HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Jan. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ITC^DeltaCom, Inc. (OTC: ITCD.OB), a leading provider of integrated communications services to customers in the southeastern United States, today announced that its network upgrade is ahead of schedule with the completion of its Infinera DTN optical network systems deployment. The DTN deployment extends Deltacom's high capacity GigE, 2.5Gbps and 10Gbps wavelength services availability to a number of new markets across the Southeast.

GigE, 2.5Gbps and 10Gbps wavelength services are now available in the following new markets: Wilsonville and Mobile, AL; Savannah, Augusta and two additional carrier hotels in Atlanta, GA; Lake City, Jacksonville, Daytona Beach, Orlando, Tampa, Ocala, Archer and Pensacola, FL; Columbia and Greenville, SC; and Charlotte, Greensboro and Raleigh, NC. Deltacom expects to complete the deployment of additional SONET equipment and to build out a number of metro markets by mid-year 2009.

"We were able to complete the DTN deployment a month earlier than originally planned," said Tony Tomae, Deltacom's Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing. "This rapid system deployment is a great indicator of the speed and scalability in which we can deliver GigE and Wavelength services to our Interstate FiberNet carrier customers and to our multi-site business customers across the Southeast."

ABOUT ITC^DELTACOM, INC.

ITC^DeltaCom, Inc., headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama, provides, through its operating subsidiaries, integrated telecommunications and technology services to businesses and consumers in the southeastern United States. ITC^DeltaCom has a fiber optic network spanning approximately 15,800 route miles, including more than 11,800 route miles of owned fiber, and offers a comprehensive suite of voice and data communications services, including local, long distance, broadband data communications, Internet connectivity, and customer premise equipment to end-user customers. ITC^DeltaCom is one of the largest competitive telecommunications providers in its primary eight-state region. For more information about ITC^DeltaCom, visit ITC^DeltaCom's web site at http://www.deltacom.com.



    Investor Contact:                     Media Contact:
    Richard E. Fish                       Lisa Powell
    Chief Financial Officer               Director, Marketing
    256-382-3827                          256-382-5976
    richard.fish@deltacom.com             lisa.powell@deltacom.com

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