Connectivity Solutions International, Inc. Adds Senior International Global Technology Executive to Management Team.

MANCHESTER, United Kingdom & CHICAGO -- Connectivity Solutions International, Inc. (CSI), the operating division of Capital Growth Systems, Inc. (OTCBB:CGSY), the telecommunications company operating as the first Intelligent Virtual Network Operator (i-VNO), today announced that Robert A. Pollan has joined the company's senior executive management team. Pollan, 46, will serve as the chief information and strategy officer. He will report to chief executive officer, Tom Hudson.

Pollan brings a combination of large-company experience and an entrepreneurial background in Europe and the United States. He is an experienced operating executive and senior board member in both technology and non-technology enterprises. Working at General Electric, Pollan completed a multi-year General Electric management development program rotation focused on industrial automation businesses. He variously served at GE Capital Corp subsidiaries as CEO, CTO and VP of business development. Pollan spent several years in Central Europe in the early 1990s, where he led the largest successful Central European industrial organizational and financial restructuring, and subsequently privatized the Szczecin Shipyard in Poland. His achievements became the subject of a 1995 Harvard Business Review article citing it as a model of post-communism management.

Pollan was one of the four initial managing directors of Internet Capital Group, a leading, publicly held B2B holding company. While at ICGE, he was the founding chairman of ICG Commerce, a leading online procurement services provider. On leaving Internet Capital Group at the end of 2000, Pollan served in key operating roles at Universal Access and Mobility Technologies, now Traffic.com, both publicly held companies that were part of the ICGE network. He set up cutting-edge systems for the delivery of information, critical in the value proposition of both companies. Pollan also was recruited to lead the turn around and be chairman of the board of Energy Solutions International, a world leader in pipeline management software for the oil and gas industry.

Pollan is a graduate of the Harvard Business School with a MBA with distinction. Prior to Harvard, he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania's Management and Technology Program (Wharton and Moore Schools), with the dual degrees of BS Electrical Engineering and BS Economics, with honors.

Patrick Shutt, the chief operating officer of CSI and a director of Capital Growth Systems, said, "Bob Pollan is the leading information and strategy executive in the VNO sector and has held this status since 2000 when he built the Universal Information Exchange (UIX) for the Goldman Sachs-led Universal Access IPO. Bob's clarity of thought and his lengthy experience of success in both our target sector and our stage of growth will be absolutely crucial as we move from the formation stage to the operating stage in the implementation of our vision. Bob has an unmatched ability to create processes and systems in a short timeframe that translate into revenue, and we look forward to working with him again."

Pollan said, "I see great synergy and opportunity in the team, products and solutions assembled at Connectivity Solutions International and I look forward to helping inject this information-based strategy into the fragmented telecommunications market place, where I am sure the impact will be significant. The market opportunity has never been greater, but without the "Intelligent" dimension of a VNO, the traditional VNO model is destined to suffer margin challenges compared to the new i-VNO model. I am here to make a difference and I have joined Connectivity Solutions International because of the quality of the team."

Said Tom Hudson, CEO for CSI, "We are delighted to have Bob join us. As we continue to add key executive talent and unparalleled experience to the management team at CSI, I am confident that they bring excellence in execution to our vision as an i-VNO. This will bring tremendous value to our customers and shareholders alike."

About Capital Growth Systems, Inc.

Capital Growth Systems, Inc. is a public reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and is based in Schaumburg, Ill. The company's common stock is currently quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol CGSY.OB. Its Web site is www.connectivitysi.net. The company currently has six wholly owned operating subsidiaries: Magenta netLogic, Ltd. (www.magenta-netlogic.com); Global Capacity Group, Inc. (www.globalcapacity.com); CentrePath Inc. (www.centrepath.com); NexVu Technologies, LLC ( www.nexvu.com); Frontrunner Network Systems, Inc. ( www.frontrunnernetworks.com ); and 20/20 Technologies, Inc. (www.20-20technologies.net ).

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