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Motient and Bell Mobility Bring Down the Borders For Wireless Data Between the United States and Canada RESTON, Va., Jan. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. and Canadian customers of the increasingly popular eLink(SM) and BlackBerry(TM) wireless email services can now transmit and receive Internet email seamlessly as they cross between both countries, due to a new agreement between U.S. network operator Motient Corporation (Nasdaq: MTNT) and Canadian network operator Bell Mobility. eLink and BlackBerry wireless email services operate using a RIM Wireless Handheld(TM) that features a display screen and small keyboard, and is powered by a single rechargeable AA battery. eLink customers can quickly and easily send and receive Internet emails, send text messages to a fax machine and receive operator-assisted pages from telephone callers while indoors, outdoors, and on the move. Motient customers interested in using roaming services in Canada will have to go through a simple process of registering their handheld, for across border roaming services, and there is an additional monthly flat rate roaming fee. Customers will be able to sign up for this service at the end of the month. Both companies provide nationwide roaming within their respective country at no additional fee. Motient's terrestrial network is the first and largest packet data network in the United States. Begun in 1990 as an IBM and Motorola joint venture, Motient now owns and operates the network. It has expanded it to more than 2,000 base stations touching more than 220 million people -- 50 million more than its top competitor -- extending service to 99 percent of the 500 most populated U.S. cities. "Motient's relationship with Bell Mobility allows us to offer a service no one else can provide," said Walter V. Purnell, Jr., president and CEO of Motient. "Our customers and partners are excited about our ability to provide North American roaming." The Bell Mobility network provides wireless communication and data services to 2.7 million Canadians. "Travel between countries has always been the number one challenge in mobile data," said Jacques Robichon, vice president of wireless messaging, Bell Mobility. "It is easy to provide domestic coverage, but finding compatible networks to offer roaming capabilities to customers is extremely difficult. Motient and Bell Mobility's networks use compatible technology, which made this roaming agreement an easy option for our customers." Motient's eLink wireless email service has been available since October of 1999. Now that seamless roaming is available to Canada, eLink and BlackBerry customers can take advantage of Motient and Bell Mobility's expansive coverage with the convenience and simplicity of one bill. About Motient Motient (https://www.motient.com ) owns and operates an integrated terrestrial/satellite network and provides a wide range of two-way mobile and Internet communications services principally to business-to-business customers and enterprises. The company provides eLink and BlackBerry by Motient two-way wireless email services to customers accessing email through corporate servers, Internet Service Provider (ISP) and Mail Service Provider (MSP) accounts, and paging network suppliers. Motient serves a variety of markets including mobile professionals, telemetry, transportation, field service, and nationwide voice dispatch offering coverage to all 50 states, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and hundreds of miles of U. S. coastal waters. About Bell Mobility The Bell Mobility Inc. family of companies provides a complete range of wireless communications solutions -- cellular, paging, data, PCS and airline passenger communications services -- to 2.7 million Canadian customers. Bell Mobility Radio provides two-way voice and wireless data services to public safety and emergency services agencies. Bell Mobility Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bell Canada. For more information on Bell Mobility, visit the web site at https://www.bellmobility.ca . eLink is a service mark and Motient is a trademark of Motient Corporation. RIM, RIM Wireless Handheld and Blackberry are trademarks of Research in Motion Limited. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements in this news release are described in Motient Corporation's registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-42104) and in Motient's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999 and its other periodic filings and reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Copies of such reports and filings are available upon request from Motient Corporation's Investor Relations Department. SOURCE Motient Corporation CONTACT: David Wonderling of Motient Corporation, 703-176-6375, or [e-mail]; or Melissa Maughan of Hill and Knowlton, 202-944-5138, or [e-mail], for Motient Corporation/