ALEXANDRIA, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 8, 2001--

Visor Becomes Total Handheld Computing and Communication Solution With Software and @ctiveLink

Metrocall, Inc. (Nasdaq:MCLL), one of the nation's largest wireless data and messaging companies, today announced that its online storefront now features the Handspring Visor, bundled with Glenayre's @ctiveLinkª two-way wireless messaging modules.

Today Metrocall also introduces four vertical handheld computing solutions for use with the Visor. The result of a strategic partnership with Handango, a leading publisher of handheld software applications, these four software suites help mobile professionals get the most out of their Handspring Visor. The package of new products and services can be accessed by visiting www.metrocall.com.

The @ctiveLink module snaps seamlessly into the Springboardª slot on the back of the Handspring Visorªwirelessly enabling the powerful personal information management (PIM) utilities of the Visor. Each application included in the Handango software suite was tailored to complement the Visor, providing unique benefits for mobile professionals in specific industries.

The applications focus on the areas of healthcare, legal, accounting and consulting, and sales.

"No longer just a wireless messaging provider, Metrocall is the solutions provider for mobile professionals seeking not only communications applications, but also answers to their handheld computing challenges," stated William L. Collins III, Metrocall's chairman, president and CEO. "By partnering with technology innovators, such as Handango, Metrocall presents its customers with an all-inclusive catalog of choices running the gambit from two-way messaging to the latest in industry-specific computing solutions."

The Healthcare Suite increases the speed and accuracy of medical-related data providing healthcare professionals with flexible, on-the spot resources. It includes a drug database, patient tracker, medical calculator and medical dictionary.

The Legal Suite helps in many of the fast-paced areas that surround today's judicial environment. Track expenses, research cases and keep track of legal notices using one of today's most comprehensive handheld legal aids.

The Accounting and Consulting Suite helps mobile professionals keep track of clients, hours and expenses. This product also supports document portability and increasing productivity by giving users the data wherever and whenever they need it.

The Sales Professional Suite leverages the time of today's sales forces with well-organized information. For example, travel plans and expenses are readily accessible and vital client information can be managed on-the-go.

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 professionals coast to coast.

The Company offers two-way interactive messaging, wireless e-mail and Internet connectivity, cellular and digital PCS phones, as well as digital and alpha 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.