ALEXANDRIA, Va.--(BW HealthWire)--Feb. 5, 2001--Metrocall, Inc. (NASDAQ:MCLL), one of the nation's largest wireless data and messaging companies, today introduces IRM 2.0, the latest in on-campus wireless networking, at the 2001 HIMMS Conference & Exhibition in New Orleans, LA.

Metrocall's IRM, or Integrated Resource Management System, is an onsite wireless network that provides real time access to multiple devices, administered through a central server. The new IRM 2.0 is distinct from previous IRM systems because of its universal wireless platform, developed by Metrocall partner Inciscent, which can transmit to any wireless device, such as PDA's, two-way devices and PCS phones.

Inciscent is a wired-to-wireless full service ASP focused on the business-to-business (B2B) market.

With the IRM, critical data and messages, such as lab reports, patient updates and emergency alerts, are sent from a central PC-based location to a large group or to only one device. Units can be upgraded or replaced in-house, which negates the need for third-party involvement.

When coupled with an onsite antenna, coverage is exceptional with transmission time of approximately 5 seconds or less. Attendees can learn more about the new IRM 2.0 system by stopping by booth no. 1548 at HIMMS.

"This is a big step in the evolution of campus-based, in-house administered wireless networking because now multiple wireless platforms can access information from one system," said Nancy Green, vice president of Metrocall's systems applications division. "HIMMS is the ideal place for Metrocall to demonstrate the efficiencies that result from in-house administered wireless communications systems applied to the healthcare arena."

Metrocall is the leading wireless provider to the United States healthcare industry. More than 4,000 major hospitals, clinics, medical and healthcare facilities nationally are Metrocall subscribers utilizing IRM systems, and hundreds of thousands of wireless data and messaging devices as well as cellular and digital PCS phones.

During the past few months Metrocall IRM systems have been installed in several hospitals and medical campuses throughout the country resulting in internal communication processes scalable to several thousand wireless devices. In addition to medical campuses, the IRM has also been installed in manufacturing facilities, such a BMW parts plant in South Carolina.

Casinos and municipalities have also chosen Metrocall's IRM system because of its immediate response time and its transmission capabilities in large buildings traditionally plagued by poor coverage.

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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