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To: Nick Papa who wrote (834)	5/11/1999 5:59:00 PM
From: Teddy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15615

maybe it has something to do with that NetWorld Interop 99 thing: FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS ENTERS FAST GROWING IP APPLICATIONS SPACE Business Wire May 11, 1999, 9:20 a.m. PT Business Editors NetWorld Interop 99 ROCHESTER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 11, 1999-- Company Uniquely Positioned to Provide Application Networking Services Frontier Communications is building on its leadership position in web hosting and global Internet Protocol (IP) networks to create a new concept in outsourcing called Application Networking Services. Frontier is delivering these services using open Internet standards, giving it the flexibility to provide the benefits of traditionally proprietary and enterprise-managed systems at one-half the cost. Frontier will host its Application Networking Services in its Media Distribution Centers (MDCs) around the globe. Initially, the company will focus on a core set of IP services including e-mail, messaging, calendar and scheduling, workgroup collaboration, voice, fax, unified messaging services and video streaming. With this foundation, the company can then expand into higher level, more complex IP applications such as call center and distance learning services. To ensure best-in-class services and speed-to-market, Frontier will internally develop some specific core applications in addition to partnering with leading application providers. "We are the only company in the industry that has the unique combination of assets and expertise to move high-speed data cost-effectively and evolve that competency into an Applications Networking strategy. Frontier is now positioned to participate in what is projected to be the two fastest growing market segments in the Internet space over the next four years - web hosting and application services, each of which are projected to grow at triple digit rates," said Rolla P. Huff, Frontier's president and chief operating officer. Frontier's IP applications approach is based on the company's ability to integrate and deploy both global IP networks and state-of-the-art MDCs through an IP service controller on one common platform. Integrating these Frontier assets will deliver the interoperability, reliability, availability and scalability that business customers demand. The company will offer customers one seamless interconnection to IP applications through one on-network point. According to Brian Fink, Frontier's vice president of system and product development, the company's ability to deliver application services comes largely from its existing operational competencies in providing carrier class services to business customers. "Today, customers outsource their voice and data networks to us to gain speed-to-market and cost-efficiencies by not having to build their own systems. Our IP applications strategy is an extension of that. By building an open, standards-based IP platform, our customers will benefit from the economies of scale derived from the Internet as well as state-of-the-art IP applications." Connecting more than 120 metropolitan areas around the nation, the Frontier Optronics Network uses the most advanced fiber optics with DWDM. This futureproof design creates "liquid bandwidth," a scalable architecture that gives the network virtually unlimited capacity and positions Frontier to meet customers' applications needs today and well into the future. At booth No. 3013 at Networld Interop in Las Vegas, May 11-14, Frontier Communications will showcase a suite of data/Internet services and (new IP applications) that capitalize on the industry-leading capacity, speed and reliability afforded by the Frontier Optronics Network. For more information, please visit optronics.net. About Frontier Communications Frontier Communications, a unit of Frontier Corporation (NYSE:FRO), is one of the leading providers of integrated communications solutions -- including Internet, IP and data applications, long distance, local telephone and conferencing -- to business customers nationwide. The self-healing Frontier Optronics Network provides customers with faster transmission speeds, greater bandwidth capacity and unrivaled reliability. For more information, visit the Frontier web site at frontiercorp.com. You can receive a faxed copy of any Frontier Corporation press release dating back to May 1998, free of charge, 24 hours a day by calling 1-800-448-8533. An automated system will provide you with instructions.