Broadwing Executive Elected to ASCENT Board of Directors.Business Editors AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 31, 2001 Broadwing Communications' President of Broadband Services, Shirish Lal, Elected to The Association of Communications Enterprises' Board of Directors Broadwing Communications, a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Broadwing Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :BRW BRW Business Review Weekly (business magazine; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) BRW Business Report Writer BRW Barrow, AK, USA - Barrow (Airport Code) BRW Business Requirement Worksheet ), today announced that Shirish Lal, president of Broadband Services, was elected to the Association of Communications Enterprises' (ASCENT) Board of Directors for a term of three years. ASCENT is the preeminent trade organization representing the interests of entrepreneurial communications firms and their suppliers. As one of nine Board members, Lal will actively participate in setting the direction of the association and establishing policies regarding ASCENT's activities. He was also appointed to chairman of the Regulatory Affairs Regulatory Affairs (RA), also called Government Affairs, is a profession within regulated industries, such as pharmaceuticals, medical devices, energy, and banking. Regulatory Affairs professionals usually have responsibility for the following general areas: "Shirish's leadership within our broadband group has helped elevate Broadwing to one of the leading service providers in the industry, and I know he will be a great asset to the ASCENT leadership team," said Rick Pontin, president and COO of Broadwing Communications. "The ASCENT Board has a strong obligation to the industry, and I am looking forward to taking part in creating and maintaining a competitive marketplace for both large and small companies," said Lal. As president of Broadband Services at Broadwing Communications, Lal is responsible for existing and new market opportunities for broadband transport, data networks and value-added services to Broadwing's carrier, CLEC (Competitive Local Exchange Carrier) An organization offering local telephone service that is not one of the traditional telephone companies. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 allowed competition to the incumbent telcos (ILECs), enabling new companies (CLECs) , and DLEC (Data Local Exchange Carrier) A CLEC that specializes in DSL services primarily by leasing lines from local phone companies and reselling them to ISPs. The DLEC industry got off to a big start in the late 1990s, but ended up in trouble just a couple years later. customers. Lal received a B.S.E.E. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology, at Cambridge; coeducational; chartered 1861, opened 1865 in Boston, moved 1916. It has long been recognized as an outstanding technological institute and its Sloan School of Management has notable programs in business, and a M.B.A. from Harvard University Harvard University, mainly at Cambridge, Mass., including Harvard College, the oldest American college. Harvard College Harvard College, originally for men, was founded in 1636 with a grant from the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. . ASCENT, headquartered in Washington, DC, has 500+ members companies who provide a full range of communications services utilizing narrowband, broadband and wireless technologies. ASCENT's mission is to open all communications markets to full and fair competition and to help member companies design and implement successful business plans. About Broadwing Broadwing Inc. (NYSE:BRW) is parent to two of the industry's leading communications companies, Broadwing Communications and Cincinnati Bell Cincinnati Bell is the dominant telephone company for Cincinnati, Ohio and its nearby suburbs in Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky. The parent company is named Cincinnati Bell Inc. . Broadwing Communications, headquartered in Austin, Texas, leads the industry as the world's first intelligent, all-optical, switched network provider and offers businesses nationwide a competitive advantage by providing data, voice and Internet solutions that are flexible, reliable and innovative on its 18,500-mile optical network and its award-winning IP backbone. Cincinnati Bell is one of the nation's most respected and best performing local exchange and wireless providers with a legacy of unparalleled customer service excellence and financial strength. Cincinnati Bell provides a wide range of telecommunications products and services to residential and business customers in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. Broadwing Inc. is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio and has 6,400 employees in 56 sales and service offices across the country. For more information, visit www.broadwing.com. |
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