CLEC People - May 3, 2001

Teligent said former AT&T Corp. executive Alex Mandl was no longer its chairman and chief executive. The company said in a statement that Mandl, a one-time president and chief operating officer of AT&T, "will not continue" in the Teligent posts. Yoav Krill, the managing director of IDT Corp.'s European division, was named acting chief executive. IDT Chairman, Chief Executive, and Treasurer Howard Jonas has been elected Teligent's chairman.

AT&T Canada, Canada's largest national competitive broadband business services provider, announced the appointments of Stewart A. Berry and Henry C. Yip to the senior executive team of AT&T Canada. In his new role as Executive Vice President, Marketing, Berry is responsible for all aspects of channel marketing, product development, product management, branding, advertising and promotion for AT&T Canada. Berry brings more than 27 years experience in marketing and sales in domestic and international telecommunications for both emerging and established telecommunications companies. Most recently, Berry was Executive Vice President of Marketing and Sales at BCI Commcor, a division of Bell Canada International. He was a founding leader during the start-up of the competitive long distance company Clear Communications, New Zealand's first Competitive Local Exchange Carrier. He has held a series of senior leadership positions at NBTel, Telecom Canada and Bell Canada. Berry studied Economics at Mount Allison University and also received his MBA from Queens University. Yip joins AT&T Canada as Executive Vice President, Network Services. He is responsible for all network operations including network technology direction, network planning, network services and support for customers, and managing the company's network data architecture and databases. Yip was most recently with TELUS Corporation where he held various executive positions in the Operations area and initiated TELUS' multimedia business as well as created an ASP business in the Geomatics area. He has also held managerial positions at Jones Lightwave Ltd. and Bell Canada. Yip is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario with a Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering and the Advanced Management Program at the Wharton School of Business.

Jazztel plc, a facilities-based telecommunications and Internet services provider that is constructing a fibre-optic telecommunications network to be the first nationwide competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) in Spain and Portugal, announced the appointment of Joaquim Molins to their board of directors. Molins joined Jazztel plc at the beginning of April 2001 to become president of the Centro de Calculo de Sabadell (CCS), a subsidiary of Jazztel dedicated to the integration and development of information systems for medium-sized businesses. In addition he has taken on the position as President of Jazztel in Cataluna. Prior to this position, Molins was president of the CiU in the Barcelona city council and was a member of the CDC Executive Committee and Secretariat, from 1981 and from 1990 respectively. Since his entrance into the world of politics in 1975, he has held various positions of responsibility, such as commercial, consumer and tourism advisor for the Catalunian Government (from 1988 until 1993). Furthermore, he was the primary spokesman for CiU in the parliamentary congress from 1995 until 2000. Among his elected roles, Molins served as a delegate in the Spanish Parliament for four terms, a delegate in the Catalunian Parliament, for two terms, and town councillor for Barcelona in the current term of office. Molins holds an industrial engineering degree from the Escuela Tecnica Superior in Barcelona and a masters degree in Economics and Management from IESE.

LecStar held its 2001 Annual Meeting of Shareholders at which shareholders re-elected three directors to serve for additional one-year terms. Messrs. William S. Woulfin, W. Dale Smith and John C. Canouse were appointed to the five-person Board of Directors of LecStar, with Woulfin being named Chairman. W. Bruce Lunsford, who was nominated to serve as a member of the board, will instead serve as a special advisor to the board.

AUDITEL and Creative Telecom Solutions announced major organizational changes within AUDITEL in an effort to position the company for its anticipated merger with Creative Telecom Solutions. The appointment of Jill Sanderson, Vice President of Operations, Rosemarie Bishop, Manager of Operations and the promotion of Al Jarrel to Senior Integration Specialist will be effective immediately. In addition, Ms. Janice George has been newly appointed to the position of Telecom Integration Specialist.