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EXHIBIT 23.2
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" and to
the use of our report dated May 3, 2000, except for Note 2, as to which the date
is July 7, 2000, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Paging
Network, Inc. as of December 31, 1998 and 1999, and for each of the three years
in the period ended December 31, 1999, in the Joint Proxy Statement of Arch
Communications Group, Inc. and Paging Network, Inc. that is made a part of the
Registration Statement (Form S-4) and Prospectus of Arch Communications Group,
Inc. for the registration of shares of common stock of Arch Communications
Group, Inc. to be exchanged for all the outstanding common stock of Paging
Network, Inc. (the Registration Statement).
We also consent to the use of our report dated February 12, 1999, except
for the eighth paragraph of Note 1 and the second paragraph of Note 6, as to
which the date is March 26, 1999, and the ninth paragraph of Note 1, as to which
the date is April 12, 1999, with respect to the financial statements of
MobileMedia Communications, Inc. as of December 31, 1997 and 1998, and for each
of the three years in the period ended December 31, 1998, in the Registration
Statement.
We also consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts"
and to the use of our report dated May 3, 2000, except for the fifth paragraph
of Note 1, as to which the date is July 7, 2000, with respect to the financial
statements of Vast Solutions, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Paging Network,
Inc., as of December 31, 1998 and 1999, and for the period September 1, 1998
(inception) through December 31, 1998 and the year ended December 31, 1999, and
our report dated December 23, 1999, with respect to the financial statements of
Silverlake Communications, Inc. as of December 31, 1997, and December 9, 1998,
and for the year ended December 31, 1997, and the period January 1, 1998,
through December 9, 1998, in Annex F to the Registration Statement.
/s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP
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Dallas, Texas
July 7, 2000
