XO Communications Signs Nine Wholesale Local Voice Services Agreements

XO Communications Signs Nine Wholesale Local Voice Services
Agreements
Agreements Allow Carriers to Expand Bundled Service Offerings to Include Local
Voice and Data Services for Businesses 


RESTON, Va., Aug. 17  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- XO Communications, Inc.
(OTC:XOCM.OB) (BULLETIN BOARD: XOCM.OB) , the nation's largest facilities-based
provider of national local telecommunications services focused exclusively on
businesses, today announced that it has signed agreements that will allow
several telecommunications companies and service providers to offer local voice
and data services to businesses as part of their bundled services offerings. 
Today's announcement represents the first in a series of agreements XO expects
to sign following the recent launch of XO Wholesale Local Voice Services.

Under the terms of the agreements, nine regional and national competitive local
exchange carriers (CLECs) -- Access Point, Inc., AireSpring, Capital
Telecommunications, Cross Stream Communications, InterGlobe, LDMI
Telecommunications, Inc., QTel, Rural Communications, and Wholesale Carrier
Services, Inc. -- will leverage XO's Wholesale Local Voice Services to offer
local data and voice services to businesses in as many as 36 markets across the
United States.

With the capability to include local voice and data services along with their
existing long distance, wireless and high-speed Internet access services
bundles, the providers have significantly enhanced the strength of their
services portfolios as they seek to offer business customers a better
alternative to the regional Bell companies for local voice and data services.

"AireSpring's significant expansion over the past year and a half is largely
due to offering our nationwide agents aggressive rates and greater
flexibility," said Avi Lonstein, CEO of AireSpring.  "XO's comprehensive
national footprint will allow us to extend these benefits to the local market
and enable us to offer a complete solution that is truly scalable -- from the
small business through enterprise accounts."

"Through our extensive local network facilities across the country, XO has the
unique capability to provide telecommunications companies and service providers
with the ability to broaden their bundled offerings to include local voice and
data services," said Ernie Ortega, president of Carrier Sales at XO
Communications.  "With this additional local data and voice services
capability, these providers can continue to offer a more compelling alternative
to the local incumbent providers."

With the recent acquisition of Allegiance Telecom, XO has significantly
expanded its network presence in local markets across the U.S. and can now
offer additional facilities-based services like Wholesale Local Voice Services
to other carriers looking to provide voice and integrated services locally.
Available in 36 markets across the United States, XO Wholesale Local Voice
Services allow telecommunications companies to leverage XO's extensive local
network facilities to quickly and more cost-effectively enter new local markets
and offer businesses local voice and integrated data and voice services.  In
addition, for carriers that rely on unbundled network element platform (UNE-P)
to offer local voice services, the new XO services can provide an alternative
to UNE-P by giving carriers a means to continue to provide local voice and
integrated services to business customers.  For more information about XO
Wholesale Local Voice Services, go to http://www.xo.com/products/carrier/local.

About XO Communications

XO Communications is a leading provider of national and local
telecommunications services to businesses, large enterprises and
telecommunications companies.  XO offers a complete portfolio of services,
including local and long distance voice, dedicated Internet access, private
networking, data transport, and Web hosting services as well as bundled voice
and Internet solutions.  XO provides these services over an advanced, national
facilities-based IP network and serves more than 70 metropolitan markets across
the United States.  For more information, visit http://www.xo.com/.

About Access Point

Headquartered in Cary, North Carolina, Access Point is a privately-held CLEC
offering integrated communications services to small and medium-sized
businesses.  In addition to local and long-distance services, Access Point
offers Integrated Access T-1 services; AccessPipe broadband data and internet
services; managed services including VPN and firewall; conferencing solutions
for audio, web, and video; and a range of partner programs.  The company
provides these services by utilizing the networks of several of the most
established facilities-based Local Exchange Carrier (LEC) and Inter-exchange
Carrier (IXC) companies.  Backed by solid partnerships with established local
and long distance companies, Access Point is active in most east coast states.
For more information about Access Point, go to http://www.accesspointinc.com/.

About AireSpring

Headquartered in Los Angeles, AireSpring is a diversified, nationwide
full-service communications company that has set itself apart in the market by
offering small and mid-market corporate customers world class telecom services
infrastructure with the same level of highly personalized support normally
reserved for the largest enterprise customers. AireSpring offerings include
local and long distance, dedicated internet access and IP transit, private
line, managed VPN as well as the new International SuperDial service for
wireless users. AireSpring is well known for its broad range of innovative
services offered at aggressive rates and for the ability to meet special
requirements with flexibility at both corporate and residential levels.  For
more information about AireSpring, visit http://www.airespring.com/.

About Capital Telecommunications

Capital Telecommunications Inc. (CTI), founded in 1982 and based in York,
Pennsylvania, is a leading inter-exchange carrier and competitive local
exchange carrier providing retail and wholesale long distance, local exchange,
Internet, wireless and private line services. CTI provides services in fourteen
states and has regional offices in Houston and San Antonio, Texas. For more
information about Capital Telecom, go to http://www.capitaltelecom.com/.

About Cross Stream Communications

Based in Seattle, Cross Stream is a telecommunications provider of digital
voice, dedicated internet, data solutions and long distance applications. Cross
Stream Communications desires to serve and manage the needs of its
predominantly high end communications-intensive customers by hand picking its
vendors that rely on the same principles of Cross Stream's service and support.
 For more information about Cross-Stream, go to http://www.cross-stream.com/.

About InterGlobe Communications

Headquartered in New York City, InterGlobe Communications is a One Stop Network
Service Provider.  Founded in 1992, and located in the heart of the world's
multimedia communication hub, InterGlobe Communications is among the oldest,
most experienced CLECs available as a total solutions provider, offering
clients Dial tone, Local Service, Long Distance Service, Toll Free Service,
Wireless, Calling Cards and Internet Access services all on one online
statement.  Mid-size to Fortune 500 companies have relied on InterGlobe
Communications for their complete telecommunications solution from planning,
implementation, servicing and maintenance. As an AVAYA Business Partner,
InterGlobe is positioned to provide the latest in hardware and communications
technology including Unified Messaging, and VOIP.  For more information about
InterGlobe, go to http://www.interglobeonline.com/ or call (800) MY-LOCAL.

About LDMI Telecommunications, Inc.

Headquartered in Southfield, Michigan, LDMI Telecommunications, Inc. is a
leading integrated communications provider serving business and residential
customers in the Great Lakes region. Its services include local and long
distance phone service, and data services such as high-speed connectivity,
security, web hosting, and network services. Founded in 1992, the Company today
serves more than 90,000 customers in Michigan and Ohio and has annual revenues
in excess of $115 million. The company currently serves as exclusive
telecommunications provider to The Palace Sports & Entertainment and The Tiger
Woods Foundation and is also entrusted with the complex data needs of companies
like General Motors, AC Delco, and Guardian Industries. For more information,
visit http://www.ldmi.com/.

About QTel

Headquartered in New York City, QTel delivers a comprehensive array of
integrated communications services, including local and long distance voice
services, Internet access services, local access, and private line services.
QTel's objective is to provide one-stop shopping for communications services
for small and medium-sized businesses and to offer fully integrated broadband
data and voice services through a single point of contact for sales and client
care.  For more information about QTel, go to http://www.qtelsolutions.com/.

About Rural Communications

Headquartered in Three Rivers, Michigan, Rural Communications is a
telecommunications company specializing in meeting the needs of smaller rural
communities that don't have the technological advantages of the Suburban and
Metro Markets.  For more information about Rural Communications, go to
http://www.ruralcommunications.net/.

About Wholesale Carrier Services, Inc.

Based in Boca Raton, Florida with sales and data centers in Miami, New York,
Texas and London, Wholesale Carrier Services, Inc. (WCS) purchases and resells
87 carrier networks and over 130 services via a consolidated billing and
provisioning platform named ABACUS.  Established in 1994, WCS manages over
250,000 medium-large enterprise, commercial access lines in the US and in 21
countries worldwide.  The company is a tariffed, FCC-licensed interexchange
long distance carrier and operator services provider throughout the entire
United States and a competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) in 19 states. WCS
also operates an audio and web conference calling platform and Voice over
Internet Protocol (VoIP) switching facilities. For more information about WCS,
go to http://www.wcs.com/. 

DATASOURCE: XO Communications, Inc.



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