1.  Check with wireless phone and paging companies for possible changes.

2.  Also in April, Skytel formed an alliance with other paging companies to use inexpensive hand-held computers operated on two-way wireless technology.

3.  And through reciprocal agreements with other paging companies, the company also serves Pittsburgh and Erie, Pa., Chicago, and Charleston, W.Va.

4.  AOL has a similar deal with another national paging company, Arch Communications.

5.  Arch focuses on high growth, and is typically among the top two paging companies in terms of cash flow and subscriber growth, Elling said.

6.  Because the national paging companies are focused on major cities, Satellink and other Cue affiliates can appeal to people who cruise the vast spaces in between.

7.  All three had subscribership growth that fell short of other paging companies in the industry.

8.  But many businesses, like the paging companies, do not have the resources to keep a satellite idling in reserve.

9.  Consolidation is sweeping the paging industry and the largest U.S. paging companies are increasingly dominating the market.

10.  It is basically a souped-up version of the information some paging companies will now deliver to your beeper.