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Covad Communications Group Inc., (AMEX:DVW), a leading national provider of integrated voice and data communications, announced several wholesale service provider partners that are using its unique voice-optimized broadband access to power their bundled service solutions. The announcement was made at the Spring VON Conference & Expo, where Lisa Graham, general manager of wholesale services for Covad, presents today at 1:00 p.m. PT in a discussion entitled, �Delivering VoIP � A Better Model: Bundling with Carrier Partners for Single Service Solutions.� Ms. Graham, responsible for managing Covad�s nationwide network of 450 wholesale partners, will discuss Covad�s Voice-Optimized Access (VOA) product and the increasing demand for its use with partners� VoIP services. Covad�s VOA product powers VoIP services from over fifty partners, including Bandwidth.com, CommX, and Thinking Phones Networks, enabling them to provide customers with leading, business-class voice and data services. �Covad�s unique voice-optimized broadband access enables us to provide true business-quality voice and data services from our VoIP platform,� said Michael Rogers, CommX Vice President. �Combined with Covad�s award-winning partner systems and tools, this service puts us far ahead of our competition in serving our demanding and savvy business customers.� Covad Voice-Optimized Access is an award-winning broadband access service that prioritizes voice packets over data on Covad�s managed nationwide network all the way through the last mile. The resulting connection minimizes packet loss, maximizes network utilization, and is designed to provide a superior voice service. VOA is available with several of Covad�s broadband access products, including T1, SDSL, and dedicated ADSL. Covad VOA fits within the existing regulatory framework and is an excellent way for voice providers looking to reduce overall costs and complexity and to differentiate their VoIP service from competitors. In addition to VOA, Covad offers partners a broad portfolio of DSL and T1 services, including bonded T1 and next generation ADSL services that operate through the nation�s largest next-generation ADSL 2+ network. For more information on Covad services, please visit www.covad.com. About Covad Covad is a leading nationwide provider of integrated voice and data communications. The company offers DSL, Voice Over IP, T1, broadband wireless, Web hosting, managed security, IP and dial-up, and bundled voice and data services directly through Covad's network and through Internet Service Providers, value-added resellers, telecommunications carriers and affinity groups to small and medium-sized businesses and home users. Covad broadband services are currently available across the nation in 44 states and 235 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) and can be purchased by more than 57 million homes and businesses, which represent over 50 percent of all US homes and businesses. Corporate headquarters is located at 110 Rio Robles, San Jose, CA 95134. Telephone: 1-888-GO-COVAD. Web Site: www.covad.com. Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: The foregoing contains "forward-looking statements" which are based on management's current information and beliefs as well as on a number of assumptions concerning future events made by management. Examples of forward-looking statements include expectations regarding Covad�s sale of its VOA access services to Bandwidth.com, CommX, Thinking Phones, and other VoIP providers. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which are not a guarantee of performance and are subject to a number of uncertainties and other factors, many of which are outside Covad's control that could cause actual results to differ materially from such statements. These risk factors include our ability to rapidly expand and deploy these services, the impact of increasing competition, pricing pressures, consolidation in the telecommunications industry, uncertainty in telecommunications regulations and changes in technologies, among other risks. For a more detailed description of the risk factors that could cause such a difference, please see Covad's 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Covad disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. This information is presented solely to provide additional information to further understand the results of Covad.