Broadwing Names Rick Calder as President of Business Markets; Industry Veteran Brings Sixteen Years of Expertise to Broadwing.

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AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 23, 2001

Broadwing Communications, a wholly owned subsidiary of the optical communications leader Broadwing Inc. (NYSE:BRW), today announced that Richard D. (Rick) Calder, Jr. has joined the company, effective immediately, as president of Business Markets. In this position, Calder will direct Broadwing's sales and service, alternate channel programs, business solutions and partner marketing for business markets. He will report directly to Jack Chidester, president of Business Enterprises.

"Success is one of Rick's core driving components, from founding a company to quickly ascending the ranks at Winstar," said Chidester. "We are excited to add his skills and motivation to the senior management team."

Prior to joining Broadwing, Calder held multiple senior management positions at Winstar Communications, most recently as president of the Winstar South Division where he was responsible for revenue and profit growth, as well as network deployment, in the South Division branches. Prior to joining Winstar, Calder co-founded GO Communications, a wireless communications company, held various marketing and business development positions at MCI, and several engineering and marketing positions at Tellabs.

Calder received his BS in Electrical Engineering from Yale and an MBA from Harvard University.

Broadwing's prior president of Business Markets, Richard Putt, was named president of National Accounts, where he will oversee sales and service professionals responsible for earning and maintaining relationships with lucrative national customers.

About Broadwing

Broadwing Inc. (NYSE:BRW) is parent to two of the industry's leading communications companies, Broadwing Communications and Cincinnati Bell. Broadwing Communications 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.