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ICG Reports Fourth Quarter & Year-end 1999 Results 133,000 Lines Installed in 4th Quarter.


Business Editors and Technology Writers

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, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 29, 2000

ICG ICG

indocyanine green.
 Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:ICGX) today announced fourth quarter and full-year 1999 results that reflect significant revenue growth and improved operations.

ICG installed a record 133,000 net business access lines and Internet service provider Internet service provider (ISP)

Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password.
 (ISP (1) See in-system programmable.

(2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines.
) ports during the fourth quarter, bringing the year-end year-end also year·end
n.
The end of a year.

adj.
Occurring or done at the end of the year: a year-end audit.

Noun 1.
 total to 731,000, more than double the year-end 1998 total. Approximately 80 percent of lines provisioned during the year are for Internet access See how to access the Internet.  ports for ISP customers, where ICG's national network and excellent customer service have enabled the Company to capture an increasing share of this new, high growth market. ICG continues as a leader among competitive local telephone companies, increasing the number of business lines in service by more than 40 percent during 1999. Further, the Company recorded full-year revenue of $479.2 million, reflecting 58 percent growth over 1998 adjusted for discontinued operations Discontinued operations

Divisions of a business that have been sold or written off and that no longer are maintained by the business.
, and realized a 50 percent gross operating margin Operating Margin

A ratio used to measure a company's pricing strategy and operating efficiency.

Calculated by:
 on revenue versus 38 percent for 1998.

"During 1999, we demonstrated remarkable growth in terms of revenue, lines in service and network capability," said J. Shelby Bryan John Shelby Bryan (born March 12, 1946) is an American communications executive, also known for his affair with Anna Wintour, editor of Vogue magazine.

A direct descendant of Stephen F.
, chairman and chief executive officer of ICG. "We initiated an aggressive plan to expand our national network, extended our product portfolio through alliances with broadband broadband

Term describing the radiation from a source that produces a broad, continuous spectrum of frequencies (contrasted with a laser, which produces a single frequency or very narrow range of frequencies).
 and application providers, and added substantial management expertise. Yesterday, we announced $750 million in equity funding Equity funding

An investment consisting of a life insurance policy and a mutual fund. The insurance policy is paid by the collateral value of fund shares, giving the investor the advantages of insurance protection with the growth potential of a mutual fund.
 and today additional vendor financing Vendor Financing

The lending of money by a company to one of its customers so that the customer can buy products from it. By doing this, the company increases its sales even though it is basically buying its own products.
 that brings total capital raised year-to-date Year-to-date (YTD)

The period beginning at the start of the calendar year up to the current date.
 to nearly $1.2 billion. These actions clearly position ICG to deliver accelerated growth in 2000 and meet the changing telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications.  needs of our customers."

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Invitation: Today, ICG executive management is hosting a conference call and simultaneous Webcast at 8:00 a.m. MST See micro systems technology. , 10:00 a.m. EST EST electroshock therapy.

EST
abbr.
electroshock therapy
. Please log-on to the ICG Web page at www.icgcom.com to view and listen to our year-end results discussion. The Webcast will remain available for replay on the ICG website. ----------------------------------------------------------------------

Highlights -- Fourth Quarter and 1999 in Review
-- Long-haul capacity under long-term leases: 18,000 miles

-- ICG customer collocations: 145

-- VoIP Gateways: 140

-- SS7 ports: 388


Operations Review

During 1999, ICG added 376,000 business lines and access ports and had contracts in place to provision approximately one-half million more in 2000. At year-end 1999, ICG's network served approximately 10 percent of U.S. Internet users Internet user ninternauta m/f

Internet user Internet ninternaute m/f 
, with market share expected to increase in 2000. In addition, total network minutes of use increased from approximately 6 to over 11 billion per quarter, from fourth quarter 1998 to fourth quarter 1999. Year-end 1999 total lines in service of 731,000 include fourth quarter net installations of 133,000 plus a year-end adjustment that added net 13,000. In addition, ICG increased the percent of lines "on switch" to over 90, up from approximately 75 percent at year-end 1998.

New infrastructure and capacity added during 1999 included:

-- Long-haul capacity under long-term leases: 18,000 miles

-- ICG customer collocations: 145

-- VoIP Gateways: 140

-- SS7 ports: 388


In 1999, ICG launched a network expansion program to add 22 major metropolitan areas by year-end 2000. By year-end 1999, services were being offered in six of these markets: Boston, New York Boston is a town in Erie County, New York, United States. The population was 7,897 at the 2000 census. The town is named after Boston, Massachusetts.

The Town of Boston is an interior town of the county and one of the county's "Southtowns.
, Washington Washington, town, England
Washington, town (1991 pop. 48,856), Sunderland metropolitan district, NE England. Washington was designated one of the new towns in 1964 to alleviate overpopulation in the Tyneside-Wearside area.
, D.C., Miami, Chicago Chicago, city, United States
Chicago (shĭkä`gō, shĭkô`gō), city (1990 pop. 2,783,726), seat of Cook co., NE Ill., on Lake Michigan; inc. 1837.
 and Seattle Seattle (sēăt`əl), city (1990 pop. 516,259), seat of King co., W Wash., built on seven hills, between Elliott Bay of Puget Sound and Lake Washington; inc. 1869. .

Long-term Long-term

Three or more years. In the context of accounting, more than 1 year.


long-term

1. Of or relating to a gain or loss in the value of a security that has been held over a specific length of time. Compare short-term.
 contracts signed with major Internet Internet

Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the
 companies such as The Microsoft Network See MSN.

Microsoft Network - The Microsoft Network
, L.L.C., Spinway.com (in collaboration Working together on a project. See collaborative software.  with its e-commerce e-commerce, commerce conducted over the Internet, most often via the World Wide Web. E-commerce can apply to purchases made through the Web or to business-to-business activities such as inventory transfers.  partner Kmart For the Australasian department store chain, see Kmart Australia. "K-Mart" is also a nickname for NBA player Kenyon Martin.

Kmart is a chain of department stores in the United States, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Guam.
 Corporation), NetZero NetZero is an Internet service provider based in Woodland Hills, California. It is a subsidiary of United Online, owner of Juno Online Services and BlueLight Internet Services. , Inc. and several others, illustrate ICG's leadership among Internet infrastructure providers. Through the year, sales to ISPs transitioned from basic Internet access services to remote access services (communications) Remote Access Services - (RAS) A service provided by Windows NT which allows most of the services which would be available on a network to be accessed over a modem link. , which better employ the capabilities at the ICG hub to manage and route Internet traffic Internet traffic is the flow of data around the Internet. It includes web traffic, which is the amount of that data that is related to the World Wide Web, along with the traffic from other major uses of the Internet, such as electronic mail and peer-to-peer networks. . By providing more advanced network services for its ISP customers, ICG increases revenue per line, minimizes the ISP's capital outlay capital outlay

See capital expenditure.
 and improves the quality of service to the end-user (job) end-user - The person who uses a computer application, as opposed to those who developed or support it. The end-user may or may not know anything about computers, how they work, or what to do if something goes wrong. .

Outlook

By year-end 2000, ICG has a target to increase lines in service to over 1.5 million, again more than doubling year-over-year totals. Network build-out Build-out is an urban planner’s estimate of the amount and location of potential development for an area. Build-out is one step of the land use planning process. Evaluation of potential development impacts begins with a build-out analysis.  plans into new, major metropolitan areas are driven by existing ISP contracts yet engineered to readily meet expected increases in demand. This "smart-build" design will enable the company to quickly deliver the infrastructure requirements associated with growth in ISP business as well as open new markets for accelerated growth in sales to local businesses planned for 2001. Beyond network expansion, ICG is focused on delivering value-added services A value-added service (VAS) is a telecommunications industry term for non-core services or, in short, all services beyond standard voice calls and fax transmissions.  and continues to introduce products and services that complement its existing portfolio to meet the changing and growing demands of both its ISP and business customers.

The company recently completed restructuring restructuring - The transformation from one representation form to another at the same relative abstraction level, while preserving the subject system's external behaviour (functionality and semantics).  of its management team with the addition of two experienced industry leaders to head up network services and sales and marketing. In addition, over 350 talented new employees have been hired over the past six months, including experienced marketing, sales and product development leaders.

Funding raised over the last 60 days of nearly $1.2 billion will fund ICG's business plan into 2001. Completion of the 2000 business plan will position ICG for even more aggressive line growth, revenue growth and EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization) A metric used to show a company's profitability, but not its cash flow. EBITDA became popular in the 1980s to show the potential profitability of leveraged buyouts, but has become  growth in 2001. The new employees, in combination with the company's increased funding, are key elements to ensure delivery of ICG's business plan for 2000 and beyond.

Financial Review

Revenue

Fourth quarter revenue of $142.1 million reflects 23 percent sequential growth over third quarter revenue of $115.2 million. Revenue for the year totaled $479.2 million, a 58 percent increase over 1998, adjusted for discontinued operations. Local services revenue of $299.9 million for 1999 accounts for 63 percent of total revenue and includes revenue from ISP customers, business customers for local services and reciprocal Bilateral; two-sided; mutual; interchanged.

Reciprocal obligations are duties owed by one individual to another and vice versa. A reciprocal contract is one in which the parties enter into mutual agreements.
 compensation charges for call termination Call Termination, also known as voice termination, refers to the handing off or routing of calls from one telephone company, also known as a carrier or provider, to another telephone company.

The terminating point is end point.
. Special access revenue increased during the fourth quarter to $38.5 million from $29.3 million in the third quarter, including recognition of $13.0 million of revenue related to the June June: see month.  1999 fiber optic lease agreement with a long-haul long haul
n.
1. A long distance: It is a long haul from New York to Los Angeles.

2. A long period of time: Over the long haul the candidates performed well.
 carrier. Annual special access revenue of $113.9 million was up 53 percent over 1998. Long distance revenue was $4.0 million for the fourth quarter and $18.7 million for the year. Switched termination revenue was $13.3 million for the quarter and modestly decreased year over year to $46.7 million.

Operating Costs operating costs nplgastos mpl operacionales  and Gross Operating Margin

Fourth quarter operating costs of $59.5 million resulted in full year operating costs of $238.9 million. The 1999 gross operating margin of 50 percent favorably fa·vor·a·ble  
adj.
1. Advantageous; helpful: favorable winds.

2. Encouraging; propitious: a favorable diagnosis.

3.
 compares to 1998 of 38 percent. The higher gross operating margin is due to increased volume on ICG's network that greatly improved network efficiency, and higher margin revenue per line/port from remote access services and special access services. Fourth quarter operating costs were lower than the third quarter primarily due to a fourth quarter 1999 in-depth management review of network costs that was conducted following the centralization cen·tral·ize  
v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es

v.tr.
1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate.

2.
 of network functions. The analysis identified $9.5 million in costs from the first nine months of 1999 that related to capital activities under the existing ICG policy.

Selling, general and administrative (SG&A) expenses

SG&A expenses of $59.4 million for the fourth quarter are up approximately $10.0 million over the prior quarter (excluding the one-time third quarter provision for doubtful accounts of $45.2 million) as a result of costs associated with increased fourth quarter revenue and an acceleration of the company's expansion plan. In addition, fourth quarter SG&A included approximately $3.5 million for one-time charges primarily related to Y2K See Y2K problem and Y2K compliant.

Y2K - Year 2000
 initiatives and organizational changes.

Earnings

The fourth quarter loss from continuing operations continuing operations

Parts of a business that are expected to be maintained as an ongoing segment of an overall business operation. Income and losses from continuing operations are reported separately if any segments have been discontinued during the
 of $100.0 million, or $2.10 per share, resulted in a full-year loss from continuing operations of $466.5 million or $9.90 per share. Income from discontinued operations for 1999 was $36.8 million. This includes the 1999 results of operations from the company's FOTI FOTI Flight of the Intruder (movie & game)
FOTI Fat on the Outside Thin on the Inside
 and Satellite Services divisions that were sold in October and December, as well as the gains and losses recorded on the disposals of these divisions. Additionally, the company recorded an extraordinary gain on the sale of NETCOM NETCOM Network Enterprise Technology Command (US Army)
NetCom Network Command (information systems) 
 On-Line Communication Services, Inc. of $195.5 million for 1999. Including these non-recurring items, the loss for the quarter was $52.7 million, or $1.11 per share, and for the year totaled $234.2 million or $4.97 per share.

Reciprocal Compensation

During the fourth quarter, the company received $29.1 million in reciprocal compensation payments from incumbent local exchange carriers ILEC, short for incumbent local exchange carrier, is a local telephone company in the United States that was in existence at the time of the break up of AT&T into the Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs) also known as the "Baby Bells". , for a total of $86.3 million collected for the year. In the third quarter, the company recorded an allowance of $45.2 million for potentially non-collectible accounts receivable accounts receivable n. the amounts of money due or owed to a business or professional by customers or clients. Generally, accounts receivable refers to the total amount due and is considered in calculating the value of a business or the business' problems in paying  related to tandem (Tandem Computers Inc., Cupertino, CA) A former major manufacturer of fault-tolerant computers founded in 1974 by James Treybig and provider of the early 21st century technology for HP's enterprise computing strategy.  and transport elements of reciprocal compensation recorded through June 30, 1999, and the company suspended sus·pend  
v. sus·pend·ed, sus·pend·ing, sus·pends

v.tr.
1. To bar for a period from a privilege, office, or position, usually as a punishment: suspend a student from school.
 revenue recognition for these services subsequent to June 30, 1999. However, the company continues to bill and pursue collection for these services.

Capital Expenditures and Liquidity

Fourth quarter capital expenditures, including capital leases, were $360.9 million and the full-year capital expenditures totaled $735.2 million. The fourth quarter includes a $135.3 million capital lease that will expand the company's long-haul network capacity.

Subsequent to Year-end

The company entered a multi-year contract to lease local network capacity to a long-haul carrier for $126.5 million and expects to recognize revenue for this transaction over a six-year period beginning in the second half of 2000.

The company collected an additional $29 million in reciprocal compensation.

In January 2000, ICG signed a vendor financing commitment letter with Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation).
Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006.
 Capital Corporation, the financing arm of Cisco Systems Inc., for up to $180 million. Purchases are for equipment that will expand access and transport capacity, as well as provide greater capability and reliability for broadband deliveries.

In February 2000, ICG announced that it is raising $750 million in equity funding from investors that included affiliates of Liberty Media Corporation, Hicks Hicks   , Edward 1780-1849.

American painter of primitive works, notably The Peaceable Kingdom, of which nearly 100 versions exist.
, Muse, Tate & Furst Incorporated and Gleacher Capital Partners. The investment will be in the form of 8% convertible preferred stock Convertible Preferred Stock

Preferred stock that includes an option for the holder to convert the preferred shares into a fixed number of common shares, usually anytime after a predetermined date. Also known as "convertible preferred shares".
 and warrants.

In February 2000, ICG agreed to a common stock share exchange with Teligent, Inc and signed a memorandum of understanding A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is a legal document describing a bilateral or multilateral agreement between parties. It expresses a convergence of will between the parties, indicating an intended common line of action and may not imply a legal commitment.  with Teligent to foster a relationship that will identify and implement operating efficiencies between the two companies networks and services.

February 2000, ICG entered into an agreement with Lucent Technologies for a up to $250 million in vendor financing. The commitment is subject to finalization Writing the table of contents (TOC) on a recordable CD or DVD disc. The finalization process ensures that the disc can be played back on most CD and DVD players. See disc-at-once.  of legal documentation and the satisfaction of certain conditions. Equipment purchases are expected to include Lucent switches and accompanying hardware and software that will allow ICG to deliver advanced voice and data products.

Forward Looking Statement Disclosure

Information and statements presented in this press release may contain forward looking disclosures, expressed or implied, that are based on the beliefs of management as well as assumptions made based on information currently available to management. These forward looking statements and information involve risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, future demand for the company's services, general economic conditions, government regulations, competition and customer strategies, capital deployment, the impact of pricing and other risks and uncertainties. Should one or more of these risks materialize ma·te·ri·al·ize  
v. ma·te·ri·al·ized, ma·te·ri·al·iz·ing, ma·te·ri·al·iz·es

v.tr.
1. To cause to become real or actual: By building the house, we materialized a dream.
, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described in this press release as anticipated, believed, estimated or expected. These risks are detailed from time to time in various reports filed by ICG with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including Forms 10-K (filed for the year-ended December 31, 1998 and to be filed for the year-ended December 31, 1999) and Forms 10-Q filed quarterly subsequent to March 31, June 30 and September 30, 1999.

                       Key Operating Statistics

----------------- --------   --------   --------   --------   --------
           As of, Dec. 31,   Sep. 30,   June 30,   Mar. 31,   Dec. 31,
                    1999       1999      1999       1999        1998
----------------- --------   --------   --------   --------    -------
Access
 lines/ports
 in service       730,975    584,827    494,405    418,610     354,482
----------------- --------   --------   --------   --------    -------
Total port
 capacity(a)      932,143      --         --         --        584,047
----------------- --------   --------   --------   --------    -------
Fiber route miles
   Operational      4,596      4,449      4,406      4,351       4,255
   Under
    construction      531       --         --         --           --
----------------- --------   --------   --------   --------    -------
Fiber strand
 miles
 Operational      174,644    167,067    164,416    155,788     134,152
 Under
  construction     18,564      --         --         --           --
----------------- --------   --------   --------   --------    --------
Buildings
 connected
  On network          963        939        874        789         777
  Hybrid            7,115      6,476      5,915      5,337       4,620
                  --------   --------   --------   --------    -------
Total buildings
 connected          8,078      7,415      6,789      6,126       5,397
----------------- --------   --------   --------   --------    -------
Switches
   Circuit             31         29         29         29          29
   Data- Frame
    relay              16         16         16         17          16
   Data- ATM           24
                  --------   --------   --------   --------    -------
  Total switches       71         45         45         46          45
----------------- --------   --------   --------   --------    -------
Collocations with
 ILECs                147        139        126        111          59
----------------- --------   --------   --------   --------    -------

(a) Customer port equivalent


Additional Year-End 1999 Statistics:

-- Long-haul capacity under long-term leases: 18,000 miles

-- ICG customer collocations: 145

-- VoIP Gateways: 140

-- SS7 ports: 388


CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (unaudited)
($ in thousands, except per share data)

                                            Comparative periods
                                          -----------------------
                                     Sequential       Year-over-year
                Three months        Three months       Three months
                   ended,             ended,              ended,

                 12/31/1999  09/30/1999  % Change  12/31/1998 % Change
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Revenue:
 Local
  services        $ 86,318    $ 69,454      24%     $ 60,457     43%
 Long distance       3,968       4,541     (13%)       5,160    (23%)
 Special access     38,524      29,328      31%       20,606     87%
 Switched
  terminating
  access            13,265      11,843      12%       11,825     12%
----------------------------------------------------------------------
 Total revenue     142,075     115,166      23%       98,048     45%
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Operating costs    (59,536)    (66,284)    (10%)     (50,147)    19%
Selling, general
 and
 administrative    (59,415)    (94,558)    (37%)     (45,454)    31%
----------------------------------------------------------------------
 EBITDA (before
 nonrecurring and
 noncash charges)   23,124     (45,676)     NA         2,447    845%
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Depreciation and
 amortization      (48,102)    (45,079)      7%      (37,617)    28%
Provision for
 impairment of
 long-lived
 assets             (2,515)       -         NA        (4,379)   (43%)
Other, net            (296)       (626)    (53%)      (1,786)   (83%)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
 Operating loss    (27,789)    (91,381)    (70%)     (41,335)   (33%)
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Interest expense   (60,783)    (52,891)     15%      (48,153)    26%
Interest income      4,631       3,772      23%        6,226    (26%)
Other, net             154        (333)     NA          (156)  (199%)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Loss from
 continuing
 operations
 before income
 taxes,
 preferred
 dividends and
 extraordinary
 gain              (83,787)   (140,833)    (41%)     (83,418)     0%
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Income tax
 expense               (25)       -         NA           (45)   (44%)
Accretion and
 preferred
 dividends on
 preferred
 securities of
 subsidiaries      (16,158)    (15,694)      3%      (14,409)    12%
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Loss from
 continuing
 operations
 before
 extraordinary
 gain              (99,970)   (156,527)    (36%)     (97,872)     2%
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Discontinued
 operations:
  (Loss) income
   from discontinued
   operations         (981)        748    (231%)     (20,342)   (95%)
  (Loss) gain
   on disposal of
   discontinued
   operations       45,784       -          NA          (576)    NA
----------------------------------------------------------------------
                    44,803         748    5890%      (20,918)  (314%)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Extraordinary gain
 on sales of
 operations of
 NETCOM, net of
 income taxes        2,482       -          NA          -        NA
======================================================================
Net loss         $ (52,685) $ (155,779)     66%   $ (118,790)   (56%)
======================================================================
Net loss per share
 - basic and
 diluted:
  Loss from
   continuing
   operations      $ (2.10)    $ (3.31)     37%      $ (2.13)    (1%)
  Income (loss)
   from
   discontinued
   operations         0.94        0.02   (5852%)       (0.45)  (307%)
  Extraordinary
   gain               0.05        -         NA          -        NA
======================================================================
Net loss per share
 - basic and
 diluted           $ (1.11)    $ (3.29)     66%      $ (2.58)   (57%)
======================================================================

Weighted average
 number of shares
 outstanding
  - basic
  and diluted       47,618      47,320                46,010
======================================================================


CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (unaudited)
($ in thousands, except per share data)
                                        Years ended,
                                      -----------------
                                  12/31/1999    12/31/1998    % Change
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Revenue:
      Local services              $ 299,941       159,197         88%
      Long distance                  18,733        20,591         (9%)
      Special access                113,852        74,489         53%
      Switched terminating
       access                        46,700        49,040         (5%)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total revenue                 479,226       303,317         58%
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Operating costs                    (238,927)     (187,260)        28%
Selling, general and
 administrative                    (239,756)     (158,153)        52%
----------------------------------------------------------------------
      EBITDA (before
      nonrecurring and
      noncash charges)                  543       (42,096)        NA
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Depreciation and amortization      (174,239)      (91,927)        90%
Provision for impairment of
 long-lived assets                  (31,815)       (4,877)       552%
Other, net                             (387)       (1,786)       (78%)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
      Operating loss               (205,898)     (140,686)        46%
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Interest expense                   (212,420)     (170,015)        25%
Interest income                      16,300        28,401        (43%)
Other, net                           (2,522)       (1,118)       126%
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Loss from continuing
 operations before
 income taxes,
 preferred dividends and
 extraordinary gain                (404,540)     (283,418)        43%
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Income tax expense                      (25)          (90)       (72%)
Accretion and preferred
 dividends on preferred
 securities of subsidiaries         (61,897)      (55,183)        12%
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Loss from continuing
 operations before
 extraordinary gain                (466,462)     (338,691)        38%
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Discontinued operations:
    Loss from discontinued
     operations                      (1,036)      (77,577)       (99%)
    Gain (loss) on disposal
     of discontinued
     operations                      37,825        (1,777)        NA
----------------------------------------------------------------------
                                     36,789       (79,354)      (146%)
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Extraordinary gain on sales
 of operations of NETCOM,
 net of income taxes                195,511          -            NA
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Net loss                         $ (234,162)     (418,045)        44%
======================================================================

Net loss per share - basic
 and diluted:
   Loss from continuing
    operations                      $ (9.90)        (7.49)       (32%)
   Income (loss) from
    discontinued operations            0.78         (1.76)       144%
      Extraordinary gain               4.15           -            NA
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Net loss per share
 - basic and diluted                $ (4.97)        (9.25)        46%
======================================================================

Weighted average number
 of shares outstanding
      - basic and diluted            47,116        45,194
======================================================================


CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS (unaudited)
($ in thousands)

                                                  December 31,
                                           -------------------------
                                               1999          1998
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Assets:
     Cash, cash equivalents
      and short-term investments           $ 125,507       262,307
     Receivables, net                        168,731       113,559
     Property and equipment, net           1,525,680       908,058
     Other assets, net                       200,703       202,883
     Net assets of discontinued
      operations                                -          102,840
----------------------------------------------------------------------
         Total assets                    $ 2,020,621     1,589,647
======================================================================

Liabilities and Stockholders' Deficit:
     Accounts payable and accrued
      liabilities                          $ 198,000        81,989
     Capital leases                          206,760        67,792
     Debt                                  1,906,697     1,599,044
     Other liabilities                        33,705         5,647
----------------------------------------------------------------------
        Total liabilities                  2,345,162     1,754,472
----------------------------------------------------------------------

     Redeemable preferred
      securities of subsidiaries             519,323       466,352

     Stockholders' deficit:
       Common stock                              478           464
       Additional paid-in capital            599,282       577,940
       Accumulated deficit                (1,443,624)   (1,209,462)
       Accumulated other comprehensive
        loss                                   -              (119)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
        Total stockholders' deficit         (843,864)     (631,177)
----------------------------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------------------
        Total liabilities and
         stockholders' deficit           $ 2,020,621     1,589,647
======================================================================


Diluted shares (in thousands)                 50,217        56,183
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