<Li> Airfone air - ground radiotelephone service from 1981 to 1986 </Li> <Li> Cellular phone service for a very short time in the early 1980s (the phones were made by two - way radio manufacturer E.F. Johnson Company) </Li> <P> Most of these services were discontinued by Western Union in the late 1980s due to a lack of profitability, with the company's divisions providing said services being divested and sold to other companies, such as the 1988 sale of WU's satellite fleet and services to Hughes Space and Communications, and the sale of WU's Airfone service to GTE in 1986 . </P> <P> Western Union was a major shirt - sponsor of the Sydney Roosters NRL team from 2002--2003 . The company still sponsors the team, but not as a shirt - sponsor . Around the world, Western Union sponsors numerous community events that help support the diaspora communities that use the global Money Transfer service . They also sponsored numerous WWE and WCW pay - per - view events such as the No Way Out 1998 and Slamboree 2000 . They sponsored UEFA Europa League from 2012 until 2015 . </P>

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