Covad Communications Recognized with Multiple Excellence Awards by INTERNET TELEPHONY® Magazine; Covad Selected as Best Hosted VoIP Provider, Best SMB Provider, and Top 100 VoIP Provider

Business Wire, Nov 3, 2005

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Covad Communications Group, Inc. (AMEX:DVW), announced today that INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine named Covad as the Best Hosted VoIP Provider, Best SMB Provider, and Top 100 VoIP Provider at last week's INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference and Expo Fall 2005 in Los Angeles.

Covad was distinguished with three separate awards for its continued excellence in business-class VoIP. The Service Provider Awards were bestowed based on data collected from a variety of sources including TMC editorial staff, International Packet Communications Consortium (IPCC) executives, and the readers of INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine, and identified truly market-driving VoIP communications providers.

"These awards are not only an honor but they also differentiate Covad VoIP services within the telecom industry," said Charles Hoffman, president and chief executive officer for Covad. "The Covad team has worked diligently to deliver business-class VoIP service nationwide and we are pleased to see our efforts recognized."

"Covad has proved that its VoIP technology and services are innovative and unique in the rapidly growing VoIP industry. Covad deserves this great honor for creating a ground-breaking nationwide VoIP service," said Rich Tehrani, Group Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of INTERNET TELEPHONY. "I look forward to seeing further innovation from Covad as they continue to contribute to the future of the VoIP/IP telephony marketplace."

The INTERNET TELEPHONY 2005 Excellence Awards highlights will be published in the December, 2005 issue of INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine.

About Covad

Covad is a leading nationwide provider of broadband voice and data communications. The company offers DSL, Voice over IP, T1, Web hosting, managed security, IP and dial-up, and bundled voice and data services directly through Covad's network and through Internet Service Providers, value-added resellers, telecommunications carriers and affinity groups to small and medium-sized businesses and home users. Covad broadband services are currently available across the nation in 44 states and 235 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) and can be purchased by more than 57 million homes and businesses, which represent over 50 percent of all US homes and businesses. Corporate headquarters is located at 110 Rio Robles, San Jose, CA 95134. Telephone: 1-888-GO-COVAD. Web Site: www.covad.com.

About TMC(R)

Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) publishes two print magazines: Customer Interaction Solutions, and INTERNET TELEPHONY; five digital publications, SIP Magazine, Speech-World, WiFI Telephony Magazine, VoIP Developer, WiMAX Magazine; and the online publications TMCnet.com, Planet PDA Magazine, WiFi Revolution, Alternative Power and BiometriTech. TMC is also the first publisher to test new products in its own on-site laboratories, TMC Labs. TMC produces INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO, The VoIP Developer Conference, Speech-World Conference, IP Contact Center Summit and The Global Call Center Outsourcing Summit. TMCnet.com publishes more than 25 topical online newsletters. For more information about TMC, visit its Web site at www.tmcnet.com.