Gary A. Fry

Americatel has been owned and operated by its parent company, Platinum Equity, LLC since 2006 and is part of a growing family of telecom companies in the Platinum Equity portfolio including Matrix Telecom. Inc., Covad Communications (www.covad.com), and DCA Services www.dcaservices.com. Americatel has been the leading provider of telecommunications services to ethnic consumers and businesses in the United States and Canada. The company also works with international long-distance carriers and Internet service providers transacting with the world's emerging economies. Americatel services connect world-wide communities through a flexible network of owned and leased facilities, operating and termination agreements, and resale arrangements. Americatel's technology assets include an extensive network of IP gateways, international gateways, and switches. Americatel Corporation services consumers in North America through its Americatel brand and through its wholly owned subsidiary, Startec Global Communications (http://www.startec.com/). Americatel-branded services are primarily targeted to Hispanic consumers in the United States. Services range from the highly recognized 1010-123 dial around service to the rapidly growing Cellular Accesso and LíneaPaís services. Americatel's spokesperson, Don Francisco, is one of the most recognized Hispanic celebrities and his television variety show reaches millions of people weekly.

Affinity Network, Inc. offers telecommunications solutions. Its services include long distance voice communication, origination and termination, resale, and end to end outbound services. The firm also offers Internet access, private and dedicated point-to-point services, global extension, and VoIP express services to businesses. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, NV.

MCI, Inc. provides telecommunication services. It serves thousands of businesses and government entities throughout the world and provides voice, data and Internet communication services for millions of customers. The company is located in Ashburn, VA

Pacific Gateway Exchange Inc. was founded on August 8, 1991 to capitalize on the significant growth opportunities in the international telecommunications services market. It provided telecommunications, Internet and bandwidth services and operated as a state of the art high bandwidth fiber optic network connecting key metropolitan centers in the United States, Europe, Asia and the Pacific. The company acquired its own global network of undersea cables and land based facilities in the United States, Europe, Asia and the Pacific and it supports three major lines of business which include telecommunications, Internet and bandwidth services. Pacific Gateway Exchange business lines complements and creates synergies that are highly conducive to further growth and profitability and its fiber optic network lowers the cost of telecommunications operations.