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CTC Communications Selects Mirapoint As Its Platform for Deploying Standards-Based Unified Messaging Services

CUPERTINO, CA - November 29, 1999 -- Mirapoint, Inc., the leading provider of Internet infrastructure solutions for business communications, announced today that CTC Communications Corp. (NASDAQ: CPTL) has selected its Internet messaging platform for the deployment of the service provider’s unified messaging service offering. CTC, a rapidly growing provider of state-of-the-art integrated communications solutions for medium-to-larger enterprises in the Northeast U.S., will begin in December the first-phase deployment of its convergent Internet-based e-mail, fax, voice and video services, that are based on Mirapoint’s Internet messaging servers and routers.

Mirapoint’s solution will also serve as the core Internet messaging platform for delivering Cisco Powered Network services to CTC’s enterprise customers. These new services, currently under joint development by CTC and Cisco, are the result of a recently formed alliance between the two companies to deliver new network products and services for implementation on Cisco Powered Networks.

CTC has standardized on Mirapoint because its highly optimized, single-function systems are ideally suited for the large-scale distributed messaging architectures needed to deploy new offerings, such as unified messaging and IMAP-based messaging services. Mirapoint’s systems form the core of the "unified mailbox" messaging architecture and provide optimized, scalable message routing, delivery, storage and access functions. This core solution can be easily integrated with a variety of Internet messaging services that are customized to meet the needs of an individual or enterprise. Examples of such services include Internet calendaring and fax, policy-based messaging, virus/spam and content-based filtering.

"Mirapoint provides the critical infrastructure needed to support many of the industry’s most sophisticated new implementations of Internet messaging and telecom services," said Frederic Kunzi, CTC’s Chief Technology Officer. "Only Mirapoint delivers an Internet messaging platform that is designed and purpose-built to support new Internet messaging services. Their appliance approach makes it possible to easily and rapidly deploy a fully integrated messaging solution."

"Mirapoint shares the CTC/Cisco vision of the rapid convergence of e-mail, fax, voice and video," said Cheena Srinivasan, Vice President of Marketing with Mirapoint. "CTC’s decision to standardize on our Internet messaging platform underscores our market position as the only provider of a highly optimized solution that can readily manage the delivery, storage and access of disparate forms of Internet-based messages. We’re looking forward to working with CTC to usher in the age of unified messaging."

About CTC Communications
CTC is a rapidly growing, full-service Integrated Communications Provider (ICP) delivering converged voice, data, Internet and video solutions to medium and larger business customers in the most robust telecommunications region in the world -- the Washington DC to Boston corridor. Recently designated by Bloomberg Personal Finance Magazine as one of the top "one hundred fastest growing US technology companies," CTC currently serves more than 11,000 customers with 226,000+ access lines. Central to the company’s performance and future growth is its Cisco-powered IP+ATM integrated Communications Network (ICN), named IntelliNET, which is "live," deployed across 8 contiguous states and will shift into full commercial production at the start of Year 2000.

CTC markets its full portfolio of services through its 330 member sales and service representatives located in 28 branch offices throughout the New England States, New York, New Jersey and Maryland. The company, through its dedicated commitment to exceptional customer service, has achieved an industry-leading market share in the northeast and an industry-leading line retention rate in excess of 99 percent. CTC can be found on the worldwide web at www.ctcnet.com.

About Mirapoint
Mirapoint is the industry leader in providing Internet infrastructure solutions for business communications. Founded in 1997, Mirapoint pioneered the development of purpose-built, application-specific servers known as "messaging server and router appliances." Mirapoint's messaging solutions provide global enterprises and service providers with industry-leading e-mail security, performance and uptime. Mirapoint's solutions also form the ideal platform for all Internet-based messaging applications such as integrated fax, voice and wireless messaging. Based on patent-pending technology, Mirapoint solutions are easy to deploy and provide substantial operating cost savings. Privately held, Mirapoint is headquartered in Cupertino, Calif., with a sales presence in North America, Europe and Asia/Pacific. For more information, contact Mirapoint at 800.937.8118 or http://www.mirapoint.com.

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