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THE COMPETITIVE COMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION

& G O I N G STRONG

THIRTY YEARS

2011 ANNUAL REPORT

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Our members – and the industry in general – also benefited from the busi-ness, networking and educational opportunities that COMPTEL presented. Our COMPTEL PLUS Convention & EXPOs brought together more than 4,300 industry leaders and decisionmakers, and exhibitors representing 210 companies, in the Spring and Fall of 2011. In addition to the timely keynote addresses, panel discussions and workshops at our conventions, we provided members with access to Webinars and white papers on the topics of importance to their business.

Over the years, COMPTEL has established a strong reputation for both our policy advocacy and business development opportunities, and we will con-tinue this momentum going forward. We hope, in these pages, you enjoy the look back at COMPTEL’s first 30 years, and get a glimpse of how we are setting the stage for continued growth and success of your business – and the communications industry as a whole – for the years to come.

Jerry James

CEO, COMPTEL

1981

1982

On March 21, the association incorporated as Association of Long Distance Telephone Companies (ALTEL), a group of very small resellers interested in promoting competition with AT&T.

IBM introduces the desktop personal computer.

On January 8, AT&T agrees to divest its local exchange service operating companies, settling an antitrust lawsuit, United States v. AT&T, initiated by the U.S. Department of Justice in 1974. Judge Harold H. Greene, of the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia, presided over the case.

2011 was a year of celebrating the significant

achievements of COMPTEL. We began the year by

marking the association’s 30th anniversary. Since 1981,

COMPTEL has been the champion of competition in

the communications industry.

Throughout this annual report, you will see a timeline marking the milestones of COMPTEL and the industry during the past three decades. COMPTEL was founded by upstarts in the long-distance market that were chal-lenging the entrenched monopoly. We have grown and evolved as competition expanded into other sectors – from local telephony and data to VoIP, video, broad-band, managed services, cloud computing and data centers – as a result of the innovation, entrepreneurial spirit and leadership of our member companies, who rely on copper, fiber and wireless technologies to reach their customers.

During the year, we also achieved a number of critical policy advocacy wins before the Supreme Court, at the FCC and on Capitol Hill – all which will result in a bet-ter business and regulatory climate for our members by ensuring an open, vibrant communications marketplace – whether it is in retail or wholesale, wireline or wireless, or business or residential.

FROM THE CEO’S DESK

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A few weeks later, COMPTEL was joined by more than 100 mem-bers, supporters, policy-makers and lawmakers to continue the celebra-tion at Union Station in Washington, D.C.

RIGHT: O’Reilly, McAndrews and former COMPTEL President Jim Smith

ABOVE: Former COMPTEL Staff

ABOVE: Former COMPTEL Board Members

LEFT: Smith and former COMPTEL President and CEO H. Russell Frisby Jr.

30 YEARS

For any organiza-tion to remain in business for 30 years is a great ac-complishment. But for an association in a dynamic and ever-changing industry to reach this milestone is a testament to the enduring spirit of its members and the continuing need for a unified voice to advocate for the industry it serves.

COMPTEL marked its 30th anniversary in style. More than 50 former and current COMPTEL chairmen, board members and staff joined COMPTEL at the COMPTEL PLUS Spring 2011 Convention & EXPO in Las Vegas, where an anniversary party kicked off the opening night festivities. During the convention, we also debuted a video retrospective of the as-sociation’s history, featuring a number of individuals whose leadership was instrumental in building and growing the association over the years.

Former COMPTEL General Counsel Carol Ann

Bischoff, Rep. Ed Markey and COMPTEL founding

President Jerry McAndrews

COMPTEL CEO Jerry James joins former association chairmen (from left to right) William P. O’Reilly, Richard Burk and Roy A. Wilkens

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COMPTEL welcomed the following new members in 2011:•911 Enable

•Birch Horton Bittner and Cherot PC

•Cable & Wireless Worldwide

•CGM LLC

•Contingent Network Services LLC

•Donovan & Watkins Legal Solutions

•dPi Teleconnect

•DukeNet Communications

•Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC

•Emerios

•FAS TEK Compliance Solutions Inc.

•Genuent

•Global Capacity

•Global Convergence Solutions

•Impact Telecom

•InterMetro Communications

•Kiesling Associates LLP

•Life Wireless Holdings LLC

•LightSquared

•LS Networks

•MTI - Midwestern Telecommunications Inc.

•NEF Inc.

•Raisecom USA

•Ready Wireless LLC

•Reunion Communications Inc.

•RTC Associates LLC

•Sansay Inc.

•Snom Technology Inc.

•Syniverse Technologies

•Team Fishel

•Telecom Service Bureau Inc.

•TeleQuality Communications Inc.

•The Commpliance Group, Inc.

•Transmode, Systems AB

•Wide Voice LLC

•Worldwide Supply

•Zeus Telecommunications LLC

1983

January 30 to February 1, ALTEL hosts first annual meeting in New Orleans. William P. O’Reilly elected first Chairman of the Board; Jerry McAndrews becomes first President.

TexAlTel, the association’s first state affiliate, is created.

ALTEL hosts first educational conference in Woodcliff Lakes, N.J., in September.

First Commercial Cellular Service, provided by Chicago-based Ameritech, is launched using the Motorola DynaTAC mobile phone.

TCP/IP is selected as the official protocol for the ARPANET.

ALTEL gains prominence after working with Reps. Dingell, Markey and Bryant to pass H.R. 4102, which rolled back access charge regime FCC was proposing to benefit AT&T.

MEMBERSHIP

Since COMPTEL’s in-ception, our primary mission has been to support our members – whether it is by ad-vocating for laws and policies designed to foster competition in the communications industry, providing

timely information, or enabling them to net-work and seal valu-able business deals.

Throughout 2011, we have expanded our outreach in order to attract new members in a number of sub-sectors of the communications industry, including cloud services providers, cable companies, cyber-security firms, developers of managed service plat-forms, wireless backhaul and 4G companies, and the vendors that serve these markets. Additionally, we offered new educational opportunities exclusively to our members, including an Executive Webinar Se-ries, complete with white papers, on topics such as IP interconnection for managed VoIP, IP multimedia sub-system for over-the-top services, and facilities-based first-mile strategies.

Our efforts are paying off, as we added 37 new members in 2011 and increased overall membership by approximately 8 percent.

But we are never satisfied with the status quo. New programs are being implemented that will set the foundation for future growth and provide even greater value for our members.

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Member Size by Employees

1985

1987

1988

In November, ALTEL merges with the American Council of Competitive Telecommunications (ACCT) and expands its membership to include facilities-based carriers and other providers.

ALTEL changes its name to the Competitive Telecommunications Association (CompTel).

Federal Judge Harold Greene upholds core restriction on RBOC long-distance entry, allowing competitive long distance industry to continue to grow. The first transatlantic fiber

optic cable is completed.

On Mother’s Day, Illinois Bell in Hinsdale County, outside of Chicago experiences a severe fire, leaving 35,000 people without phone service for extended periods. The event underscored the risks on a one-carrier system and its inherent bottlenecks.

Teleport Communications Group, the first competitive access provider (CAP), is established in New York City.

Chicago Fiber Optics (later known as Metropolitan Fiber Systems, or MFS) installs fiber optic cable in Chicago’s system of unused coal tunnels.

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500-1000

1000-5000

100-250

250-500

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MEMBER DEMOGRAPHICS

Type of Business

Member Size by Revenue

1984

On January 1, unified Bell System officially splits into AT&T and seven independent Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs). This event unleashes a flood of technological advances for consumers and businesses, including the ability to choose and buy their own telephone equipment.

Carrier Associate

>$500 Million

International

$100-$500 Million

Professional

$25-$100 Million

Supplier$10-$25 Million

Service Provider

Up to $10 Million

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ing, the future of IP networks, intercarrier compensation, management strategies, meeting network demands, M&A, OSS, smart grid, universal service reform, video and voice technologies, wireline and wireless, and an insider’s view of Congress

The COMPTEL PLUS Spring 2011 Convention & EXPO, which took place at the Venetian in Las Vegas, featured a sold out exhibit hall that included 115 exhibitors, including 25 that were at COMPTEL PLUS for the first time. The Convention also was the site of our 30th anniversary celebra-tion, featuring a party with entertainment by Pete Dale and the Dealmak-ers – a band made up of employees at BTI Systems Inc.

During the Spring Convention, we also had a half-day workshop hosted by Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on “The State of Carrier-to-Carrier Whole-sale Relationships,” as well as offering additional educational opportuni-

ties in the EXPO hall, where there was a Speaker’s Corner for exhibitor demonstrations and presentations, and a theater hosted by the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF).

In the Fall, we had more than 2,000 attendees gather at the Gaylord Palms Hotel and Convention Center in Orlando. The COMPTEL PLUS Fall Convention & EXPO featured almost 100 companies in the EXPO hall, including 10 first-time exhibitors. During the opening session, COMPTEL also recognized its outgoing Chairman Joe Ambersley for his decade of service to the association and the Board of Directors.

Our Fall educational agenda featured specialty programming, including a summit on “Backhaul Strategies for Competitive Carriers,” hosted by Light Reading and a half-day workshop by Technologies Management Inc. (TMI) on “Strategies to Maximize Your Profits in an Evolving Regula-tory Environment: USF Allocation Issues.”

1989

1990

CompTel membership expands to include local, wireless and enhanced service providers.

Jim Smith becomes President of CompTel.

CompTel takes lead for competitive carriers in opposing wholesale FCC deregulation of AT&T in the “AT&T Dominance” proceeding.

Fiber-to-the-home trials begin in Cerritos, Calif.

The FCC sets price cap regulation for AT&T.

CONVENTION

The COMPTEL PLUS Convention & EXPO – hosted twice a year by

COMPTEL – contin-ues to be the “can’t

miss” event for companies, execu-tive leadership and

decisionmakers who are serious

about succeeding in today’s com-

petitive communica-tions marketplace.

Our conventions in 2011 attracted more than 4,300 attendees, 210 exhibitors and dozens of influential media and industry ana-lysts, and featured prominent speakers, such as:

•Vint Cerf, Google’s vice president and chief Internet evangelist;

•Erik Qualman, an internationally recognized social media guru and author of “Socialnomics;”

•Richard Jalkut, president and CEO of TelePacific Communications; and

•Jim Patterson, executive vice president of Infotel Broadband Services, former CEO and co-founder of Mobile Symmetry and former president of Sprint’s wholesale division.

Proving once again that COMPTEL PLUS Conventions are the events where “deals are done,” in 2011 more than 2,100 at-tendees utilized the COMPTEL PLUS Business PLANner – our online networking tool – to schedule more than 800 meetings with current and prospective customers in the EXPO hall and the COMPTEL PLUS Deal Center.

We also continued to produce a high quality educational agenda that focused on hot topics such as the AT&T/T-Mobile merger, cloud computing, cybersecurity, BTOP/BIP awards, data security and pri-vacy, data centers, deregulation, emerging technologies, enterprise IP architectures, Ethernet over copper, fiber access, federal contract-

Vint Cerf

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• SuccessfulOppositiontotheAT&T/T-MobileMerger In March 2011, AT&T announced its intention to acquire T-Mobile. COMPTEL, working on its own and in conjunction with other like-minded organizations, actively opposed the transaction through filings at the FCC, lobbying on Capitol Hill, press outreach and grassroots efforts via our FreeToCompete.org website. COMPTEL was instrumental in underscoring how the merger would impact wireless backhaul, innovation and special access services and result in AT&T’s dominance in both the wireless and wireline markets. Ultimately the Department of Justice sued to enjoin the merger on antitrust grounds and the FCC circulated a draft Order recommending a hearing to explore whether the merger would result in less competition, job loss and harm to key markets,

among other issues. On December 19, AT&T and Deutsche Telekom officially terminated the planned merger. • IntercarrierCompensationandUniversalServiceReform Engaging with our

members, we succeeded in getting consensus on a Competitive Amendment to a proposal offered by six incumbent telcos. During this process, COMPTEL was able to build stronger relations with other industry stakeholders – such as cable companies, National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC), the Rural Cellular Association (RCA) and American Cable Association ACA – that also took issue with the incumbents’ proposal. The FCC adopted its ICC/USF reform order in October.

• IP-to-IPInterconnection Our advocacy was responsible for getting this issue included in the ICC/USF reform order, with the FCC stating that it expects all carriers to negotiate in good faith on IP-to-IP interconnection for voice traffic.

1991

1992

August 6, 1991, the first Website goes online at CERN.

Introduction of inexpensive Web browsers enable mass access to the World Wide Web.

The late Terrence Barnich, then Chairman of the Illinois Commerce Commission, issues a monograph entitled “Telecommunications Free Trade Zones,” which outlines the foundational tenets of local telecom competition.

The Court of Appeals orders Judge Green to lift the ban on RBOC entry into information services.

ADVOCACY

Whether it’s in Washington, D.C.,

one of the 50 states, or in another country around the

world, the laws passed by legisla-

tors and the policies formulated by the Federal Communi-

cations Commission (FCC), state utility commissions, inter-national regulators and other agencies can have a great

bearing on the day-to-day operations – and ultimate success

– of our member companies.

COMPTEL’s tireless advocacy efforts continue to pay off for our members. In 2011, our policy team scored a number of prominent wins in the courts and continued to effectively represent the competi-tive communications sector’s interests before federal and state regu-lators and on Capitol Hill. Among COMPTEL’s accomplishments this year included:

• SupremeCourtWins COMPTEL scored two wins before the Supreme Court, both by unanimous decision. The first case – FCC v. AT&T – stemmed from a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed by COMPTEL in 2005 seeking records from the FCC relating to an investigation into AT&T’s participation in the E-Rate program. The core issue of the case, which overturned a federal appeals court decision, centered on whether corporations could assert personal privacy interests to prevent the government from releasing documents about them. The Supreme Court refused to extend personal privacy rights to corporations under FOIA. In the second case – Talk America Inc. v. Michigan Bell Telephone Company dba AT&T Michigan – the Supreme Court reversed a decision by the 6th Circuit, and ruled that AT&T must lease entrance facilities used for interconnection purposes to other carriers at cost-based rates.

These entrance facilities – typically wires or cables used for transmission –connect competitive providers’ networks with the incumbent LEC network for the mutual exchange of telecommunications traffic and are critical to our members.

Rep. Greg Walden

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1994

1995

In an effort to standardize Internet practices, Tim Berners-Lee founded the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) at MIT.

CompTel launches its state policy program.After President Clinton pledges

to veto pro-RBOC legislation, CompTel and its members play pivotal role in gaining key pro-competitive provisions in Congressional bill revamping federal telecommunications law.

Competitive Long Distance Coalition (CLDC) is founded by CompTel, AT&T, MCI, Sprint and LDDS Communications.

Former Sen. Howard Baker becomes Chairman of CLDC.

On Capitol Hill COMPTEL continues to be a go-to source for Congressional committees and staff seeking comment and input on key telecommunications issues. In 2011, we continued our efforts to educate new members of Congress and staff via meet and greets, and briefings on the competitive industry, featuring representatives from our member companies.

With our advocacy on FCC process reform, we succeeded in getting many of our suggestions on rulemaking changes included in the bill as in-troduced. COMPTEL also was active in educating members of Congress about its Competitive Amendment, the need for IP-to-IP interconnection and other issues related to ICC and USF reform, which resulted in letters and calls to the Commission in support of our issues.

COMPTEL staff was active on a number of other legislative initiatives that impact our members, as well, including bill cramming, cybersecurity, data security, privacy, interoperability and eligibility language with re-gard to spectrum policy, next-generation 911 and online piracy.

We also debuted the Capitol Hill Review, a new e-newsletter that is designed to provide members with additional news and information on relevant topics being addressed by Congress. The publication is avail-able to COMPTEL members only.

Rep. Ed Markey

1993

CompTel forges informal coalition with AT&T, MCI and Sprint to resist RBOC legislative efforts to gain long distance entry while keeping their local monopolies.

Internet service providers (ISPs) begin selling Internet via phone modem to growing computer networks throughout the globe.

Advances, such as Digital Subscriber Line (DSL), appear to support faster delivery of data via phone lines. Asymmetric DSL (ADSL) is standardized.

Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) is established for reliable transmission over the Internet in conjunction with the Transport Control Protocol (TCP).

• Lifeline/LinkUpReform We succeeded in getting the FCC to adopt industry-proposed changes to an interim plan for dealing with duplicate Lifeline claims. The FCC was expected to vote an order on long-term Lifeline/Link Up reform in the first quarter 2012.

• CenturyLink/QwestMerger We worked with the FCC and the merging companies to obtain conditions on behalf of our members. These efforts resulted in several members entering individual agreements with Qwest on the issues we raised.

• PoleAttachmentFees We succeeded in getting the FCC to reduce pole attachment fees for members and to reduce the time intervals for the “make ready” process. Additionally, we joined with the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) and tw telecom in seeking reconsideration or clarification of the telecom rate formula adopted by the FCC in its April pole attachment order.

• Forbearance In January, we intervened in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, and filed a brief in support of the FCC’s decision denying Qwest forbearance from Section 251 (c)(3) and dominant carrier regulation in Phoenix. The case was argued in September.

• SpecialAccess In July, together with other parties, we filed a Petition for Mandamus with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to compel action by the FCC in the special access rulemaking proceeding.

ADVOCACY

COMPTEL Chairman Dale R. Schmick and FCC Commissioner Robert M. McDowell

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LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS

2011 2010 Accounts payable and accrued expenses $100,732 $119,921

Deferred revenue $898,148 $1,296,785

Deferred lease incentive-current $39,926 $39,926

Deferred lease incentive-long term $36,659 $76,524

Deferred compensation $68,672 $137,526

Other liabilities $44,526 $52,403

Total Liabilities $1,188,663 $1,723,085

Net assets-unrestricted $5,164,987 $4,838,030

Total Liabilities and Net Assets $6,353,650 $6,561,115

1997

CompTel launches its international policy program.

Worldcom and MFS Communications merge to provide combined local and long distance services.

Bell Company Mergers: SBC acquires Pacific Telesis, and Bell Atlantic acquires Nynex

Ameritech and BellSouth file, under the Telecom Act of 1996, to provide long distance services within their service areas. Both companies are denied permission to do so based on the lack of competition in their local markets.

The RBOCs contest (and win) the FCCs authority on overseeing the opening of local telephone markets under the Telecommunications Act of 1996.

The first interconnection agreement between a CLEC and an BOC is approved by Illinois Commerce Commission.

In Orange County, Calif., Cox Communications becomes the first cable company to install a Class 5 switch.

SBC wins a temporary victory when a Texas court rules that the Telecom Act of 1996 is anti-competitive by requiring the RBOCs to complete a series of steps to open their local markets while placing no such requirements on competitors (IXCs) wishing to enter the local markets.

First CLEC Class 5 switch is purchased by Teleport Communications Group Inc.

Genevieve Morelli, CompTel’s Executive Vice President and General Counsel, steps in to serve as interim President.

FINANCIALS2011 2010

Cash and cash equivalents $1,631,639 $1,670,333

Accounts receivable $1,730 $106

Prepaid expenses $155,450 $158,652

Investments $4,319,902 $4,357,900

Property and equipment, net $99,720 $160,442

Restricted investment $76,537 $76,156

Deferred compensation $68,672 $137,526

Total Assets $6,353,650 $6,561,115

ASSETS

1996

On February 8, the Telecommunications Act of 1996 – which was designed to increase competition in all aspects of the communications market – is signed into law.

FCC implements 1996 Telecom Act with key pro-competitive competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) interconnection provisions sought by CompTel.

The World Wide Web begins to revolutionize commerce, creativity and communication.

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Medium CompaniesScott E. Beer, General Counsel, Zayo Bandwidth

Ron Beaumont, Founder and CEO, Hypercube LLC

Gene Chohon, Vice President of Sales and Market Development, Zone Telecom Inc.

David Eckmann, Director of Core Business Development, Legal and Regulatory Affairs, FPL FiberNet LLC

Paul W. Hobby, Chairman and CEO, Alpheus Communications

Jerry Ou, President and CEO, Matrix Telecom Inc.

Michael K. Robinson, President and CEO, Broadview Networks

Chuck Taylor, CEO, Americatel Corporation

Scott Widham, CEO, Alpheus Communications LLC

Large Companies

Ed Cadieux, Vice President, Senior, Regulatory Counsel Windstream

Doug Carlen, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Covad

William Haas, Vice President, Public Policy and Regulatory, PAETEC

Russell Oliver, Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer, One Communications Corp.

Don Shepheard, Vice President, Federal Regulatory Affairs and Policy, tw telecom Inc.

Russ Shipley, Senior Vice President, Wholesale and Network Services, TelePacific Communications

Jerry James is elected Chairman of CompTel’s Board of Directors.

SBC acquires Ameritech.

Worldcom acquires MCI.

Bell Atlantic acquires GTE, combined company changes name to Verizon.

Qwest acquires U S West.

COMPTEL begins honoring individuals who have supported communications industry competition with the Champion of Competition award. The first recipients are Rep. Thomas Bliley (R-Va.) and Sen. Ernest “Fritz” Hollings (D-S.C.).

CompTel presents the Champions of Competition award to the Hon. William Baxter, former Assistant Attorney General in the Antitrust Division at the U.S. Department of Justice; Anne Bingaman, Chairman and CEO of Valor Telecom, LLC; Bernard Ebbers, President and CEO, WorldCom; Judge Harold Greene, U.S. District Court, Washington, D.C.; Sen. Edward Markey (D-Mass.); Bill McGowan, Chairman and CEO of MCI Communications Corp.; Alan Peyser, Co-founder and Chairman of Simplexity; Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska); and Roy A. Wilkens, President and CEO of McLeodUSA Network & Data Services Operations.20

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2001

Douglas H. Hanson is elected Chairman of CompTel’s Board of Directors.

CompTel introduces the “Break the Bottleneck” campaign.

Bell Atlantic becomes the first RBOC to be approved to offer inter-LATA long distance services to customers in New York.

ChairmanJoe Ambersley, Co-Founder, PAETEC Communications1

Dale R. Schmick, Chief Strategy Officer, YourTel America Inc.1

Vice ChairmanJulia Strow, Co-Founder, Cbeyond Inc.

TreasurerJim Butman, Group President, TDS

Executive Committee At-LargeDan Boynton, President and CEO, Zone Telecom Inc.2

Matt Carter, President, Sprint Wholesale Solutions, Sprint2

J. Sherman Henderson III, Chairman Emeritus, Lightyear Network Solutions LLC

Deborah Ward, CEO, TSI

Jerry Watts, Vice President, Government and Industry Affairs, EarthLink

Board of DirectorsSmall CompaniesRon Contrado, CEO, Homisco

Kevin B. Coyne, President and COO, FiberLight LLC

Steven Dorf, President and General Manager, Kansas Fiber Network

Gary Fry, Managing Partner, United Gateway LLC

Grey Humphrey, Vice Chairman, DDR Broadband Networks

Keith Kramer, Executive Vice President, STS Telecom

Jason Lawton, Senior Director Network Operations, FastTrack Communications Inc.3

John M. Monday, Director of IP and Voice Services, FastTrack Communications Inc.3

Kurt van Wagenen, President and CEO, FiberTower

1998

H. Russell Frisby, Jr., is named President and CEO of CompTel.

Lyle Patrick is elected Chairman of CompTel’s Board of Directors.

SBC acquires Southern New England Telephone (SNET) of Connecticut.

Bell Atlantic’s and Bell South’s bids to enter the long distance market are denied.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

1999

CompTel merges with America’s Carriers Telecommunications Association (ACTA)

1Ambersley served as chairman from January to March 2011, Schmick was elected to serve as chairman for the 2011-2012 term.2Boynton was on the Executive Committee until June 2011 and was succeeded by Carter in October.3Lawton was the FastTrack representative from January-June, and Monday served from July-December.

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Tracy MacDonald, Member Programs, Support Manager

Kevin Morris, Membership Relations Manager

CommunicationsGail Norris, Public Relations

Vice President Al Gore delivers the keynote address at CompTel/ASCENT Fall Convention.

FCC adopts Triennial Review Order on Aug. 21.

Drew Walker is named interim CEO of CompTel.

COMPTEL takes over reigns of Free to Compete Website.

AT&T acquires BellSouth.

Verizon acquires MCI.

Earl Comstock is named President and CEO of CompTel.

SBC Communications acquires AT&T Corp., changes name of combined entity to AT&T.

COMPTEL honors Rep. Charles “Chip” Pickering Jr. (R-Miss.) and H. Brian Thompson, Chairman of Comsat International and former Chairman and CEO of LCI International with the Champions of Competition award.

CompTel honors FCC Commissioner Kevin J. Martin and George Vinall, Executive Vice President of Business Development at Talk America, with the Champions of Competition award.

2004

2005

2006

2007

J. Sherman Henderson III is elected Chairman of CompTel’s Board of Directors.

CompTel merges with the Association for Local Telecommunications Services (ALTS), which was created in 1987 to represent companies that build, own and operate competitive local communications networks.

COMPTEL honors the Hon. F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. (R-Wis.), Chairman of the House Committee on the Judiciary, with the Champions of Competition award.

Jerry James is named CEO of COMPTEL.

Jerry James, CEO

Finance & Administration Stephen D. Trotman, CFO

Anna Bayer, Website and Database Manager

Debra Butler, Staff Accountant

Geraldine “Gerri” Culpepper, Administrative Assistant/Receptionist

PolicyMary C. Albert, Assistant General Counsel

Alan Hill, Senior Vice President, Government Relations

Karen Reidy, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs

Meeting & MembershipRoger Haisman, Vice President, Membership and Conference Services

Rick Ardalan, Business Development and Marketing Manager

Amy Smith, Senior Director, Meetings Services

STAFF

2002

Richard Burk is elected Chairman of CompTel’s Board of Directors.

CompTel honors Ambassador Kathryn Linda Haycock Proffitt, former U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Malta and founder, former President and CEO of Call-America with the Champions of Competition award.

CompTel introduces The Connection, a weekly e-newsletter.

In March, the FCC declares cable modem service to be an interstate information service which does not involve a separate offering of telecommunications service.

2003

CompTel merges with the Association of Communications Enterprises (ASCENT), an association formed originally in 1992 as the Telecommunications Resellers Association (TRA), which adopted the ASCENT name in May 2000.

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Raisecom USARBC DanielsRCN Telecom Services, LLCReady Wireless, LLCRegulatory and Tax Consultants, LLCReunion Communications, Inc.RiverRock SystemsRNK CommunicationsRTC Associates, LLCSales Tax Associates, Inc.Sandy Beaches SoftwareSansay, Inc.segTEL, Inc.Sidera Networkssnom technology, Inc.Spirit CommunicationsSprintSRP TelecomSTS TelecomSunesys, LLCSyniverse TechnologiesTaqua, LLCTCO Network, Inc.TDSTDS Metrocom

Team FishelTech Valley CommunicationsTechnologies Management, Inc.Telecom Service Bureau, Inc.TeleCommunication Systems, Inc.TelePacific CommunicationsTeleQuality Communications, Inc.TeleSphere SoftwareTeliaSonera International CarrierTelispireTelNet WorldwideThe Commpliance Group, Inc.The Northridge Group, Inc.Thermo Credit, LLCTMC CommunicationsTower CloudTranscom Holdings, Inc.Transmode, Systems ABTransNexusTransTelco, Inc.Tri-M Communications, Inc. TSItw telecom, Inc.UDPUnited Gateway, LLC

US Signal Company LLCUSCarrier TelecomVerizonVertek CorporationVIXXI SolutionsWalker and AssociatesWCIWide Voice, LLCWindstreamWorldwide SupplyXtel Communications, Inc.XTERA Communications, Inc.YourTel America, Inc.Zayo Group, LLCZeus Telecommunications LLC

2008

2009

2010

2011

Matt Salmon, former U.S. Congressman from Arizona, joins COMPTEL as the association’s President.

Joe Ambersley is elected Chairman of COMPTEL’s Board of Directors.

The U.S. Supreme Court announces that it will hear the case FCC v. AT&T, about corporate personal privacy, which stemmed from a FOIA request at the FCC filed by COMPTEL in 1995.

March 1, the Supreme Court rules 8-0 in COMPTEL’s favor in FCC v. AT&T.COMPTEL launches

upgraded Career Center.

COMPTEL celebrates 30th anniversary at the COMPTEL PLUS Spring 2011 Convention & EXPO in Las Vegas.

COMPTEL introduces Members Only Web portal.

The FCC’s much-hyped 700-MHz spectrum auction closed after nearly eight weeks of continuous bidding with $19.6 billion in bids.

Dale R. Schmick elected Chairman of COMPTEL’s Board of Directors

MEMBER COMPANIES

24/7 Fiber Network321 Communications360networks911 EnableAccedian Networks Inc.Access Point Inc.ACNAGL NetworksAlliance Group Services, Inc.Alpheus Communications, LLCAmerican Fiber Systems Americatel CorporationANI NetworksANPI Zone TelecomArent Fox LLPATL RespOrg ServicesAtlantic-ACMBalsamWest FiberNET, LLCBCN Telecom, Inc.BillSoft, Inc.Bingham McCutchen LLPBirch Horton Bittner and Cherot PCBroadview NetworksBroadvoxCable & Wireless WorldwideCABS AgentCasey, Gentz & Bayliff , L.L.P.Cbeyond, Inc.CCH, a Wolters Kluwer BusinessCenturyLinkCENX, Inc.CGM, LLC

Charter BusinessCHR Solutions, Inc.Cisco SystemsCIT Group, Inc.CoBankCommunications Data GroupCompliance Solutions, Inc.Consolidated CommunicationsContingent Network Services LLCCoreTel CommunicationsCoreTel Communications, Inc.CoStreet CommunicationsCreative Interconnect Communications, LLCCreative Support Solutions, LLCCSF CorporationCustomCall Data Systems, Inc.CyanDash Carrier ServicesData Connection Corp. (MetaSwitch)Data Tech, Inc.Davis Wright Tremaine LLPDCA Services, Inc.DDR Broadband NetworksDexter Systems, Inc.Dickstein ShapiroDonovan & Watkins Legal SolutionsDoubleHorn Communications, LLCdPi TeleconnectDSET CorporationDukeNet CommunicationsEarthLinkEaston Telecom Services, LLCEckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLCEdison Carrier SolutionsEmeriosEMS Financial ServicesEndstream Communications, LLC

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