Covad VoIP Awarded for Outstanding Innovation

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Friday, July 8, 2005; 09:16 AM

Covad Communications Group, Inc. (www.covad.com), announced today that Technology Marketing Corporation's TMC Labs division named Covad VoIP with Voice Optimized Access (VOA) as a 2005 Innovation Award winner from INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine.

"We like to think that Covad Voice Optimized Access is similar to buying your voice traffic a first-class ticket on the Covad network," said Charles Hoffman, president and chief executive officer for Covad. "Covad VoIP with VOA prioritizes the telephone traffic on our nationwide network - offering the best possible quality and experience for our customers."

"The TMC Labs Innovation Awards are based solely upon the uniqueness of the company's offering or how pioneering the particular product or service is. It is not based on company revenue or number of products sold. It is based on the concept that Covad VoIP is innovative." according to Tom Keating, CTO and TMC Labs Editorial Director.

Keating continued, "Covad VoIP deserves this great honor for creating a ground-breaking VoIP product or service. I look forward to seeing other innovative solutions from Covad as they continue to contribute to the future of the VoIP/IP telephony marketplace."

Covad is a nationwide provider of broadband voice and data communications. The company offers DSL, Voice over IP, T1, Web hosting, managed security, IP and dial-up, and bundled voice and data services directly through Covad's network and through Internet Service Providers.