Covad to Conduct Conference Call

Covad Communications Group, Inc. (www.covad.com) will conduct a conference call to discuss its first quarter 2005 financial results on Wednesday, April 27, 2005 at 5:00 p.m. eastern time / 2:00 p.m. pacific time.

To participate on this call, investors and news media should dial (800) 638-4817 and reference pass code 75479899. Participants are advised to call in five minutes prior to the start time.

The conference call will also be webcast over the Internet. To listen to the call, visit the Event Calendar section on the Covad web site at http://www.covad.com/companyinfo/investorrelations. Participants should allow approximately 10 minutes prior to the call's start time to visit the site and download any streaming media software needed to listen to the webcast.

The conference call will be recorded and available for replay listening until 11:59 p.m. EST on May 4, 2005 by dialing (617) 801-6888, pass code 10901459. An online archive of the webcast will also be available on the Investor Relations section of Covad's website.