Comm South Companies, a leading supplier of pre-paid dialtone to the Rent to Own industry, acquired Indiana Telephone Connect Inc. The integration of these two companies enables Comm South to expand its customer base in Indiana and aggressively market the southern region.

Comm South will utilize the existing Ft. Wayne call center and continue focusing on the expansion of their Dallas Call Center. This expansion helps Comm South leverage its customer base and further provides an opportunity for nationwide quality residential and business telephone service.

John McClure
President
Comm South
"This was a great opportunity to expand our customer base. Comm South and ITC are ideal partners because of the complimentary offerings that will be efficiently streamlined through integration initiatives. We are very pleased with the progress we're making on executing our aggressive business plan at this point."

ITC President and CEO, Simon Bray, will continue to assist in company growth as the General Manager ,Midwest region.

Comm South Companies is one of the few profitable Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLEC). Comm South is aggressively expanding through its organic and inorganic business growth. As Comm South continues to pursue other residential telephone service providers for acquisition in 2003, they will expand their service and product offerings by promoting value added services.

Comm South companies is a competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC), which provides nationwide pre-paid local home phone service. Comm South is one of the fastest growing prepaid telecommunications companies in the U.S. headquartered in Dallas, Texas. As a pioneer in the telephony industry since 1996, Comm South was one of the first telecommunications provider to provide pre-paid residential phone service.

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