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  <P align="center"><FONT size="2">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;13, 2003
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  <P align="center"><FONT size="3"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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  <P align="center"><FONT size="2">Washington, D.C. 20549
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  <P align="center"><FONT size="3"><B>FORM S-8<BR>
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
  UNDER<BR>
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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  <P align="center"><FONT size="5"><B>ARCH WIRELESS, INC.</B></font><BR>
  <font size="2">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</FONT>
  
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">(State or other jurisdiction of</FONT></TD>
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  <P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>1800 West Park Drive, Suite&nbsp;250<BR>
  Westborough, Massachusetts 01581<BR>
  (508)&nbsp;870-6700</B><BR>
  (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of<BR>
  the registrant&#146;s principal executive offices)
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  (Full Title of the Plan)
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  <P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>C. Edward Baker, Jr.<BR>
  Chairman and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
  1800 West Park Drive, Suite&nbsp;250<BR>
  Westborough, Massachusetts 01581<BR>
  (508)&nbsp;870-6700</B><BR>
  (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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  <P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Common Stock, $.001 par value per share</FONT></DIV></TD>
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      <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">0.001</FONT></TD>
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      <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
      <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">250.00</FONT></TD>
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      <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">In accordance with Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
  this registration statement shall be deemed to cover any additional
  securities that may from time to time be offered or issued to prevent
  dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar
  transactions.</FONT></TD>
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      <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
  pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The
  price per share and aggregate offering price are calculated on the basis
  of the $.001 exercise price of the 249,996 shares subject to outstanding
  stock option grants under the 2002 Stock Incentive Plan.</FONT></TD>
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      <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(p), the full amount of the filing fee due with
  respect to this registration statement is being paid by applying a portion
  of the $125,000 filing fee paid in connection with the Registration
  Statement on Form&nbsp;S-3 of Arch Wireless, Inc., filed on February&nbsp;9, 2001
  (File Number 333-55372), which was subsequently withdrawn.</FONT></TD>
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  <P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>PART I<BR>
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
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  <P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information.</B>
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  <P align="left"><FONT size="2">The information required by Item&nbsp;1 is included in documents sent or given to
  participants in the plans covered by this registration statement pursuant to
  Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities
  Act&#148;).
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  <P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.</B>
  </FONT>
  <P align="left"><FONT size="2">The written statement required by Item&nbsp;2 is included in documents sent or given
  to participants in the plans covered by this registration statement pursuant to
  Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) of the Securities Act.
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  <P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>PART II<BR>
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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  <P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
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  <P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The registrant is subject to the informational and reporting requirements
  of Sections&nbsp;13(a), 14, and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
  amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), and in accordance therewith files reports, proxy
  statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission
  (the &#147;Commission&#148;). The following documents, which are on file with the
  Commission, are incorporated in this registration statement by reference:
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  <P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp; The registrant&#146;s latest annual report filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a)
  or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or the latest prospectus filed pursuant to Rule
  424(b) under the Securities Act that contains audited financial statements for
  the registrant&#146;s latest fiscal year for which such statements have been filed.
  </FONT>
  <P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp; All other reports filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or 15(d) of the
  Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the document referred
  to in (a)&nbsp;above.
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  <P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp; The description of the securities contained in the registrant&#146;s
  registration statement on Form&nbsp;8-A filed under the Exchange Act, including any
  amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
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  <P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the registrant pursuant to Sections
  13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
  post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby
  have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall
  be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to
  be part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents. Any statement
  contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
  herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for the purposes of this
  registration statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in
  any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be
  incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
  statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
  or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement.
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  <P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>
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  <P align="left"><FONT size="2">Not applicable.
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  <P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
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  <P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Hale and Dorr LLP has opined as to the legality of the securities being
  offered by this registration statement.
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  <P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
  </FONT>
  
  <P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;102 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the &#147;DGCL&#148;) allows a
  corporation to eliminate the personal liability of directors of a corporation
  to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for a breach of
  fiduciary duty as a director, except where the director breached his duty of
  loyalty, failed to act in good faith, engaged in intentional misconduct or
  knowingly violated a law, authorized the payment of a dividend or approved a
  stock repurchase in violation of Delaware corporate law or obtained an improper
  personal benefit. Arch has included such a provision in its Certificate of
  Incorporation.
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  <P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the DGCL provides that a corporation has the power to
  indemnify a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation and certain
  other persons serving at the request of the corporation in related capacities
  against amounts paid and expenses incurred in connection with an action or
  proceeding to which he is or is threatened to be made a party by reason of such
  position, if such person shall have acted in good faith and in a manner he
  reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
  corporation, and, in any criminal proceeding, if such person had no reasonable
  cause to believe his conduct was unlawful; provided that, in the case of
  actions brought by or in the right of the corporation, no indemnification shall
  be made with respect to any matter as to which such person shall have been
  adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the
  adjudicating court determines that such indemnification is proper under the
  circumstances.
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  <P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Arch&#146;s Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that Arch will, to
  the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, indemnify all persons whom it has the
  power to indemnify against all costs, expenses and liabilities incurred by them
  by reason of having been officers or directors of Arch, any subsidiary of Arch
  or any other corporation for which such person acted as an officer of director
  at the request of Arch. Arch has also entered into indemnification agreements
  with 18 persons, including each director and certain officers, requiring Arch
  to indemnify such persons to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware
  corporation statute.
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  <P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Arch&#146;s Restated Certificate of Incorporation also provides that the
  directors of Arch will not be personally liable for monetary damages to Arch or
  its stockholders for any act or omission provided that the foregoing shall not
  eliminate or limit the liability of a director (i)&nbsp;for any breach of the
  director&#146;s duty of loyalty to Arch or its stockholders, (ii)&nbsp;for acts or
  omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a
  knowing violation of the law, (iii)&nbsp;under Section&nbsp;174 of the DGCL (relating to
  illegal dividends or stock redemptions), or (iv)&nbsp;for any transaction from which
  the director derived an improper personal benefit. If the DGCL is amended to
  permit further elimination or limitation of the personal liability of
  directors, then the liability of a director of Arch shall be eliminated or
  limited to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL as so amended.
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  <P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Arch has purchased directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability insurance which
  would indemnify its directors and officers against damages arising out of
  certain kinds of claims which might be made against them based on their
  negligent acts or omissions while acting in their capacity as such.
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  <P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>
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  <P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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  <P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
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  <P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Index to Exhibits immediately preceding the exhibits is incorporated herein by reference.
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  <P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>
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  <P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
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      <TD><FONT size="2">(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
  made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:</FONT></TD>
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      <TD><FONT size="2">(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of
  the Securities Act;</FONT></TD>
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      <TD><FONT size="2">(ii)&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
  after the effective date of the registration statement (or
  the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
  individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
  change in the information set forth in the registration
  statement; and</FONT></TD>
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      <TD><FONT size="2">(iii)&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the
  plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
  registration statement or any material change to such
  information in the registration statement;</FONT></TD>
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      <TD><FONT size="2"><I>provided, however, </I>that paragraphs (i)&nbsp;and (ii)&nbsp;do not apply if the
  information required to be included in a post-effective amendment
  by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or
  furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section
  13 or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
  reference in the registration statement.</FONT></TD>
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      <TD><FONT size="2">(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
  Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed
  to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
  offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
  shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.</FONT></TD>
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      <TD><FONT size="2">(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
  amendment any of the securities being registered which remain
  unsold at the termination of the offering.</FONT></TD>
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  <P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
  determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
  registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the
  Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement
  shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
  offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
  deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
  </FONT>
  <P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
  Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
  registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant
  has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
  such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
  Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
  indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
  registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
  person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
  proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
  connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in
  the
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  <P align="left"><FONT size="2">opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
  precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
  such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
  Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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  <P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
  </FONT>
  
  <P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
  certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
  requirements for filing on Form&nbsp;S-8 and has duly caused this registration
  statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
  authorized, in Westborough, Massachusetts, on this 12th day of June, 2003.
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      <TD width="50%"><FONT size="2">ARCH WIRELESS, INC.</FONT></TD>
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      <TD width="50%"><FONT size="2">By: <U>/s/ C. EDWARD BAKER,
  JR.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U><BR>
  C. Edward Baker, Jr.<BR>
  Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD>
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  <P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES</B>
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  <P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We, the undersigned officers and directors of Arch Wireless, Inc., hereby
  severally constitute and appoint C. Edward Baker, Jr., J. Roy Pottle, Patricia
  A. Gray, Gerald J. Cimmino and David A. Westenberg, and each of them singly,
  our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them, and each of them singly,
  to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, the
  registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 filed herewith and any and all subsequent
  amendments to said registration statement, and generally to do all such things
  in our names and on our behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to
  enable Arch Wireless, Inc. to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act
  of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange
  Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be
  signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said registration statement
  and any and all amendments thereto.
  </FONT>
  <P align="left"><FONT size="2">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration
  statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
  dates indicated.
  </FONT>
  <CENTER>
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  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD width="36%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="18%">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Signature</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Title</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Date</B></FONT></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="center"><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center"><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center"><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ C. EDWARD BAKER, JR.<BR>
  </FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
  C. Edward Baker, Jr.</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
  Chairman of the Board and Chief<BR>
  Executive Officer (principal<BR>
  executive officer) and Director
  </FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">June 12, 2003</FONT></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ J. ROY POTTLE<BR>
  </FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
  J. Roy Pottle</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
  Executive Vice President and Chief<BR>
  Financial Officer (principal<BR>
  financial and accounting officer)
  </FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">June 12, 2003</FONT></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ JAMES V. CONTINENZA<BR>
  </FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
  James V. Continenza</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
  Director
  </FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">June 12, 2003</FONT></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ ERIC GOLD<BR>
  </FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
  Eric Gold</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
  Director
  </FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">June 12, 2003</FONT></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ CARROLL D. MCHENRY<BR>
  </FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
  Carroll D. McHenry</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
  Director
  </FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">June 12, 2003</FONT></TD>
  </TR>
  </TABLE>
  </CENTER>
  <P align="center"><FONT size="2">-5-</FONT>
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  <TABLE cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="80%">
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD width="36%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="16%">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ MATTHEW ORISTANO<BR>
  </FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
  Matthew Oristano</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
  Director
  </FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">June 12, 2003</FONT></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ WILLIAM E. REDMOND, JR.<BR>
  </FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
  William E. Redmond, Jr.</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
  Director
  </FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">June 12, 2003</FONT></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2"><BR>
  </FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
  Richard A. Rubin</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
  Director
  </FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">June <U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>, 2003</FONT></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ SAMME L. THOMPSON<BR>
  </FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
  Samme L. Thompson</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
  Director
  </FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">June 12, 2003</FONT></TD>
  </TR>
  </TABLE>
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  <P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>INDEX TO EXHIBITS</B>
  </FONT>
  
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      <TD width="9%">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD width="86%">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2"><U>Number</U></FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
  <U>Description</U></FONT></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">4.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
  Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (1)</FONT></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">4.2</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
  Amended and Restated By-laws of the Registrant (1)</FONT></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">5</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
  Opinion of Hale and Dorr LLP, counsel to the Registrant</FONT></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">23.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
  Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</FONT></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">23.2</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
  Consent of Hale and Dorr LLP
  (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5)</FONT></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">24</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
  Power of attorney (included on the signature pages of this registration
  statement)</FONT></TD>
  </TR>
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      <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Incorporated by reference from the Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K of the
  Registrant dated May&nbsp;15, 2002 and filed on May&nbsp;30, 2002.</FONT></TD>
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text: Arch Wireless, Inc.
  As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 13, 2003
  Registration Statement No. 333-_____
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  FORM S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  UNDER
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  ARCH WIRELESS, INC.
  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  Delaware
  31-1358569
  (State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. Employer
  incorporation or organization)
  Identification No.)
  1800 West Park Drive, Suite 250
  Westborough, Massachusetts 01581
  (508) 870-6700
  (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
  the registrant's principal executive offices)
  2002 Stock Incentive Plan
  (Full Title of the Plan)
  C. Edward Baker, Jr.
  Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
  1800 West Park Drive, Suite 250
  Westborough, Massachusetts 01581
  (508) 870-6700
  (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
  CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
  Amount to be
  Proposed
  Offering Price Per
  Maximum
  Aggregate Offering
  Amount
  of
  Registration
  Title of Securities to be Registered
  Registered(1)
  Share(2)
  Price(2)
  Fee(3)
  Common Stock, $.001 par value per share
  249,996
  $
  0.001
  $
  250.00
  $
  0.02
  (1)
  In accordance with Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
  this registration statement shall be deemed to cover any additional
  securities that may from time to time be offered or issued to prevent
  dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar
  transactions.
  (2)
  Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
  pursuant to Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The
  price per share and aggregate offering price are calculated on the basis
  of the $.001 exercise price of the 249,996 shares subject to outstanding
  stock option grants under the 2002 Stock Incentive Plan.
  (3)
  Pursuant to Rule 457(p), the full amount of the filing fee due with
  respect to this registration statement is being paid by applying a portion
  of the $125,000 filing fee paid in connection with the Registration
  Statement on Form S-3 of Arch Wireless, Inc., filed on February 9, 2001
  (File Number 333-55372), which was subsequently withdrawn.
  PART I
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
  Item 1. Plan Information.
  The information required by Item 1 is included in documents sent or given to
  participants in the plans covered by this registration statement pursuant to
  Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
  Act").
  Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
  The written statement required by Item 2 is included in documents sent or given
  to participants in the plans covered by this registration statement pursuant to
  Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act.
  PART II
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
  The registrant is subject to the informational and reporting requirements
  of Sections 13(a), 14, and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
  amended (the "Exchange Act"), and in accordance therewith files reports, proxy
  statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission
  (the "Commission"). The following documents, which are on file with the
  Commission, are incorporated in this registration statement by reference:
  (a)  The registrant's latest annual report filed pursuant to Section 13(a)
  or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or the latest prospectus filed pursuant to Rule
  424(b) under the Securities Act that contains audited financial statements for
  the registrant's latest fiscal year for which such statements have been filed.
  (b)  All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
  Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the document referred
  to in (a) above.
  (c)  The description of the securities contained in the registrant's
  registration statement on Form 8-A filed under the Exchange Act, including any
  amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
  All documents subsequently filed by the registrant pursuant to Sections
  13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
  post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby
  have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall
  be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to
  be part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents. Any statement
  contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
  herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for the purposes of this
  registration statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in
  any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be
  incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
  statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
  or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement.
  Item 4. Description of Securities.
  Not applicable.
  -1-
  Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
  Hale and Dorr LLP has opined as to the legality of the securities being
  offered by this registration statement.
  Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
  Section 102 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL") allows a
  corporation to eliminate the personal liability of directors of a corporation
  to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for a breach of
  fiduciary duty as a director, except where the director breached his duty of
  loyalty, failed to act in good faith, engaged in intentional misconduct or
  knowingly violated a law, authorized the payment of a dividend or approved a
  stock repurchase in violation of Delaware corporate law or obtained an improper
  personal benefit. Arch has included such a provision in its Certificate of
  Incorporation.
  Section 145 of the DGCL provides that a corporation has the power to
  indemnify a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation and certain
  other persons serving at the request of the corporation in related capacities
  against amounts paid and expenses incurred in connection with an action or
  proceeding to which he is or is threatened to be made a party by reason of such
  position, if such person shall have acted in good faith and in a manner he
  reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
  corporation, and, in any criminal proceeding, if such person had no reasonable
  cause to believe his conduct was unlawful; provided that, in the case of
  actions brought by or in the right of the corporation, no indemnification shall
  be made with respect to any matter as to which such person shall have been
  adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the
  adjudicating court determines that such indemnification is proper under the
  circumstances.
  Arch's Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that Arch will, to
  the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, indemnify all persons whom it has the
  power to indemnify against all costs, expenses and liabilities incurred by them
  by reason of having been officers or directors of Arch, any subsidiary of Arch
  or any other corporation for which such person acted as an officer of director
  at the request of Arch. Arch has also entered into indemnification agreements
  with 18 persons, including each director and certain officers, requiring Arch
  to indemnify such persons to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware
  corporation statute.
  Arch's Restated Certificate of Incorporation also provides that the
  directors of Arch will not be personally liable for monetary damages to Arch or
  its stockholders for any act or omission provided that the foregoing shall not
  eliminate or limit the liability of a director (i) for any breach of the
  director's duty of loyalty to Arch or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or
  omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a
  knowing violation of the law, (iii) under Section 174 of the DGCL (relating to
  illegal dividends or stock redemptions), or (iv) for any transaction from which
  the director derived an improper personal benefit. If the DGCL is amended to
  permit further elimination or limitation of the personal liability of
  directors, then the liability of a director of Arch shall be eliminated or
  limited to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL as so amended.
  Arch has purchased directors' and officers' liability insurance which
  would indemnify its directors and officers against damages arising out of
  certain kinds of claims which might be made against them based on their
  negligent acts or omissions while acting in their capacity as such.
  Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
  Not applicable.
  -2-
  Item 8. Exhibits.
  The Index to Exhibits immediately preceding the exhibits is incorporated herein by reference.
  Item 9. Undertakings.
  1.     The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
  (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
  made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
  (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of
  the Securities Act;
  (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
  after the effective date of the registration statement (or
  the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
  individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
  change in the information set forth in the registration
  statement; and
  (iii) To include any material information with respect to the
  plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
  registration statement or any material change to such
  information in the registration statement;
  provided, however,
  that paragraphs (i) and (ii) do not apply if the
  information required to be included in a post-effective amendment
  by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or
  furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section
  13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
  reference in the registration statement.
  (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
  Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed
  to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
  offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
  shall be deemed to be the initial
  bona fide
  offering thereof.
  (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
  amendment any of the securities being registered which remain
  unsold at the termination of the offering.
  2.     The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
  determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
  registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
  Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement
  shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
  offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
  deemed to be the initial
  bona fide
  offering thereof.
  3.     Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
  Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
  registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant
  has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
  such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
  Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
  indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
  registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
  person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
  proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
  connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in
  the
  -3-
  opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
  precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
  such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
  Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
  -4-
  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
  certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
  requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration
  statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
  authorized, in Westborough, Massachusetts, on this 12th day of June, 2003.
  ARCH WIRELESS, INC.
  By:
  /s/ C. EDWARD BAKER,
  JR.
  C. Edward Baker, Jr.
  Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
  POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES
  We, the undersigned officers and directors of Arch Wireless, Inc., hereby
  severally constitute and appoint C. Edward Baker, Jr., J. Roy Pottle, Patricia
  A. Gray, Gerald J. Cimmino and David A. Westenberg, and each of them singly,
  our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them, and each of them singly,
  to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, the
  registration statement on Form S-8 filed herewith and any and all subsequent
  amendments to said registration statement, and generally to do all such things
  in our names and on our behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to
  enable Arch Wireless, Inc. to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act
  of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange
  Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be
  signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said registration statement
  and any and all amendments thereto.
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration
  statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
  dates indicated.
  Signature
  Title
  Date
  /s/ C. EDWARD BAKER, JR.
  C. Edward Baker, Jr.
  Chairman of the Board and Chief
  Executive Officer (principal
  executive officer) and Director
  June 12, 2003
  /s/ J. ROY POTTLE
  J. Roy Pottle
  Executive Vice President and Chief
  Financial Officer (principal
  financial and accounting officer)
  June 12, 2003
  /s/ JAMES V. CONTINENZA
  James V. Continenza
  Director
  June 12, 2003
  /s/ ERIC GOLD
  Eric Gold
  Director
  June 12, 2003
  /s/ CARROLL D. MCHENRY
  Carroll D. McHenry
  Director
  June 12, 2003
  -5-
  /s/ MATTHEW ORISTANO
  Matthew Oristano
  Director
  June 12, 2003
  /s/ WILLIAM E. REDMOND, JR.
  William E. Redmond, Jr.
  Director
  June 12, 2003
  Richard A. Rubin
  Director
  June
  , 2003
  /s/ SAMME L. THOMPSON
  Samme L. Thompson
  Director
  June 12, 2003
  -6-
  INDEX TO EXHIBITS
  Number
  Description
  4.1
  Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (1)
  4.2
  Amended and Restated By-laws of the Registrant (1)
  5
  Opinion of Hale and Dorr LLP, counsel to the Registrant
  23.1
  Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
  23.2
  Consent of Hale and Dorr LLP
  (included in Exhibit 5)
  24
  Power of attorney (included on the signature pages of this registration
  statement)
  (1)
  Incorporated by reference from the Current Report on Form 8-K of the
  Registrant dated May 15, 2002 and filed on May 30, 2002.