2nd Century Communications Signs Interconnection Agreement with Sprint-Florida.

TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 25, 1999--

2nd Century Communications, a second-generation competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC), today announced an interconnection agreement with Sprint-Florida that allows 2nd Century to provide facilities-based local exchange services in the Orlando area.

This agreement, signed on July 21, enables 2nd Century to move forward with its Central Florida launch plans.

"The Sprint-Florida agreement is a critical milestone for 2nd Century in launching service in the Central Florida area," said John Prisco, 2nd Century's president and CEO. "Small and medium-sized businesses will now be able to choose from a broad portfolio of integrated solutions previously unavailable to them. These advanced applications will introduce this market to the full potential of the Internet economy."

2nd Century is building a 50-city nationwide ATM-based local exchange network and will offer dedicated, high-speed Internet access, e-mail, Web hosting and local and long distance services to small and medium-sized businesses. This integrated solution is designed to be scalable and easy to implement and provides customers the benefits of a converged network. The company is currently Beta testing its service in Tampa and will launch its fully integrated ATM solution later this year.

The agreement outlines the following rules under which 2nd Century and Sprint-Florida will interconnect their networks:

-- 2nd Century can provide local service to customers throughout

Sprint-Florida service area.

-- 2nd Century can access and interconnect with Sprint-Florida

facilities.

-- Compensation between the two companies for traffic exchange will

be mutual and reciprocal.

-- Customers who switch their local service to 2nd Century can keep

their current telephone number (Permanent number portability).

-- Customers will receive "non-discriminatory" rates and charges.

-- 2nd Century can purchase and resale separate, or unbundled,

portions of Sprint-Florida services for its customers.

The agreement will remain in effect through October 2000. 2nd Century is currently negotiating interconnection agreements with the major RBOCs and independent telephone companies and currently has an agreement with GTE Florida and BellSouth.

2nd Century received its Florida CLEC license in February and its Interexchange (IXC) license in March. The company has CLEC filings in multiple states and is certified by the FCC as a domestic and international long distance carrier.

About 2nd Century Communications

2nd Century is a second-generation competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC).

The company will offer small- and medium-sized businesses advanced applications along with integrated telecommunications and data communications over one unified network. Customers subscribing to 2nd Century's services will no longer need to rely on multiple vendors for their communications needs, allowing small- and medium-sized businesses to leverage the benefits of communications solutions previously only available to large companies. A fall 1999 services launch is planned. 2nd Century Communications, a privately held company, is headquartered in Tampa, Fla., and can be found on the World Wide Web at www.2c2.com.