Hans Snook Executive of a wireless paging business (which subsequently became part of the Hutchison Whampoa Group). In 1992 Snook was despatched to the UK and closed Hutchison's Rabbit phone system; and instead turned efforts to developing the UK's fourth mobile phone network. On April 28, 1994 Orange was launched. Within five years Orange had developed an enviable reputation as well as a growing international presence. Mannesmann of Germany purchased Orange Plc, in a failed attempt to challenge Vodafone as the World's leading mobile phone company. This set off a chain of events which resulted in France Télécom taking ownership of Orange,
Lee Snook Traverse City Symphony. In Topeka, he has performed with the Topeka Symphony Orchestra, Topeka Festival Singers, and the Topeka Civic Theatre. Snook has taught at Michigan State University, Albion College, American Conservatory of Music (Chicago), Lansing Community College, and Southwest Baptist University. Snook's principal pedagogy is derived from the Bel Canto school of Italian singing, specifically the Metodo Pratico del Canto originally devised by Italian mastersinger Nicola Vaccaj and later edited for publisher Ricordi by pedagogue Elio Battaglia. In the summer of 2004, Snook and his wife, Dr. Ann Marie Snook, both studied with Battaglia in a summer session at