ALEXANDRIA, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 19, 2001--Metrocall, Inc. (Nasdaq:MCLLC), one of the nation's largest wireless data and messaging companies, today announced that it has been awarded a contract to provide wireless messaging services to the Temple University Health System located in the heart of Philadelphia, PA. The Temple University Health System is made up of physicians in every specialty and primary care field.

Initially Metrocall will supply the Temple University Health System with more than 1,400 wireless units, including a mix of two-way, messaging and digital devices. Metrocall's robust coverage in the City of Philadelphia is ideally suited for the communication demands of the organization. The system is made up of a regional complex of academic and community hospitals, medical school and community based physicians, as well as nursing homes and home care services.

"A large organization such as the Temple University Health System, with broad regional operations, faces complex communication demands every day," stated Steven D. Jacoby, Metrocall's chief operating officer. "Our wireless services, such as advanced messaging and My2Way, deliver important messages directly to a remote employee or group of employees when they need it, wherever they are. In the healthcare industry, such communication capabilities are indispensable."

Metrocall's contract with the Temple University Health System runs through 2003 and will be managed through the Company's Mid-Atlantic region.

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.