Metrocall Installs In-house IRM System At BMW Manufacturing Facility.

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ALEXANDRIA, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 4, 2000

Enables Quicker Transmission of Wireless Messaging

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 BMW Manufacturing Corp., a subsidiary of BMW AG of North America, Inc.

The state-of-the-art IRM product utilizes its own in-house VHF wireless messaging system to link hundreds of employees at the BMW-MC manufacturing facility in South Carolina. Two transmitters dedicated to the IRM system have been installed at the facility, resulting in virtually instantaneous message delivery. BMW-MC's Emergency Response Team (ERT) is the primary beneficiary of the new service. It's members are fitted with wireless advanced messaging devices that can be contacted as a group, or individually, using a central, computer-based system or using traditional paging methods.

"Manufacturing and other important industrial operations recognize remarkable efficiencies when connected via a premise-based IRM wireless data management system," stated William L. Collins III, Metrocall's chairman, president and CEO. "BMW's manufacturing facility is a perfect example of how management can stay in close contact and track the activities of multiple remote and important areas of their operations. We are proud that a company with such an impressive track record for manufacturing excellence has chosen our IRM product for their critical communications demands."

In addition to the exceptional response time, the system documents every messaging event and produces custom reports, such as cost center and inventory correspondence. The in-house IRM also allows administrators to exchange devices on demand. This provides for the inclusion of new technologies or the replacement of damaged equipment without delay.

About BMW Manufacturing Corp.

BMW Manufacturing Corp. is a subsidiary of BMW AG in Munich. Its website address is www.bmwusfactory.com. In addition to the South Carolina manufacturing facility, BMW's North American subsidiaries include sales, marketing and financial services operations in the United States, Canada and throughout Latin America; an information technology consulting and systems integration firm in South Carolina; a production facility in Mexico; and a design firm in California.

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 3,400 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 to, 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's 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; 5) the impact of delays in receiving sufficient supplies of two-way messaging products from manufacturers; 6) declines in revenues from one-way paging services; 7) the impact of Metrocall's high level of debt and need to comply with financial covenants applicable to such debt; 8) Metrocall's ability to achieve operating cost savings. 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.