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To: Derrick P. who wrote (96503)	3/15/2000 12:32:00 PM
From: H James Morris	Respond to of 164684

Derrick, I bought Apgr because of this. To be honest... no other reason. > Wireless Devices Nationwide Will Offer Users Popular AOL Communications Features Through Arch's Two-Way Wireless Messaging Capabilities DULLES, Va., and WESTBOROUGH, Mass., Feb. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- America Online, Inc. (NYSE: AOL), the world's leading interactive services company, and Arch Communications Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: APGR), one of the largest wireless messaging and mobile data providers in the United States, today announced that AOL has selected Arch to provide two-way wireless messaging capabilities for its new AOL Mobile Messenger service and plans to offer AOL's e-mail and Instant Messenger(SM) services to consumers using devices enabled with Arch's messaging capabilities. (Photo: newscom.com ) AOL Mobile Messenger will extend AOL Mail and AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) to wireless devices. The three-year agreement will provide AOL members and users of AIM easy and convenient access to these services through Arch's interactive messaging capabilities. In the future, AOL also plans to offer additional AOL content and commerce applications via Arch-enabled wireless devices. AOL Wireless, a significant component of the "AOL Anywhere"(SM) strategy, will bring AOL's most popular features and services to a wide range of wireless devices. AOL's 21 million members and tens of millions of users of its other Web brands will be able to easily extend their interactive experience to the wireless platform in a convenient, easy-to-use and valuable way through Arch's wireless gateway and interactive messaging infrastructure. Users will be able to check their e-mail, exchange Instant Messages, and access AOL's other popular and consumer-friendly features and brands. "With AOL Anywhere, our priority is to provide our customers with a mobile AOL experience that's dependable and easy-to-use, consistent with their AOL desktop experience," said Bob Pittman, President and Chief Operating Officer of America Online. "With AOL members and AIM users exchanging more than 110 million e-mails and over 600 million instant messages daily, we are always looking for new ways to offer them access to these popular features. Arch's high-quality interactive messaging services will give us the technical capability to offer our customers a seamless, mobile AOL experience." C. Edward Baker, Jr., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Arch, said: "Arch is extremely pleased to have been selected by AOL, one of the world's most respected and innovative companies. We are especially pleased that AOL has recognized the virtues of our ReFlex 25 two-way wireless messaging protocol and the advantages of our networks and portable wireless devices. Together, AOL and Arch are taking the Internet a step forward by providing millions of Internet users access to the same high-quality functionality they experience online at the desktop wirelessly, including the ability to communicate anytime - anywhere. At a time when Arch is launching initiatives in the dynamic two-way wireless messaging market, we couldn't ask for a better head start than working with a company with AOL's stature, capabilities, brand recognition, and market presence." Baker added: "We believe this agreement also is an important step in the evolution of the messaging industry from an alert notification business to one that will play an essential role in the transfer of wireless mobile data via the Internet and corporate intranets. As wireless phones were a natural extension of landline phones, we believe Arch's ReFlex 25 wireless messaging platform is a natural extension of the Internet." About Arch Arch Communications Group, Inc., Westborough, MA, is a leading U.S. wireless messaging company with annual revenues in excess of $800 million. Arch provides local, regional and nationwide wireless communications services to customers in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and in the Caribbean. Arch operates approximately 300 offices and company-owned stores across the country. .Arch's pending merger with Paging Network, Inc. (Nasdaq: PAGE), targeted for completion by mid-year, will create a wireless messaging and communications company with annual revenues of approximately $1.6 billion. Additional information on Arch is available on the Internet at www.arch.com.