U.S. TelePacific Holdings Corp. Completes Acquisition of Mpower Holding Corporation

ROCHESTER, N.Y., Aug. 4  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mpower Holding Corporation, the parent company of Mpower Communications Corp., a leading provider of data and voice services to retail and wholesale business customers, today announced that it has completed its merger with U.S. TelePacific Holdings Corp.  Under the terms of the merger agreement, Mpower stockholders will be entitled to receive $1.92 per share in cash, without interest.

About Mpower Holding Corporation

Founded in 1996, Mpower Holding Corporation is the parent company of Mpower Communications Corp., a leading facilities-based broadband communications provider offering a full range of data, telephony, Internet access and network services for retail business and wholesale customers in California, Nevada and Illinois.  Further information about the company can be found at http://www.mpowercom.com/.

About U.S. TelePacific Holdings Corp.

U.S. TelePacific Holdings Corp. is the parent company of TelePacific Communications, a leading provider of business telecommunications network solutions providing local, long-distance, data and Internet services to small-to-medium sized businesses in California and Nevada.  Headquartered in California with local sales consultants, service, support and facilities, TelePacific Communications offers solutions, provisions service and provides customer service where its customers do business.  For more information visit http://www.telepacific.com/.

Forward-Looking Statements

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DATASOURCE: Mpower Holding Corporation



CONTACT:  Investor, Tim Medina, Chief Financial Officer, TelePacific

Communications, [phone], , for Mpower Holding

Corporation; or Media, Michele Sadwick, Vice President, Mpower Communications,

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Web site:  http://www.mpowercom.com/

http://www.telepacific.com/ 

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