ALEXANDRIA, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 2, 2001-- Quick Transmission, On-site Administration Provides Efficient Communication Process to Medical Center

Metrocall, Inc. (Nasdaq: MCLL), one of the nation's largest wireless data and messaging companies, today announced that its Systems Applications Division has installed a new state-of-the-art Integrated Resource Management (IRM) system to facilitate wireless communications for Valley Baptist Medical Center (VBMC) of Harlingen, TX.

Metrocall's IRM system is an on-premise wireless network that provides expeditious transmission time to ten, or ten thousand, wireless devices, making it ideal for the critical communications demands of large, campus-based healthcare organizations.

VBMC offers services ranging from critical care and pediatrics to joint replacement and an emergency trauma center. Metrocall's IRM system links work forces through centrally administered servers, and on-site transmitters, providing for virtual transmission of less than five seconds. Wireless messages can be sent to specific groups or to a single user.

Among other benefits, the in-house administration saves time by eliminating the need for third party participation in switching wireless devices or adding new users to the system.

"Valley Baptist Medical Center will recognize immediate benefits from the latest in campus-based wireless technologies," according to Nancy Green, Metrocall's systems application division vice president. "With a dedicated VHF transmitter on-site, important messages will be delivered faster than traditional paging methods, and in-house administration provides for convenient exchange of devices. Simply put, this locally operating wireless system will give peace-of-mind to health care professionals dependent on medical data and messaging between colleagues."

Currently the Metrocall IRM links physicians and other colleagues throughout the Valley Baptist campus. In the future it will also be used to administer the medical center's nurse call system as well.

This is the second announcement of a Metrocall IRM installed at a healthcare facility in Texas this week. It was announced Tuesday that Star Anesthesia, of San Antonio, had also chosen Metrocall for its internal communication needs. The Metrocall IRM system will be demonstrated beginning this Monday, February 5, at the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society (HIMMS) 2001 Exposition in New Orleans, LA.

About Valley Baptist Medical Center

Valley Baptist Medical Center, Harlingen, Texas, has been synonymous with excellence since 1925. From emergency care and obstetrics to heart surgery and radiology, Valley Baptist has led the way by combining modern technologies and facilities with an outstanding staff of physicians and health care professionals.

Today, that quest for excellence continues as an ever expanding roster of outpatient services and rural health clinics bringing medical care within reach of the entire community. Which is why, for generations to come, South Texas can continue to place their trust in Valley Baptist's family of health care providers.

About Metrocall, Inc.

Metrocall, Inc. headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, is one of the largest wireless data and messaging companies in the United States providing both products and services to more than six million business and individual subscribers. Metrocall was founded in 1965, became a publicly traded company in 1993 and currently employs approximately 3,500 professional's coast to coast.

The Company offers two-way interactive messaging, wireless e-mail and Internet connectivity, cellular and digital PCS phones, as well as one-way messaging services. Metrocall operates on many nationwide, regional and local networks, including a new Two-Way Interactive Network (TWIN), and can supply a wide variety of customizable Internet-based information content services.

Also, Metrocall offers totally integrated resource management systems and communications solutions for business and campus environments. Metrocall's wireless networks operate in the top 1,000 markets all across the nation and the Company has offices and retail locations in more than forty states.

Metrocall is the largest equity-owner of Inciscent, an independent business-to-business enterprise, that is a national full-service "wired-to-wireless" Application Service Provider (ASP). For more information on Metrocall please visit our Web site and On-line store at www.Metrocall.com.

Safe Harbor Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995

The statements set forth above that are not historical facts, such as those concerning Metrocall's advanced wireless data and messaging strategies, are forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties. A number of risks and uncertainties could cause actual results, events or developments to differ from expectations.

Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ are 1) the speed and extent to which markets for advanced messaging data and messaging services develop and grow; 2) Metrocall and its joint venture affiliate Inciscent's ability to develop and market products and services that respond to market conditions and customers' needs; 3) the impact of competition from other companies in the wireless data and Internet business; 4) the need to respond to rapid technological developments that could affect the commercial viability of Metrocall's and Inciscent's products and services.

You should refer to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for a complete discussion of these and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in these forward-looking statements.

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