Frontier Communications Names New Vice President of Technology and Applications

Business Wire, Feb 11, 1999

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 10, 1999--Frontier Communications today announced Paul Santinelli's appointment to the newly created position of Vice President of Technology and Applications for Frontier GlobalCenter, the company's data and Internet arm. Santinelli is responsible for the data and Internet applications and services that will lead Frontier Communications' global Internet strategy.

"We needed someone who can drive the design of technologies and applications that take advantage of our Optronics Network," said Don Detampel, Frontier's vice president of data and Internet product management. "It is not just about having a network these days, but rather how that network can help your customers. We're looking to Paul to provide direction in the data and Internet business unit, adding the most value possible to satisfy our growing customer base."

Prior to Santinelli's appointment as vice president of Frontier GlobalCenter, he was vice president of Technology Solutions' Strategic Marketing Group in San Jose, CA. In 1996, Santinelli joined Narrative Communications and helped develop the industry-leading, streaming Internet advertising format, Enliven. While at Narrative, he worked with a world-class engineering team to introduce the Narrative Media Streaming Protocol. During the past eight years, he has held various product management and marketing positions in the enterprise and desktop software arena with companies including IBM, Lotus Development Corporation, Compuware Corporation and CoroNet Systems.

Santinelli has gained extensive experience providing vision and leading companies in the software and Internet sector over the last decade. Currently, he appears as a regular "industry pundit" on ZDTV's Silicon Spin and often speaks at industry conferences regarding streaming media, bandwidth and e-commerce. Santinelli holds a B.S. in Business and Organizational Communication from Emerson College in Boston.

About Frontier Communications

Frontier Communications, a unit of Frontier Corporation (NYSE:FRO), is one of the leading providers of integrated communications solutions -- including Internet, IP and data applications, long distance, local telephone and conferencing -- to business customers nationwide. The self-healing Frontier Optronics Network(sm) provides customers with faster transmission speeds, greater bandwidth capacity and unrivaled reliability. For more information, visit the Frontier web site at www.frontiercorp.com or the Frontier GlobalCenter web site at www.globalcenter.net.

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