2006 ANNUAL REPORT >> I M A G I N E 900 17TH STREET, N.W. SUITE 400 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20006 T 202.296.6650 F 202.296.7585 WWW.COMPTEL.ORG PRESIDENT’S >> MESSAGE BOARD OF >> DIRECTORS Officers/Members of the Directors Executive Committee Chairman Jim Butman David H. Kelley J. Sherman Henderson III President President President & CEO TDS METROCOM PPL Telcom LLC Lightyear Network Solutions LLC William Capraro, Jr. James Kirkland CEO SVP, Strategic Development & Vice Chairman CIMCO Communications General Counsel Jim Akerhielm Covad Communications CEO Bettina Cardona NuVox Communications President & CEO Matthew Gavin McCarty Fones4All Chief Legal Officer Treasurer Globalcom, Inc. Joseph Ambersley Ron Contrado COMPTEL members continue to be a driving force behind the President, PAETEC South President David Malfara PAETEC Communications Homisco President & CEO development and deployment of next-generation, IP-based networks Remi Communications and services. Through competitive voice, video, and data offerings, Executive Committee Jim Prenetta Paget Alves Executive Vice President and Christopher Putala our entrepreneurial member companies ensure that consumers and President, Strategic Markets General Counsel Executive Vice President, businesses throughout the United States and abroad have access Sprint Nextel One Communications Public Policy Earthlink to innovative technologies and services at affordable prices. 2006 Thomas M. Coughlin David Eckmann Director, Core Business marked COMPTEL’s 25th Anniversary as the leading trade association Chairman Jack Roberts Alliance Group Services Development, Legal & Vice President of Sales representing competitive communications service providers. We are Regulatory Affairs USCarrier Telecom Russell C. Merbeth FPL Fibernet, LLC proud to work on behalf of this community before Congress, the Federal Federal Counsel Norman Rosenberg Communications Commission and the Courts, and we look forward to Eschelon Telecom, Inc. Jim Falvey CFO, Senior Vice President, IDT Corp. many more years as we advance our members’ interests through policy Regulatory Affairs advocacy, trade shows, and educational and networking opportunities. Xspedius Communications Gary Storm President, CEO & Founder James F. Geiger VCOM Solutions President & CEO Cbeyond Communications John Sumpter Vice President, Ron Harden Regulatory Affairs Executive Vice President Pac-West Telecomm Earl Comstock VOX Communications President & CEO Jerry Watts Paul Hobby Vice President, Government & CEO Industry Affairs Alpheus Communications ITC^DeltaCom COMPTEL 2006 Annual Report 1 IMAGINE >> OPPORTUNITY COMPTEL PLUS CONVENTIONS & EXPOS COMPTEL CEO COUNCIL FUTURE EVENTS The COMPTEL PLUS Conventions and EXPOs COMPTEL also honored F. James Sensenbrenner, Now in its fourth year, the COMPTEL CEO Council COMPTEL PLUS Spring 2007 Convention & EXPO continue to draw large crowds from all sectors Jr., Chairman of the House Committee on the continues to provide the opportunity to bring February 27-March 2, 2007 of the communications industry and serve as Judiciary, with COMPTEL’s “Champions of together top executives from member companies Las Vegas a place to network and learn about new and Competition” Award. In addition, music legend to network and discuss the state the of the innovative technologies and services hitting the Kenny Loggins entertained the COMPTEL Spring industry. The CEO Council meets three times a COMPTEL PLUS Fall 2007 Convention & EXPO marketplace. Show attendees with a concert at San Diego’s year, at COMPTEL’s spring and fall conventions October 7-10, 2007 famed “4th & B” music venue. and once at the association’s headquarters in Dallas COMPTEL marked its 25th Anniversary as the Washington, D.C. leading industry association for competitive The success continued at the COMPTEL PLUS COMPTEL PLUS Spring 2008 Convention & EXPO communications service providers at the COMPTEL Fall 2006 Convention & EXPO. On the heels of February 24-28, 2008 PLUS Spring 2006 Convention & Expo in San Diego COMPTEL member company PAETEC Corp.’s Nashville March 19-22. With more than 2400 attendees disclosure that it was merging with US LEC Corp., and 140 exhibitors, the event was a tremendous COMPTEL was pleased to welcome Arunas A. COMPTEL MARKETING COUNCIL success. Chesonis, Chairman of the Board and CEO of PAETEC., as the keynote speaker at the Fall show, COMPTEL’s Spring Show was jam-packed with which was held Oct. 8-11 in Orlando. Chesonis COMPTEL last year launched the COMPTEL educational and networking sessions and featured drew a huge crowd, which went on to fill the EXPO Marketing Council (CMC). The CMC is a forum for a new, online Deal Center that enabled show hall for the duration of the show. chief marketing decision makers of COMPTEL’s attendees to schedule one-on-one meetings in member companies to discuss cross-marketing San Diego. Senator Ted Stevens, Chairman of the Educational sessions included financial and initiatives and to address key show and member Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation strategic actions for success, technology and marketing priorities and opportunities. Committee, delivered the keynote address, which business tracks, and a half-day regulatory was followed by a Q&A session between Earl workshop. Making its debut at the Fall Show was the The CMC mission is to create new ways for Comstock, COMPTEL’s President and CEO, and “COMPTEL Classroom,” which featured sessions COMPTEL and its members to raise industry FCC Chairman Kevin J. Martin. on cutting-edge technologies and services. awareness and drive direct revenue opportunities between and amongst COMPTEL members and JOBJOB FUNCTIONFUNCTION RESPONSIBILITYRESPONSIBILITY LEVEL LEVEL trade show exhibitors/sponsors, and within the communications marketplace. Exec Manager 355 CEO/President 185 General Manager 82 COO 38 Sales/Marketing 696 CFO 22 Operations 109 CTO 14 Technical 74 VP 277 FALL ATTENDANCE SPRING ATTENDANCEATTENDANCE Legal/Regulatory 46 Director 259 PR 25 Manager 233 Finance 34 Attendee 949 Attendee 1095 Consultant 35 Account Exec 202 Exhibitor 801 Exhibitor 850 Guest 475 Guest 312 “If there were no organizations like COMPTEL, believe me, we’d all be out of Sta 23 Sta 28 business by now.” Press 17 Press 19 J Sherman Henderson III, President and CEO of Lightyear Network Solutions and Speaker 95 Speaker 93 Chairman of the Board of COMPTEL. COMPTEL 2006 Annual Report COMPTEL 2006 Annual Report 2 3 CEO >> COUNCIL John Abraham, Managing Director –Global Capacity Group Mark Ivie, CEO–Memphis Networx LLC Francis X. Ahearn, CEO –McGraw Communications Inc. Michael Keenan, Co-founder and CEO James W. Akerhielm, CEO–NuVox Communications –Global Internetworking Ray Allieri, President and CEO –CTC Communications David H. Kelley, President–PPL Telcom LLC* Kenneth D. Anderson, Chairman and CEO –Fiberlink LLC Rich Kendall, President & CEO –Sovernet Communications Pete Aquino, President and CEO–RCN Corporation Doug Kim, General Manager –Edison Carrier Solutions Janice Aune, President and CEO–Onvoy Sam Kumar, President and CEO–Microtech-Tel Inc.* Charles “Chip” Barker, CEO–ACN Inc. Gene “Skip” Lane, President and CEO Scott Birdwell, CEO–Transcom Holdings –Razor IP, LLC (formerly Direct Line Communications) Danny Bottoms, President and CEO William G. LaPerch, President and CEO–AboveNet –OnFiber Communications Inc.* Michael S. Layer, President and CEO David Brinkman, CEO –3PV – Third Party Verification Inc. –US Carrier Telecom LLC Richard E. Brown, CEO–Access Point Inc. David J. Malfara Sr., President and CEO Edward J. Butler Jr., COO –PAETEC Communications Inc. –Remi Communications* Jim Butman, President–TDS METROCOM John Marsch, Founder, Chairman and CEO Brian E. Cafferty, CEO–Vero Systems Inc. –TMC Communications William Capraro Jr., CEO –CIMCO Communications Inc. James Martin, President and CEO–Citynet Hank Carabelli, President and CEO –Pac-West Telecomm Inc. Lonnie Martin, Founder and CEO –White Rock Networks Al Cinelli, Chairman–Cinergy Communications Corp.* James P. Martino, President and CEO Ron Contrado, CEO–Homisco –Last Mile Connections Inc. Thomas M. Coughlin, Chairman –Alliance Group Services Inc. Raul Martynek, President and CEO James A. Courter, Vice Chairman and CEO –IDT Corporation –Infohighway Communications Corp. Randall Curran, CEO –Interstate Fibernet, a Deltacom Andrew Metcalfe, CEO–Northwest Telephone Inc. Company (formerly ITC^DeltaCom) Michael Miller, President and CEO–FiberLight, LLC Jim Dalton, CEO–TransNexus Robert Mocas, President–Easton Telecom Services William Brad Davis, President –DukeNetCommunications, LLC Ronald J. Mudry, President and CEO –Progress Telecom* Jon A. DeLuca, President and CEO Brian T. Murphy, President and COO –FiberNet Telecom Group Inc. –First Communications LLC Jess. P. DiPasquale, President and CEO Dilip Naik, President and CEO–DSET Corp. –Alliance Group Services Inc. William H. Oberlin, Chairman and CEO –BullsEye Telecom Inc. Tony Distefano, CEO–Arrival Communications Jim C. Odom, President and CEO–Martin Group Ernest L. Ellis, President and COO Keith Olsen, President and CEO–Switch and Data –Thomson Tax and Accounting Frank Peregrine, Chairman and CEO Brad Evans, Founder and CEO–Cavalier Telephone –CustomCall Data Systems Richard Fehl, Executive Vice President and COO Donald R. Philbin Jr., COO –AGL Networks –BSG Clearing Solutions (formerly Billing Concepts) John R. Galanti, President–DataNet Communications Walter A. Prahl, COO–Enventis Telecom Inc. Michael Gallagher, CEO–FDN Communications John K. Purcell, President & CEO