Former AT&T Local Services Chief Technology Officer John Davis Joins Allied Riser Communications - Company Operations

Cambridge Telcom Report, August 23, 1999

Allied Riser Communications, Inc. (ARC) Wednesday announced that Dr. John Davis, former Chief Technology Officer for AT&T Local Services and most recently a principal with GeoPartners Research Inc., is joining the company as chief technology officer. Davis also will remain as a member of ARC's board of directors, which he joined in December, 1998.

ARC is the nation's leading provider of fiber optic-powered, high-speed Internet communications to tenants in major commercial office buildings. The company provides tenants access to high bandwidth Internet communications (10mbps and higher), using a fiber optic cable network, the ARC LightSpeed Network, which the company installs into office properties. Davis has a 35-year history in the telecommunications industry and will bring his experience and expertise in developing new local telecommunications technologies, architectures, and services to further enhance ARC's leading "first mile" high-speed fiber optic Internet solution.

During tenures at AT&T and Bell Labs, he conceived the architecture and managed the development of the No. 5 Electronic Switching System, which represents the core of today's public switched telephone system.

"I have experienced and hopefully contributed in some small way to the amazing communications revolution that has taken place within the last few decades," Davis said. "I believe ARC's fiber optic network solutions and services are at the forefront of yet another communications revolution that is taking place as companies are now realizing the business advantages of high- speed access. It's a worthy challenge to help shape how people will communicate and do business better in the future."

"John Davis is one of the visionary technologists of the telecommunications revolution. John will play a major role in driving us toward our goal of becoming a leading global supplier of telecommunications services," said David Crawford, chief executive officer of ARC.

Also while at AT&T and Bell Labs, Davis participated in and developed numerous significant telecommunications innovations, including creating the technology development process that is used to introduce new technology into the AT&T Global Network, spearheading the marketing and management of research and development performed by AT&T for the Federal Government, including military and intelligence systems and special government telecom networks, managing the initial commercialization and installation of AT&T's first cellular systems in the United States.

Davis has authored numerous technical publications and has been granted several patents. He earned a bachelor's of science degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology, a master's degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, all in the field of electrical engineering.

ARC currently serves a diverse portfolio of commercial properties using its fiber optic network solution in San Francisco, Chicago, Dallas, Seattle, Los Angeles, New York, Denver, Washington D.C., Atlanta, Cleveland, Boston, Austin, Philadelphia, and Houston.

Allied Riser Communications (ARC) is the nation's leading provider of fiber optic-powered high-speed Internet, video, voice and data communications solutions to businesses. ARC installs and operates high-speed fiber optic networks and offers high-speed data, voice and video services to building tenants for a monthly service charge.