[from a PacTel press release]

PacTel Corporation has announced plans to offer commercial digital cellular
service in its Los Angeles market beginning in early 1995.

The company has reached an agreement in principle for MOTOROLA NORTEL
Communications to supply Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) network
infrastructure equipment to PacTel for deployment in Los Angeles, with
provisions allowing future roll-out in its San Diego; Atlanta; and Sacramento,
Calif., markets.

PacTel's multi-phased CDMA infrastructure installation in Los Angeles will begin
later this year, enabling the system to be fully tested and widely deployed
prior to the start of commercial service.  The digital network, which will grow
to over 100 cells covering PacTel's Los Angeles market, represents the largest
CDMA network equipment agreement announced to date.

"CDMA will enable us to better serve today's customers and position PacTel to
compete effectively for new customers," said Lee Cox, chief executive officer of
PacTel Corporation and PacTel Cellular.  "With CDMA we will have the capacity to
offer a variety of new services such as messaging while improving call quality
at the same time.  That's a win-win for PacTel and our customers." Cox added
that CDMA is ideal for today's popular pocket and  handportable phones because
it extends battery life and provides longer talktime for customers.

MOTOROLA NORTEL will supply Motorola's CDMA SC 9600 base station and control
platform and the Northern Telecom DMS-MTX SuperNode switching-platform to
PacTel.  "We're pleased that MOTOROLA NORTEL has pursued CDMA as aggressively as
we have," said Cox.

The equipment supplied by MOTOROLA NORTEL will be built in accordance with the
IS-95 CDMA specification which is being finalized by the Telecommunications
Industry Association after winning approval by carriers and manufacturers
through the balloting process.  "The industry's standard setting process has
been supportive of our needs  as a supplier, enabling us to provide CDMA network
equipment in time to meet carrier demand," said Bill Spencer, president and
chief executive officer of MOTOROLA NORTEL.  "We are very pleased that PacTel
Cellular has selected MOTOROLA NORTEL as its supplier for deploying CDMA
technology."

Since 1990 PacTel and Motorola have been conducting ongoing CDMA technology
tests using PacTel's network in San Diego working in conjunction with Qualcomm
Inc. and a group of other carriers including Ameritech, GTE, U S WEST NewVector
Group, Bell Atlantic Mobile, NYNEX and Bell Mobility. The extensive testing has
included over 350,000 miles of drive testing with more than 450 thousand calls
and 10 million hand-offs.   According to Craig Farrill, vice president of
technology planning and development for PacTel Corporation, "CDMA has been very
rigorously tested, prior to standardization, by over 15 cellular carriers,
infrastructure and subscriber equipment manufacturers.  We believe this
cooperative industry testing will enable customers to experience a smooth
transition to a benefits-rich, proven digital technology."

During these tests, PacTel has demonstrated specific benefits that CDMA brings:
capacity gains of over 10 times analog, improved call quality, broader coverage
and enhanced call privacy.  CDMA will ensure that channels are readily available
to support the growing demand for cellular service.  In 1992, PacTel had a 31.3
percent increase in its domestic cellular subscribers and now serves over
774,000 customers nationwide.

PacTel recently announced an agreement with OKI telecom, making it the first
carrier to order over 30,000 dual-mode CDMA portable and mobile phones, and
expects to complete similar agreements with other subscriber equipment
manufacturers to support its CDMA deployment plans.

Noting that competitors in Los Angeles may deploy other forms of digital
technology later in 1993, Cox added, "We're focused on making sure our customers
experience a smooth transition to the best digital technology possible, not on
being first to market.  Our current analog network provides quality coverage
where it counts.  What's more, PacTel continuously upgrades its analog network
to ensure superior quality service for those customers who choose to wait for
digital service or remain on the analog network."

PacTel Corporation, based in Walnut Creek, operates  cellular, paging, vehicle
location and international wireless ventures in a number of the world's best
markets including Germany, Japan, Spain, Portugal and the United States. PacTel
Cellular serves more than 774,000 customers in eight of the top twenty-five U.S.
cellular markets.  PacTel Corporation and PacTel Cellular are subsidiaries of
Pacific Telesis Group, a worldwide diversified telecommunications corporation
based in San Francisco.

CONTACT:  PacTel Corporation, Amy L. Damianakes, 510/210-3645 or
MOTOROLA NORTEL Communications, Trish Cusack, 708/762-7047

[from a Motorola press release]

Motorola's Cellular Infrastructure Group has announced that PacTel Cellular, a
leading U.S. cellular operator, has reached an agreement in principle, to deploy
Motorola's CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) SC 9600 Base Station System for
their Los Angeles market. Potential rollouts are to include the San Diego;
Atlanta; and Sacramento, Calif., markets.  Commercial service is planned for
early 1995.

The supply agreement between PacTel Cellular and MOTOROLA NORTEL Communications
Co., represents the largest CDMA agreement announced to date. With the network
to support more than 100 cell sites, the Los Angeles market, which is the second
largest in the United States, represents a population or "pops" of over 14
million.  This marks the third CDMA commitment using Motorola SC 9600 Base
Station Systems; the first two being awards from U S West NewVector Group and
Bell Atlantic Mobile.

"The market response to our new base station product, the SC 9600, has been
extremely positive.  We feel that we are on target with operators' needs in
driving their costs down while providing the best technological solutions
available for their diverse needs," said Jack Scanlon, senior vice president and
general manager, Cellular Infrastructure Group.

Formally announced earlier this year, the SC 9600 Base Station System has a
highly flexible architecture, developed in response to market needs for
increased system quality, lower operating costs and compatibility with leading
edge technologies.  Supporting multiple analog and digital air interfaces within
a single cabinet, the SC 9600 Base Station System will give cellular operators a
smooth and economical migration path from analog to digital cellular systems,
with a minimum of disruption of service to customers.

The SC 9600's unique engineering design results in a four-to-one reduction in
floor space, contributing significantly to lower operator costs for deploying
and maintaining the system.  Front panel access to all the equipment
accommodates ease of system maintenance and growth.

Other key features include centralized control functions, such as call
processing and performance monitoring, and maintenance functions which are
dynamically shared.  This centralization of functions result in reduced
execution time, ease of system maintenance and lower operating costs.

A new feature called dynamic channel sharing, based on Motorola patented
technology, coupled with Motorola multichannel linear power amplifiers (LPAs),
allows channels to be dynamically assigned based on traffic loading.  This
reduces the number of channels required and allocates channel resources where
needed, for improved system and call quality.  Motorola LPAs also permit remote
retuning of frequencies which provides significant time and cost savings.

The integration of CDMA technology with Motorola's unique base station design
provides for increased system capacity, new features and additional means for
improving system quality.  CDMA promises approximately 10 times the capacity of
analog using the same amount of spectrum in a more efficient manner.

Unique CDMA features such as "soft hand-off," variable rate speech coding and
multipath signal processing, improve system quality by reducing the probability
of dropped calls and maintaining speech quality through optimal radio link
integrity.  Subscriber benefits include increased talk times for portable units,
more secure transmissions and special service options such as data, integrated
voice and data, fax and tiered services.

The SC 9600 platform was also selected by leading operators, TU-KA Tokyo and
TU-KA Tokai, for PDC (Personal Digital Cellular, formerly Japan Digital
Cellular) deployment in the largest cities In Japan.  TDMA (Time Division
Multiple Access) -based, PDC operates in the 800 MHz and 1.5 GHz frequency
bands.  The SC 9600 Base Station System was developed jointly by Motorola's Fort
Worth and Arlington Heights facilities.

Motorola is the world's leading designer, manufacturer and supplier  of cellular
systems, infrastructure equipment and subscriber products.  The company is also
one of the leading providers of electronic equipment, system components and
services for worldwide markets.

PacTel Corporation, based in Walnut Creek, operates cellular, paging, vehicle
location and international wireless ventures in a number of the world's best
markets including Germany, Japan, Spain, Portugal and the United States. PacTel
Cellular serves more than 774,000 customers in eight of the top 25 U.S. cellular
markets.  PacTel Corporation and PacTel Cellular are subsidiaries of Pacific
Telesis Group, a worldwide diversified telecommunications corporation based in
San Francisco.

MOTOROLA NORTEL Communications Co., headquartered in Schaumburg, Ill., is a
joint venture company of Motorola Inc. and Northern Telecom Inc. which sells,
services and supports cellular telephone networks in the United States, Canada,
Mexico, Central and south America and the Caribbean.

CONTACT:  Motorola, Judy SooHoo, 708/632-4474 or PacTel Corp., Amy L.
Damianakes, 510/210-3645 or MOTOROLA NORTEL, Trish Cusack, 708/762-7047