INTERMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS GAINS CERTIFICATION FOR LOCAL TELEPHONE SERVICES IN NORTH CAROLINA; Competitive Telephone Company Authorized as Competitive Local Exchange Carrier

Business Wire, August 13, 1996

TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 13, 1996--Intermedia Communications Inc. (Nasdaq/NM: ICIX), a rapidly growing provider of integrated telecommunications services, today announced that the North Carolina Public Service Commission has approved its application for certification as a competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) and long distance provider (IXC) for the state of North Carolina.

Intermedia has similar certifications in Florida, Alabama and Georgia, and recently completed a nine-state interconnection agreement with BellSouth for that company's entire nine-state southeastern U.S. region.

"Certification as a local telephone company will now allow Intermedia to provide our North Carolina customers with our full range of services including local switched (dial tone) services and long distance and is of great significance to Intermedia's growth strategy," said David C. Ruberg, Intermedia's president, chairman and chief executive officer. "The net result is that Intermedia has become a true `one-stop-shop' provider for integrated telecommunications services in our serving territories. We can now offer business and government customers virtually any telecommunications application or service they may require."

Such services include:

-- Local exchange business services -- PBX trunks, ISDN, business

lines

-- Intrastate, interstate and international long distance --

including inbound 800/888 services

-- State-of-the-art data networking, utilizing the Company's

expansive frame relay network

-- Facilities-based access over Intermedia~s extensive fiber

optic network

-- Integration and customization of these services into a single

customer package

Intermedia currently provides its North Carolina customers with enhanced data services utilizing frame relay and long distance. The Company's frame relay service provides them with versatile, high-speed data transmission to destinations throughout the U.S. and abroad. Intermedia is a leading frame relay provider in the eastern U.S.

In addition, Intermedia has a fiber optic network in Raleigh, North Carolina, to provide its customers with facilities-based access for private line and special access services. Intermedia plans to complement its state-of-the-art facilities in Raleigh with state-of-the-art local exchange voice and enhanced data services.

Intermedia plans to install a local exchange switch in Raleigh in March 1997. In the interim, the Company will be providing a variety of such services through arrangements with local telephone companies, as prescribed in recent state and federal telecommunications regulations.

Intermedia Communications is a rapidly growing provider of integrated telecommunications solutions for business, government and the telecommunications industry. Intermedia is known for its ability to package customized, "no assembly required" solutions to meet each customer's specific requirements. Headquartered in Tampa, the Company provides voice, data and video services; local and long-distance switched services; advanced access services in cities throughout the eastern U.S.; and enhanced data services, including Internet access, to business and government customer locations in over 800 cities nationwide and internationally -- offering seamless end-to-end connectivity virtually everywhere in the world. Intermedia is headquartered in Tampa, Florida, and is traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market's National Market under the symbol "ICIX." Intermedia's address on the World Wide Web is www.icix.net.

CONTACT: Intermedia Communications Inc., Tampa

Barbara Samson, 813/744-2402

or

Stephen J. Kasser, 813/226-2772