Qwest Awarded Multimillion-Dollar Contract Renewal by Hagemeyer North America

Services Link Five U.S. Distribution Centers and More Than 300 Retail Locations

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Monday, February 23, 2004; 12:00 AM

DENVER, February 23, 2004 - Qwest Communications International Inc. (NYSE:Q) today announced a one-year, multimillion-dollar contract renewal awarded by Hagemeyer North America, a value-added distributor based in Charleston, South Carolina. Services provided under the contract include nationwide deployment of frame relay, long-distance voice, and dedicated Internet access (DIA). Hagemeyer has been a Qwest customer since the year 2000.

Hagemeyer is a distributor of products and services focusing on business-to-business markets in electrical materials, safety products, and industrial products and services throughout North America. With Qwest services, Hagemeyer can facilitate communications between its distribution centers and more than 300 locations, which will help them expedite customer orders, achieve greater cost efficiencies and provide its customers with superior service quality.

"Qwest's communication services give us confidence in having sustained business processes that enable us to provide significant cost savings to both end-users and suppliers," said information technologies' network services manager, Derrick Clayton, of Hagemeyer North America.

"We are pleased to provide services to Hagemeyer," said Clifford S. Holtz, executive vice president, Qwest business markets group. "Their business model represents a growing need for services that not only handle the exchange of customer communications, but also the interconnectivity that can perform business critical operations."

About Qwest DIA

Qwest's DIA service provides businesses with a scaleable Internet solution that allows customers to send information at speeds up to 10 Gigabits per second (the highest available). Customers can also manage and monitor network performance in real-time using a Web-based interface, and Qwest DIA easily integrates with other communications services such as frame relay, voice over the Internet protocol (VoIP) and virtual private network (VPN) solutions offered by Qwest.

About Hagemeyer

Hagemeyer North America, Inc. (www.hagemeyerna.com) is a distributor of products and services focusing on business-to-business markets in electrical materials, safety products, and industrial products and services throughout North America and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hagemeyer N.V. (www.hagemeyer.com). Headquartered in the Netherlands, Hagemeyer N.V. is a value-added global distributor of products and services focusing on business-to-business markets in electrical materials, safety products, and industrial products and services.

About Qwest

Qwest Communications International Inc. (NYSE: Q) is a leading provider of voice, video and data services to more than 25 million customers. The company's 47,000 employees are committed to the "Spirit of Service" and providing world-class services that exceed customers' expectations for quality, value and reliability. For more information, please visit the Qwest Web site at www.qwest.com.