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ARCH REVENUES UP FOR QUARTER

WESTBOROUGH, Mass.-Arch Communications Group Inc. said its revenues for the third quarter, ended Sept. 30, increased 102 percent to $195.7 million from the $96.9 million reported for the same period the previous year. This was the first full quarter to include the operating performance results from MobileMedia Inc., which Arch acquired June 3.

Arch recorded a net loss of $68.3 million, compared with a net loss of $48.5 million for the same time last year.

Arch said it had approximately 7.02 million consolidated units in service during the quarter, a decline of 71,000 units. However, the company’s average revenue per subscriber increased from $8.87 in third-quarter 1998, to $9.01 this year.

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