Mpower Acquires ICG’s California Business Network

Mpower Holding Corporation (www.mpowercom.com), the parent company of Mpower Communications Corp., a provider of broadband Internet access and telephone services to business customers, today announced that it has finalized the acquisition of ICG Communications, Inc.'s California customer base and network assets.

Mpower has acquired ICG's California retail and wholesale customer segments, its statewide self-healing SONET fiber network with fully-survivable metropolitan fiber rings in six major metropolitan markets, and 128 on-net fiber-lit commercial buildings.

"We fully expect the addition of a wholesale customer base and sales motion and the expansion of our product portfolio with private line and IP Hosted PBX will further accelerate Mpower's organic growth capabilities," stated Mpower Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Rolla P. Huff.

"In addition, with a statewide SONET fiber network complementing our existing deep and dense network of switches and collocation facilities, we believe Mpower now has the most extensive facilities-based CLEC network in California," added Huff.

Mpower Holding Corporation is parent company of Mpower Communications, a facilities-based broadband communications provider offering private line, data, telephony, Internet access and Web hosting services for business customers and carriers.