ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. launched paging service through its Global Messaging Gateway, a newly installed satellite uplink facility located in Stockton, Calif.
Metrocall now handles about 250 million pages per month, and plans to transmit two-thirds of the messages via the GMG uplink by the end of the year, said the company.
“Metrocall now controls and manages its own major communications systems,” said Steven D. Jacoby, executive vice president and chief operating officer. “When fully functioning-as we gradually phase out the commercial and local systems-the new gateway will save the company more than $200,000 per year.”
