Tom Gillette Appointed as Exec VP Sales/Marketing

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Wednesday, March 24, 2004; 12:00 AM

March 24, 2004 - VANCOUVER – Radiant Communications Corp. (“Radiant”) (TSX Venture Exchange: RCX), Canada’s largest independent provider of IP-based data communications and Internet services, is pleased to announce the appointment of Tom Gillette as the Company’s Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing.

Mr. Tom Gillette joins Radiant Communications from EDS Canada where he was Senior Vice President. Prior to that Tom was a senior executive with IBM Canada and Digital Equipment and was Senior Vice President of Sales for Bell Nexxia, Bell Canada’s division responsible for large customers. Tom will be based in Toronto and will have responsibility for all of Radiant’s sales and marketing activity.

Radiant Communications’ growth has been driven by the ever increasing need by businesses for secure, IP based, high-speed communications to enable advanced, Internet based applications. Radiant’s national DSL network has the broadest coverage in Canada and extends into the U.S. allowing customers to connect all of their remote locations in a seamless network. Radiant Communications also provides secure high availability hosting services to over 7,000 customers in three datacenters across North America and complements this with award winning web development and marketing services.

“We are pleased to have Tom join Radiant,” said Jim Grey, president and CEO, “Tom’s considerable telecommunications and information systems expertise and his experience in managing national sales and service organizations make him a valuable addition to our Company. Radiant has added a strong leader to its sales and marketing team to drive the next phase of growth. The expanded management team gives us broader capabilities that will enable Radiant to service our existing customers and markets better and to identify new markets and opportunities in the data and Internet communications space."

Mr. Tom Gillette will be granted options in the capital of the Company to purchase up to 500,000 common shares from treasury at an exercise price of $0.50 per common share vesting over three years and expiring on March 23, 2009. Vesting for 250,000 of these options is subject to the attainment of certain performance targets. These options were granted pursuant to the Company's incentive stock option plan, under which a maximum of 3,522,313 common shares are reserved for issuance.

About Radiant
Established in 1996, Radiant Communications Corp. (www.radiant.net) provides a single source for businesses requiring high-speed Internet connectivity, network security, web hosting, web development and marketing services. The company currently serves over 10,000 business customers primarily in Canada and the United States with a team of 100 employees nationwide.

Radiant has developed an array of advanced Internet solutions designed to help companies harness the power of the Internet. These include high-speed DSL connectivity solutions such as Turbo DSL and secure Virtual Private Networks, high availability web hosting and content management solutions, and ebusiness applications. Radiant has offices in Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver.

For further information Investors: Robert MacDougall, (604) 692-4526, investorinfo@radiant.net Media: Donna Gratton, (604) 692- 4573, dgratton@radiant.net Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor any other regulatory body has reviewed and therefore does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.