GEOTEK AND RWE TO MERGE WIRELESS NETWORKS IN GERMANY RWE & GEOTEK PLAN NEW DIGITAL NETWORK.

MONTVALE, New Jersey--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 10, 1996-- Geotek Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:NNM:GOTK) (Pacific:GEO) and RWE Telliance AG announced today that they have executed a memorandum of understanding to merge their German public access mobile radio networks, RegioNet and TERRAFON Bundelfunk, respectively. The combined network will provide service to nearly 30,000 business subscribers in 12 of Germany's 14 most important economic regions.

Under the terms of the memorandum of understanding, Geotek and RWE Telliance AG will each hold 50% of the merged entity. The companies plan to build a digital network that will offer an integrated service offering of telephony and dispatch, messaging and mobile data applications. The companies expect to begin offering digital services in the second half of 1997.

RWE Telliance is a wholly owned subsidiary of RWE, a $43 billion German conglomerate based in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia. In addition to interests in public access mobile radio, the company operates in different mobile telecommunications market segments and telecommunications consultancies and intends to become a major competitor to the Deutsche Telekom by exploiting the second largest fiber optic network in Germany.

"We are very excited to join forces with RWE, which is emerging as a major force in the German telecommunications market," said Yaron Eitan, President & CEO, Geotek Communications, Inc. "Together we plan to roll out a digital network that will offer German businesses a competitive edge by improving their efficiency -- an invaluable foundation for long-term growth."

"RWE and Geotek will bring a very powerful service offering to the German business community," said Mr. Schwarzmann, Executive Member of the Board of RWE Telliance. "We are very impressed by Geotek's advanced technology and differentiation and plan to build a very successful business here in Germany."

The parties are now engaged in comprehensive business planning and expect to reach a definitive agreement by the summer of 1996. The transaction is subject to, among other things, the completion of satisfactory due diligence, regulatory approvals, approval by each company's board of directors and the negotiation and execution of definitive agreements.

Geotek Communications, Inc. is a rapidly growing international provider of integrated voice and data solutions for mobile business users. In the United States, the Company focuses on wireless communications for small-and-medium-sized businesses which require real-time "integrated" communications to manage their fleets. Geotek currently offers commercial services over its FHMA based networks in three major markets--New York, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. and will expand to over 35 major U.S. markets by the end of 1997.

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