Joseph M. D'Amico

Allegiance Telecom are a facilities-based national local exchange carrier that provides integrated telecommunications services to business, government and other institutional users in major metropolitan areas across the United States. We offer ‘‘one-stop shopping’’ for voice, data, and integrated communications services (including local, long distance, Internet, data colocation, web hosting and customer premises equipment sales and maintenance services), with convenient, integrated online billing, plus a single point of contact for sales and service. Our principal competitors are incumbent local exchange carriers (also known in the industry as ‘‘ILECs’’), as well as, long distance carriers, other integrated communications providers, and customer premises sales and maintenance business.

MFS Communications Co., Inc. was a provider of local telecommunications services. It used to operate and develop andoperate fiber optic networks in major metropolitan centers throughout the United States. In 1996, the company was acquired by WorldCom, Inc. for $14.3 Billion. The company was headquartered in Omaha, NE.

WinStar Communications Inc. provided a broad suite of integrated broadband communications and information services. The services provided by the company were local and long distance voice services, Internet connectivity, data transmission, web hosting, web design and development and other enhanced services including network design and implementation, equipment selection, procurement and installation. The Group also developed and distributed information content and provided related services through traditional media, such as television, video, cable and radio and over the Internet. It was located in New York, NY.

Shared Technologies, Inc. provides business communications solutions and services. The firm sells, installs, and maintains communications solutions, including the latest in unified communications, voice and data technologies, contact center, network security, and traditional telephony. The company was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Irving, TX.