ADVISORY/KMC Telecom Press Conference Friday, March 10 - 11:30am Great Southern Club - Gulfport, MS.

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ADVISORY...for Friday (March 10)

MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST, Miss.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 6, 2000

KMC Telecom, part of the new generation of competitive local telecommunications companies, will hold a press conference on Friday March 10, at 11:30am, to announce a new era in competitive local voice and data services in the Mississippi Gulf Coast region. The event will be held in Gulfport at the Great Southern Club, located at 1 Hancock Plaza, 15th Floor.

Special guests will include local elected officials, business leaders and senior executives of KMC Telecom.

KMC Telecom Holdings, Inc., a privately owned facilities-based competitive local exchange carrier, operates state-of-the-art local fiber optic networks in 39 markets throughout the Mid-Atlantic, Midwest and South. Founded in 1995, the company offers customers superior alternatives in local telephone and data communication services.

For more information, call Crawford Public Relations at 703-318-5490 or visit our Web site at www.kmctelecom.com.