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SOURCE: Metrocall, Inc.
Metrocall/Sundial.Com Team Up to Market Wireless Products and Services
Online Vendor Specializes in Researching And Satisfying Consumer's Wireless Demands
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Metrocall, Inc. (Nasdaq: MCLL - news), today announced a partnering agreement with New York-based Sundial Marketplace Corp. Commencing immediately, Metrocall's wireless data and messaging products and services are available via the company's Internet platform: Sundial.com. The site offers customers the ability to research, design and purchase wireless solutions customized for their particular communication needs.
Metrocall has initiated Internet-based strategic partnerships with outlets such as Sundial.com to take advantage of the e-commerce direction of the highly mobile and automated professional marketplace. Advanced alphanumeric devices and the recently launched My2Way data and messaging services offered by Metrocall are available to consumers via Sundial.com.
Steven D. Jacoby, Metrocall's chief operating officer, said that Sundial.com represents the type of alliance necessary to compete in today's fast-paced wireless marketplace.
``Sundial.com comes from New York's 'Silicon Alley' where e-commerce innovations are revolutionizing the retail process,' said Jacoby. He added, ``We welcome the opportunity to provide our products and services to the sophisticated, online consumers that Sundial.com caters to.'
According to Michael Cooley, chief operating officer of Sundial, ``We are excited to partner with Metrocall to offer local, regional and nationwide messaging plans in all of our U.S. markets.' He continued, ``Metrocall complements our goal to be a central resource for consumers to purchase wireless devices and value-added services to communicate and access news, financial data and lifestyle information anytime, anywhere.'
Based in the Silicon Alley section of New York City, the Sundial Marketplace Corporation launched Sundial.com to simplify the purchasing process for wireless telecommunications services. Offering an advanced back- end technology platform that is linked to leading vendors and service providers, Sundial.com offers customers the capability to research, design and purchase customized wireless solutions, in addition to a broad range of content applications. Additionally, the company's back-end provisioning engine is widely used by leading retail and online companies to offer wireless telecommunications solutions. For more information, visit Sundial.com at sundial.com.
Metrocall, Inc., headquartered in Alexandria, VA, is one of the largest wireless data and messaging companies in the United States serving more than six million (pro forma with recently announced acquisition of NationPage) subscribers. In addition, Metrocall is an authorized provider of AT&T Wireless digital phones. For more information on Metrocall, please visit www.metrocall.com or AOL Keyword: Metrocall.
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The statements contained in this release which are not historical facts, such as those concerning future financial performance and growth, are forward- looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties, including factors affecting the Company's business generally, as well as those identified in Metrocall's Annual Report on Form 10-K, and in Metrocall's periodic reports under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, and could differ materially from set forth in the forward-looking statements.
SOURCE: Metrocall, Inc.
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