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Deltacom Launches New Ethernet Services Using Overture Networks Technology

Posted on: Thursday, 14 June 2007, 12:14 CDT

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., June 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ITC^DeltaCom, Inc. , a leading provider of integrated communications services to customers in the southeastern United States, today announced the selection of Overture Networks' ISG product line to enable the launch of E-Line Ethernet service.

Ethernet private line (E-Line) services use Ethernet as the user-network interface to connect a customer's equipment to the public network and deliver site-to-site (point-to-point) services over dedicated SONET/SDH channels. They provide the high availability, reliability, quality of service and security that customers have become accustomed to with TDM private line services, but with Ethernet's flexibility to cost-effectively meet growing bandwidth needs.

"Deltacom continues to enhance its position in the carrier and Enterprise marketplace with new products and services," said Tony Tomae, Deltacom's Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Enterprise and Wholesale Services. "Our new Ethernet Services product will give us the ability to deliver our E-LINE product to the customer premise for enterprise customers and the ability to provide connectivity between POPs for our carrier customers anywhere within our footprint," added Tomae.

Deltacom's new E-Line service will start at 10 Mb/s and will be available at speeds up to 1 Gb/s, meeting a variety of customer needs. The service will be delivered over Deltacom's eight state SONET/DWDM backbone network and will provide access to customers over leased or owned facilities. To deliver these new services, Deltacom is utilizing Overture Networks' ISG 5000 combined with the ISG 2200. The ISG 5000 is a multi-slot converged packet access platform that bridges TDM and packet worlds to deliver flexible, high-speed Ethernet and TDM services over metro backbones. The ISG 2200 is a single slot solution that extends Ethernet and TDM-based services to multiple customer locations.

"Overture Networks' ISG 5000 offering is ideal for aggregation of Ethernet services into a central hub for transport over the long-haul network," added Deltacom's Vice President, of Engineering Eric Douglas. "Using the various interfaces available, Deltacom is able to aggregate DS1s, DS3s, OC-n, and Ethernet links for transport through our Ethernet core network while providing customers with state of the art Ethernet services."

ABOUT ITC^DELTACOM, INC.

ITC^DeltaCom, Inc. ("ITC^DeltaCom") headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama, provides, through its operating subsidiaries, integrated telecommunications and technology services to businesses and consumers in the southeastern United States. ITC^DeltaCom has a fiber optic network spanning approximately 14,500 route miles, including more than 11,000 route miles of owned fiber, and offers a comprehensive suite of voice and data communications services, including local, long distance, broadband data communications, Internet connectivity, and customer premise equipment to end-user customers. ITC^DeltaCom is one of the largest competitive telecommunications providers in its primary eight- state region. ITC^DeltaCom has interconnection agreements with BellSouth, Verizon, SBC, CenturyTel and Sprint for resale and access to unbundled network elements and is a certified competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) in Arkansas, Texas, Virginia and all nine BellSouth states. For more information about ITC^DeltaCom, visit ITC^DeltaCom's Web site at http://www.deltacom.com/.

About Overture Networks Inc.

Headquartered in North Carolina's Research Triangle Park, Overture Networks is relentlessly focused on providing solutions for our customers at the ever-expanding edge of the access network. The company enables customers of all sizes to stretch the edge of their networks to increase revenues, decrease costs and ensure a smooth migration to next generation networking.

Overture Networks' ISG 180 was recently named a recipient of the 2006 Internet Telephony Excellence Award. The ISG 140 and 180 products were named as finalists for the InfoVision 2006 Awards in the Access Network Technologies and Services category. With its patent protected and award winning ISG family of products, Overture Networks uniquely combines the packet-switched and circuit-switched worlds into a single architecture - at cost points that make it extremely attractive for offering Ethernet and legacy services to any size location - over copper or fiber. For more information, visit http://www.overturenetworks.com/.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Except for the historical and present factual information contained herein, this release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. When used in this release, the words "anticipate,""believe,""estimate,""expect,""intend,""plan" and similar expressions as they relate to ITC^DeltaCom, Inc. or its management are intended to identify these forward-looking statements. All statements by the Company regarding its expected financial position, revenues, liquidity, cash flow and other operating results, balance sheet improvement, business strategy, financing plans, forecasted trends related to the markets in which it operates, legal proceedings and similar matters are forward-looking statements. The Company's actual results could be materially different from its expectations because of various risks. These risks, some of which are discussed under the caption "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, and in the Company's subsequent SEC reports, include the Company's dependence on new product development, rapid technological and market change, the Company's dependence upon rights of way and other third- party agreements, debt service and other cash requirements, liquidity constraints and risks related to future growth and rapid expansion. Other important risk factors that could cause actual events or results to differ from those contained or implied in the forward-looking statements include, without limitation, customer attrition, delays or difficulties in deployment and implementation of collocation arrangements and facilities, appeals of or failures by third parties to comply with rulings of governmental entities, inability to meet installation schedules, general economic and business conditions, failure to maintain underlying service/vendor arrangements, competition, adverse changes in the regulatory or legislative environment, and various other factors beyond the Company's control. ITC^DeltaCom disclaims any responsibility to update these forward-looking statements.

Investor Contact: Media Contact: Richard E. Fish Lee A. Kimball Chief Financial Officer Vice President, Marketing 256-382-3827 919-863-7149 richard.fish@deltacom.com lee.kimball@deltacom.com

ITC^DeltaCom, Inc.

CONTACT: Investors, Richard E. Fish, Chief Financial Officer,+1-256-382-3827, richard.fish@deltacom.com, or Media, Lee A. Kimball, VicePresident, Marketing, +1-919-863-7149, lee.kimball@deltacom.com, both ofITC^DeltaCom, Inc.

Web site: http://www.deltacom.com/http://www.overturenetworks.com/

Source: PRNewswire-FirstCall

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