Davel Communications, Inc. Reports Senior Management and Board Changes.

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CLEVELAND--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 5, 2003

Davel Communications, Inc. (OTCBB:DAVL) (the "Company") today announced that, effective August 29, 2003, Mr. Woody McGee, of McGee and Associates, LLC. has replaced Mr. John Chichester as Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Mr. McGee has served Davel in a senior management capacity as a consultant since December 2002, and has become well regarded as a "turn-around" specialist, with over 30 years of experience in leading the restructuring of more than 15 different companies over that time. Mr. McGee was also elected as a member of the Board of Directors to succeed Mr. Bruce Renard, who had announced in June 2003 his intention to resign from the Board at the end of August. Mr. Renard tendered his resignation in conjunction with his assuming the Executive Director/President posts with the Florida Public Telecommunications Association ("FPTA") and its for-profit subsidiary, FPTA-Technologies. Mr. Chichester has resigned his position as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company. Mr. Renard will continue to be available to consult with the Company on legal and regulatory affairs.

Mr. James Chapman, a member of the Davel board, stated: "The independent payphone industry in general, and Davel in particular, have been confronted with numerous financial and operational challenges over these past few years. The appointment of Mr. McGee introduces an individual with significant experience outside of the industry, which the Company's board and significant stakeholders have been seeking. With Mr. McGee at the helm, Davel should now be well positioned to evolve with the rapidly changing public communications market and address the financial issues that have previously constrained the Company."

Mr. McGee commented: "I am honored to have been asked to lead the Davel team and I intend to immediately begin maximizing the significant assets and market position that this Company is fortunate enough to hold. I am very familiar with the circumstance in which Davel now finds itself, having confronted similar conditions in the past, and I look forward to beginning to redirect the organization toward a more positive course. The recent Northeast U.S. power outage demonstrated the continued importance of public payphones, which worked when cellular service did not. As the leading independent provider of payphone service in the U.S., I understand the importance of what we do--and will work hard to place the business on a more solid financial and operational footing."

Founded in 1979, the Company is the largest independent provider of pay telephones and related services in the United States, with operations in 48 states and the District of Columbia. The Company serves a wide array of customers operating principally in the shopping center, hospitality, health care, convenience store, university, service station, retail and restaurant markets.

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