Alpheus One of Houston's FastTech 50.

HOUSTON -- Alpheus Communications was recognized today as one of Houston's fastest growing technology companies at the annual FastTech 50 awards luncheon hosted by the Houston Business Journal. The 2006 awards were presented to 50 Houston-based high-tech companies that experienced the greatest revenue growth percentage from 2004-2005.

Alpheus operates the most extensive competitive deep metro fiber network in Texas distributing video, voice and data at light speed in Houston and five other major Texas cities. Alpheus is a joint venture of Genesis Park and El Paso Corporation.

"Alpheus is honored to be a recipient of the FastTech 50 award," said Paul Hobby, Chairman and CEO of Alpheus Communications. Hobby acknowledged the hard work of the Alpheus team in facilitating the company's growth and expanded service offerings. "The men and women of Alpheus are committed to offering our customers the best possible service; we could not do anything without their effort and enthusiasm."

With 83 employees and over 4,000 fiber route miles in Texas, Alpheus can send over 1,280 gigabytes of data through its network each second, the equivalent of sending the entire 17-million-volume collection of the Library of Congress every 15 seconds, or 380 feature-length movies every second.

"Information and applications that are stranded are of limited value. Alpheus provides the network that connects people, information and ideas," Hobby continued. "The Alpheus network is a competitive differentiator for Houston and for Texas, just like the Port of Houston, our gas pipelines, and the interstate highways that connect us to the rest of the world."

About Alpheus Communications

Alpheus operates the most extensive competitive deep metro fiber footprint in Texas, with facilities in Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin, and Corpus Christi. Alpheus serves as the backbone for major wireless carriers in Texas, serving cell sites, microwave relay points, and Wi-Fi hotspots. Our customers also include premiere broadband Internet Service Providers (ISP), Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), and Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLEC). As a pure-play optical network provider for backhaul, transport and outsourced fault management service, we are flexible, content neutral, responsive to customer needs, and maintain a carrier class network that exceeds industry standards.

In addition to these world-class assets, Alpheus also has a team of outstanding professionals with a wealth of experience in the telecommunications industry to provide the best-possible customer service.