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To: William Whitehead Jr. who wrote (675)	3/10/1999 11:52:00 AM
From: Ron Schier	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 848

PageNet, BellSouth Wireless Data Enter Strategic Alliance To Expand Market For Interactive Paging, Other Two-Way Services DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 10, 1999--In a strategic partnership geared to expand the emerging marketplace for interactive paging, PageNet (Nasdaq: PAGE) and BellSouth Wireless Data, two leaders in the wireless marketplace, today announced that PageNet will market the BellSouth Interactive Paging(SM) Service. As part of the agreement, PageNet, the leading distributor of wireless messaging products in the U.S., will serve as BellSouth Wireless Data's primary distributor for BellSouth Interactive Paging Service and will co-brand the service. The advanced messaging service gives users the ability to send and respond to messages from a small, keyboard-based device. PageNet will add interactive paging from BellSouth Wireless Data to its portfolio of wireless products beginning in May, marketing the service through its direct sales force and through its reseller channel. BellSouth Wireless Data will place sales representatives at key PageNet locations nationwide to support PageNet's efforts in the sale of interactive paging. "PageNet's goal is to provide the best wireless communications solution for each one of our business customers - an objective that cannot be reasonably accomplished through a single wireless technology," said John P. Frazee, Jr., chairman, president and chief executive officer of PageNet. "BellSouth Interactive Paging Service offers a compelling solution for customers who would benefit from a higher-speed, lower-latency data network, such as heavy users of advanced messaging who choose to forward their home or office e-mail to their device. "PageNet will continue to aggressively seek out platforms and products that satisfy the needs of an expanding customer base, representing customers of all sizes and needs," Mr. Frazee added. Said William F. Lenahan, president and chief executive officer of BellSouth Wireless Data: "Together we will leverage the strengths of both companies - PageNet's distribution and BellSouth Wireless Data's interactive product solutions for personal and corporate customers. This combination will expand the entire wireless data marketplace." Introduced in September 1998, the BellSouth Interactive Paging(SM) Service offers people on the go the ability to initiate and respond to messages in seconds rather than minutes via Internet e-mail and other pagers, and send messages to fax machines and telephones. Interactive paging uses the RIM Inter@ctive(TM) Pager 950, a wearable, hand-held device with a full keyboard that uses an Intel386(TM) processor. PageNet provides wireless messaging and information services to 10 million subscribers in the United States, Canada and Spain. The company provides a full range of paging and advanced messaging services, including Internet messaging, assured-delivery messaging and two-way interactive messaging. Later this year, the company plans to introduce a variety of customizable wireless information services for pagers and other devices, partnering with content providers such as Yahoo!, CNN, ESPN, Forbes, AccuWeather, The Golf Channel, Tribune Media Services and others. The company also develops advanced wireless applications for corporate customers. Detailed information and coverage maps for PageNet service are available on the Internet at www.pagenet.com. CONTACT: Scott Baradell PageNet 972-801-8180 scott_baradell@pagenet.com or Russ Rowland or Chris Loncto For BellSouth Wireless Data 212-355-5049 russr@hwhpr.com/chrisl@hwhpr.com