
           23                           Consent of Independent
                                        Accountants
</TABLE>


                                      18

<PAGE>   1

                                                                      Exhibit 23

[COOPERS & LYBRAND LETTERHEAD]


                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements of
AirTouch Communications, Inc. on forms S-8 relating to the AirTouch
Communications, Inc. Retirement Plan (Registration Statement No. 33-57083),
AirTouch Communications, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (Registration
Statement No. 33-57077), and AirTouch Communications, Inc. 1993 Long-Term Stock
Incentive Plan (Registration Statement No. 33-57081) of our report dated May
5, 1995, on our audit of the financial statements of the AirTouch
Communications, Inc. Retirement plan as of December 31, 1994, and for the
period April 1, 1994 to December 31, 1994, filed as part of the Annual Report
on Form 10-K of AirTouch Communications, Inc. for the year ended December 31,
1994.


                                                   /s/ Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
                                                   ----------------------------


San Francisco, California
June 23, 1995
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