ALEXANDRIA, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 5, 2001--Metrocall, Inc. (Nasdaq: MCLLC), one of the nation's largest wireless data and messaging companies, will demonstrate its on-campus wireless networking capabilities beginning today at the National Manufacturing Week trade show in Chicago, IL. Metrocall's Systems Application Division custom-creates onsite wireless networks that are ideal for the real-time communications demands of manufacturing operations.

With the IRM, critical data and messages can be sent using traditional paging methods, or from a designated central PC-based server to a large defined group. The process is scalable from one to several thousand devices. 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 five seconds or less.

Manufacturing week attendees can learn more about the recently introduced IRM 2.0 system by stopping by booth #4648 in the National Industrial Automation area of the exposition at the McCormick Place complex. 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.

"Manufacturing facilities are large, complex, noisy environments and are typically poor areas for external wireless coverage," said Nancy Green, vice president of Metrocall's systems application division. "Metrocall's IRM systems provide an alternative to using overhead paging and phone extensions, as employees read a transmitted message. With the aid of onsite transmitters, the coverage problems are eliminated and message transmission is completed to wireless devices extraordinarily fast."

During the past few months Metrocall IRM systems have been installed at locations throughout the country, including a BMW parts plant in South Carolina and at hospitals and medical campuses. 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 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 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.

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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.