McLEAN, VA, August 12, 1998 - Nextel Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXTL) announced today that it selected Wireless Services Corporation to provide wireless on-line paging capabilities to more than two million Nextel customers nationwide.

Wireless Services’ technology provides Nextel U.S. customers with the ability to receive online pages sent via email or Nextel’s web site and delivered directly to their Nextel phones. Wireless Services provides an Internet messaging gateway technology that allows the delivery of text messages to Nextel phones from any personal computer with access to the Internet. Messages can be sent to any Nextel customer by addressing the message to their 10-digit Nextel telephone number, typing the message in the message box and clicking the send button. In addition, the Nextel National Network with the Wireless Services gateway provides the only wireless telephone network with message delivery status, a feature that allows users to know when their messages were sent to Nextel phones.

From the Nextel web site’s on-line paging center, the sender has three options to confirm message delivery:

• Wait to receive a message delivery status at the web site.
• Use a claim number to retrieve the message delivery status at a later time from the web site.
• Have the message delivery status sent to the sender's Nextel phone or to any Internet email address.

"Using technology from Wireless Services allows us to provide more options to our customers," said Tom Kelly, Nextel’s chief marketing officer. "On-line messaging with delivery confirmation provides our customers with another powerful communication tool, to complement our Nextel Direct Connect^sm service."

"Nextel is an ideal company to utilize our services because of its targeted business customer base and technology that provides delivery confirmation," said Steve Wood, president and chief executive officer of Wireless Services Corporation. "With our wireless technology, Nextel meets the growing demands of business professionals who need an on-line paging service. Now anyone with Internet access can deliver messages to Nextel phones, plus people have the option to track messages so they know when their messages were received."

Founded in 1996, Wireless Services Corp. focuses on providing applications and information services to wireless carriers and the business community. The company was founded to meet the demand for messaging and information services for wireless networks. Wireless Services key expertise includes wireless technology, Internet communications, and database and computer server solutions. The company’s flagship service is AirNote, a wireless email service which delivers Internet mail across paging and digital telephone networks in the U.S. The company is headquartered in Bellevue, Wash. For more information, visit Wireless Services Corporation on the World Wide Web at http://www.wirelesscorp.com.

Nextel Communications, based in McLean, VA, is the leading provider of fully integrated wireless communications and has built the largest guaranteed all-digital wireless network in the United States. The Nextel National Network offers a fully integrated wireless communications tool with digital cellular, paging capabilities and Nextel Direct Connect^sm – a digital two-way radio feature. Nextel International, Inc., has wireless operations and investments in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Japan, Mexico, Philippines, Peru and Shanghai, China. Please visit our website www.nextel.com