EMI, AN OPERATING DIVISION OF INTERMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS, AND SNET SIGN HISTORIC FRAME RELAY RESALE AGREEMENT; SNET to Provide Intermedia's Global Frame Relay Services.

TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 10, 1996--Intermedia Communications Inc. (Nasdaq/NM:ICIX), a rapidly growing provider of integrated telecommunications services, and Southern New England Telecommunications ("SNET") (NYSE:SNG) have signed an historic, five-year agreement for the resale of Intermedia's global frame relay services to SNET customers. The agreement contains provisions for one-year renewal terms after its initial five-year period.

"Intermedia and SNET are blazing new trails together," said David C. Ruberg, Intermedia's president, chairman and chief executive officer. "We believe this is a first-of-its-kind inter-LATA resale agreement between an independent telephone company and an integrated services provider for frame relay services. SNET can now offer its customers national and international connectivity as part of its own portfolio of services."

"This agreement enables us to provide true `one-stop' shopping for our business customers, with single billing and single point of contact," said Howard Taylor, president of SNET Custom Business Group. "Our relationship with Intermedia brings together the expertise and service capabilities of both organizations to deliver the economic and service benefits that our customers deserve."

"We chose Intermedia because of their extensive regional coverage, their commitment to network-to-network interface (NNI), and their revolutionary approach to integrated carrier operations and customer network management," said Ken Politz, vice president of Product Development for SNET Enterprise Solutions. "Interstate frame relay is a key part of SNET's strategy to provide our business customers with complete statewide and global data communications solutions."

AGREEMENT STRENGTHENS STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIP, USES ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY

"This agreement is also a good example of Intermedia's strategy of forming long-term, strategic partnerships with high-quality telecommunications providers," Ruberg said. "We have an excellent relationship with SNET, stemming from our initial network-to-network agreement in place since February 1995, and are pleased to have the opportunity to expand on that relationship.

"Additionally, Intermedia and SNET are pioneering in the area of network management," Ruberg continued. "For example, both companies can view a customer's complete network using Intermedia's Enhanced Customer View (ECV) network management software. This brings to our customers still another element of enhanced capability in what is already an excellent service."

SNET is a Connecticut-based independent telecommunications company reaching beyond its traditional borders to offer wireline, wireless and information services, including national and international calling; mobile communications; publishing information and advertising. The company is building I-SNET, Connecticut's broadband information superhighway to serve all its customers.

Intermedia Communications is a rapidly growing provider of integrated telecommunications solutions. Headquartered in Tampa, Intermedia currently operates fiber optic networks in Florida in Orlando, Tampa, Miami, Jacksonville, St. Petersburg and West Palm Beach; in Cincinnati, Ohio; in Raleigh/Durham, North Carolina; in Huntsville, Alabama; and has a network under development in St. Louis, Missouri. Intermedia specializes in packaging customized solutions to meet each customer's specific requirements and currently provides enhanced network services, including frame relay and Internet access, to more than 3,800 business and government customer locations in 800 cities nationwide. Additionally, Intermedia is a facilities-based interexchange carrier for more than 10,500 customers.

EMI's telecommunications division, a provider of enhanced data and interexchange private line services, primarily in the northeastern United States, was acquired by Intermedia on June 28, 1996.

Both Intermedia and SNET are members of the Frame Relay Forum. Intermedia is a founding member of UniSPAN, an international frame relay consortium operating throughout the United States, Canada, and in more than 60 countries. UniSPAN was recently selected by Network World magazine as one of the top three frame relay providers in the nation.

CONTACT: INTERMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS

Barbara Samson, 813/744-2402

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EMI 

Amy Sloane-Garris, 315/433-0022

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SNET

Kevin Moore, 203/771-2136