CopperCom CSX Accepted for RUS Listing The First Class 5 Next-Gen Softswitch for the Independent Market.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

BOCA RATON, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 31, 2004

CopperCom, Inc.:

-- RUS borrowers will now be able to take advantage of RUS loans

to purchase the widely deployed CSX to replace their legacy

equipment and position for new revenue services in the

emerging multi-media environment

CopperCom, the company that is Liberating the Local Exchange, today announced that its CSX 1100 local exchange softswitch system has been accepted for a Rural Utilities Service (RUS) listing. RUS, an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), provides rural utility companies with low-interest financing for the purchase of RUS listed telecommunications equipment. The successful trial was conducted with Lost Nation-Elwood Telephone Company, an Independent Operating Carrier (IOC) based in Lost Nation, Iowa. Lost Nation-Elwood, serving over 1100 subscribers, has migrated the majority of their customers to the CSX, and continues to decommission their Nortel DMS-10 switch.

"We are impressed with the performance of the CSX platform, particularly its reliability, feature set and ease of administration, as well as with CopperCom's unique CPML capability," said Tom Mullins, chief executive officer, Lost Nation-Elwood Telephone. "CopperCom's focus on quality, partnership approach and dedication to customers continue to convince us that we have made the best choice in a next generation switch supplier."

"With the RUS listing, combined with our strong financial backing as part of The Heico Companies, customers can have the confidence that CopperCom has the commitment and staying power to continue to lead in next generation switching," said Mike Myers, president and chief executive officer, CopperCom. "The CSX's ability to successfully replace a proven legacy switch is a turning point in the industry, and confirms that the CSX's innovative and flexible architecture meets the demands of the IOC marketplace. "

"We performed extensive SS7 testing of the CSX 1100 in our lab in June 2003," said Leon Hofer, vice president of network operations, Iowa Network Services. "We believe it meets all the regulatory, inter and intra-office features required to meet the growing needs of our Iowa clients. RUS listing is an important consideration for many Independent Telephone Companies."

About CopperCom

CopperCom, the company that is Liberating the Local Exchange, offers an innovative suite of telecommunications solutions for the local exchange. As the only company to design an end-to-end architecture that combines voice over broadband access with a robust next-generation switching system, CopperCom enables incumbent and competitive carriers to offer a revolutionary way of delivering local telephone service to subscribers over circuit or packet-based broadband connections. In the telecom switching business since 1982, CopperCom is a subsidiary of The Heico Companies and is headquartered in Boca Raton, Fla. For additional information, CopperCom can be reached directly at [phone], or via the Internet at www.coppercom.com.

CopperCom and CSX are trademarks of CopperCom, Inc.

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