Key Industry Experts Join Integral Access Advisory Board.

CHELMSFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 22, 1999--Integral Access, Inc., a leading developer of 21st century access networks, today announced that key industry luminaries have joined its advisory board to assist the company in the development and marketing of its packet access network solutions.

Martin Boerner, Richard Eyestone and Peter Fuss - all experts in the telecommunications industry -- will advise the company on how best to meet the needs of competitive carriers that are currently struggling with how to economically enter new markets, provide broad-based services to end-user customers, and maximize revenue opportunities.

The Integral Access packet access network, currently under development, will allow carriers to exploit the installed copper loop as well as leased facilities to deliver 10 Mbits of fully-flexible bandwidth to customers in small and medium sized businesses, and even residences. The Integral Access network will provide integrated voice and data access in an information-independent manner, allowing carriers to provision services irrespective of technology or infrastructure.

"As we develop our packet access network solutions and engage carriers around the world, it is critical that we draw as much industry knowledge and experience as possible. We're extremely pleased to have assembled an advisory board with the depth of telecommunications experience represented by this group," said Jeffrey Wake, Integral Access' president and CEO. "We will profit enormously by their guidance and expertise."

Boerner is the principal of Consulting in Communications (CIC), a strategic telecommunications consultancy. Prior to CIC, he served at Bosch Telecom as executive director of multiplex and transmission systems, with worldwide product responsibility and sales exceeding $300 million. He has more than 30 years in multiplex and copper or optical fiber-based transmission systems from access to trunk in public, private and special networks. He also developed marketing and sales forces in space communications (satellites, ground stations) for AEG Telefunken.

Eyestone is an active advisor/investor to several high-tech start-ups. Prior to this, he was a senior vice-president of product management at Bay Networks (NYSE:NTEL). His tenure at Bay Networks lasted seven years, and also included the role of vice president of U.S. sales. Prior to Bay Networks, Eyestone participated in three start-ups: Megasystems, Masscomp (NYSE:CCUR) & PictureTel (NASDAQ:PCTL).

Fuss is a management consultant and executive vice president of technology at Batterson Venture Partners, L.L.C. He is a director for the following companies; Clear Communications, Illinois Superconductor Corporation (NASDAQ:ISCO), Mechatronic Laboratories, Inc. (MechLab), NetPhone, Inc., Octave Communications, Inc., Raindrop Geomagic, Inc., and Scientific and Engineering Software. He is retired president of Tellabs International, Inc. (NASDAQ:TLAB), which he founded in 1987 as a subsidiary of Tellabs, Inc. Fuss joined Tellabs, Inc. in 1979 as vice president of engineering, and served as senior vice-president, technical marketing and business development for Tellabs, Inc., before founding the international division. Before joining Tellabs, Fuss was the director of research and development for Teletype Corporation, a subsidiary of Western Electric (SES:L-Jacob) and AT&T (NYSE:T), where he was responsible for the development of electronic terminal systems, VLSI and software. He holds ten patents, primarily in the area of digital signal processing.

Integral Access, Inc. (http://www.integralaccess.com) provides the carrier access network of the 21st Century - from customer premise to network core - that allows competitive carriers to economically enter new markets, provide broad-based services to end-user customers and maximize revenue opportunities. Integral Access provides new and emerging carriers with a packet-based, low-cost and flexible network from which to deliver up to 10 Mbits of fully-flexible bandwidth for integrated services to businesses or even homes using existing copper loop and leased facilities. This new approach to the access network enables service providers to offer premium profit data services as well as traditional voice. Integral Access, Inc., headquartered in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, was founded in 1996 by a prestigious and experienced team of communications engineers and executives who believe that the existing infrastructure can be utilized in a cost-effective way to provide the foundation for the access network of the next century.