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San Jose, California - (Cheap Web Hosting Directory) - May 24, 2006 - Web host and national provider of integrated voice and data communications firm, Covad Communications Group, Inc., is a founding member of the WiBro and mobile WiMAX Community (WMC) alongside global telecom providers such as KT Corporation, TeleKom Malaysia Berhad, and PCCW.

The WMC was founded to further the deployment and interoperability of WiBro, a mobile WiMAX broadband wireless technology standard.

Alan Howe, Vice President of Strategic and Wireless Development for Covad commented, ”By joining the WMC, Covad gains an opportunity to learn from and share information with leading telecom providers in other countries. This puts us on the cutting edge of new developments in the fast-growing wireless broadband market.”

Hoon Kim, a Manager for KT Corporation added, ”We are very pleased to have Covad as a US-based founding member of the WMC. We look forward to developing shared strategies and exploring potential partnership opportunities.”

Deployment of WiMAX is expected to grow substantially by the end of this decade, according to global industry research firm Ovum. Julien Grivolas, Telecommunications Analyst from Ovum stated, ”Covad is smart to partner with players like KT Corporation. With the commercial launch of its WiBro services expected next month, KT is the most advanced operator in mobile WiMAX, while there are many innovative broadband wireless access initiatives in Asia. Consequently, WMC membership will provide Covad with some exciting opportunities.”

Covad is also a member of the WiMAX forum, another industry group focused on furthering the spread of wireless broadband among businesses and consumers. Covad operates a wireless broadband network with over three thousand business customers in major markets throughout California and Nevada.

Covad is a nationwide provider of integrated voice and data communications. The company offers DSL, Voice Over IP, T1, web hosting, managed security, IP and dial-up, wireless broadband, 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, California 95134. Telephone: 1-888-GO-COVAD.

To learn more, please visit: www.covad.com.