CLEC-People  - January 31, 2002

Broadwing Inc. (NYSE:BRW) announced that its Board of Directors has elected Richard G. Ellenberger to assume the role of Chairman, succeeding James D. Kiggen, who has reached the company's mandatory retirement age and will retire as Chairman after Broadwing's Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held April 29, 2002. Ellenberger will also continue to function as CEO. Prior to creating Broadwing from the merger of Cincinnati Bell and IXC Communications, Ellenberger served as president and CEO of Cincinnati Bell, establishing the environment for the company's nationally acclaimed launch of PCS and ADSL services and its emergence as one of the most successful local providers in the nation.

ALLTEL (NYSE:AT) announced that Warren A. Stephens has been elected to the ALLTEL board of directors, effective immediately. Stephens is president and chief executive officer of Stephens Inc. of Little Rock. Stephens Inc., founded in 1933, serves a broad client base which includes corporations, state and local governments, financial institutions and individual investors throughout the United States and overseas. It is among the largest investment banking firms in the United States. Stephens began his investment banking career as an associate in the corporate finance department at Stephens Inc. He also has served as senior vice president of the Stephens Capital Market Group. He is a graduate of Washington and Lee University of Lexington, Va., and received a master's degree from Wake Forest University.

Focal Communications Corporation (Nasdaq: FCOM), a national communications provider of local phone and data services, announced that it has named telecommunications industry veteran M. Jay Sinder as chief financial officer, replacing Ron Reising, who resigned for personal reasons. Sinder will also continue as the company's treasurer. Sinder, 35, joined Focal in 1998 and has served in key positions as vice president of corporate development, vice president of finance and treasurer. He has led the company's financial planning effort and has been a primary contributor to the development and implementation of Focal's growth plan and its recent comprehensive recapitalization, which dramatically reduced debt and strengthened the company's strategic position. Prior to joining Focal, Sinder held senior-level finance positions at Ameritech, MCI Communications, Telephone and Data Systems and IBM. Sinder holds a BS from the University of Michigan and an MBA from the University of Chicago.

CCC GlobalCom Corporation (OTCBB: CCGC) announced that Stephen A. Garcia, CPA, 43, has been appointed chief financial officer, effective immediately. He replaces Gary Allcorn who left the company to pursue other interests. Garcia will focus on the company's primary objectives, including raising capital to fund identified business objectives, strategic planning, directing the finance and accounting functions, and designing, implementing and monitoring internal controls and policy. He reports directly to Paul Licata, President of CCC GlobalCom. Garcia has over fifteen years of solid, senior-level finance and accounting experience and joined CCC GlobalCom in November when it acquired Incomnet, a reseller of communication services to residential and business customers, where he served as CFO for two years. Some of his many achievements at Incomnet include the negotiation of $20 million of financing instruments and the successful restructuring and re-organization of the company. Garcia has also served as controller at Melles Griot for five years after beginning his career at Deloitte & Touche, where he served as senior auditor for five years. He holds a B.S. in Accounting from the University of Southern California and resides in Fountain Valley, CA.