Glenayre and Infomobile Commercially Test ERMES I4 Infomobile to Provide Pager Roaming in Europe.

CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Oct. 11, 1995--Glenayre Technologies, Inc. and Infomobile of Guyancourt, France have agreed to begin testing the ERMES/I4 Interface for Glenayre's GL3000 paging system.

The ERMES/I4 protocol allows the roaming of pager subscribers, much the same as Global Systems for Mobile (GSM) cellular users can roam in Europe today. The testing will begin in early November 1995 at Infomobile's site in Guyancourt, France, using Glenayre paging infrastructure equipment.

"This is the next step in Glenayre's commitment to the successful implementation of ERMES infrastructure," said Hugh Tottle, Glenayre's vice president, European Operations. "I4 is an important part of ERMES and Glenayre is committed to its success."

ERMES was adopted by members of the European Community to provide seamless transmission of paging traffic among participating countries at a rate of 6,250 bits per second (bps), considerably faster than the older protocol known as POCSAG. Since the ERMES standard was introduced in 1993, Glenayre has supplied equipment for ERMES systems in France and Hungary -- the first commercial systems.

"Implementation of I4 is a significant objective of ERMES, which will provide pan- European roaming for paging," Bob Rogers, Infomobile technical director, said. "We are pleased to take part in this testing as it will enable Infomobile to provide roaming services to its customers, ensuring that Infomobile will continue to be a leader in ERMES paging services."

Infomobile is the first operator to have opened an ERMES paging service. It was in September 1994, covering 20 percent of France in the Paris area. Year end 1995 the service will be available to half the population and is making full use of ERMES capacity with long messages and PC access. Infomobile is a subsidiary of Bouygues, Air Touch and Vebacom.

Glenayre Technologies, Inc. is a worldwide provider of telecommunications equipment and related software used in the wireless personal communications services (PCS) markets, including radio paging, voice processing and alphanumeric and mobile data systems. A public company whose stock is traded on the NASDAQ system (Symbol: GEMS), Glenayre's sales have increased from $92.5 million in 1991 to $172 million in 1994. -0-

ERMES is an acronym for European Radio Messaging System. POCSAG is an acronym for Post Office Code Standardization Advisory Group.

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