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Nation's Fifth Largest Accounting Firm Honored for Using Fiberlink's Mobile Working Solutions to Drive Business Growth

December 14, 2004

CHICAGO - Dec. 13, 2004 - Grant Thornton LLP, the nation's fifth largest accounting firm and U.S. member firm of Grant Thornton International, one of the seven global accounting organizations, announced today that its IT department was honored as a winner of the 2004 Mobile Enterprise Alliance (MEA) Mobile Impact ^™ Award for "Most Pragmatic Mobile Security Solution," deployed and managed by Fiberlink Communications Corp. Fiberlink, a trusted enterprise partner for managed remote access software and services, enabled Grant Thornton LLP's 3,000 mobile and remote workers to connect quickly and securely to business-critical applications from any location. The solution has helped Grant Thornton LLP drive business by allowing accountants to work securely from client sites while providing the company's IT department with the management tools to control costs, simplify security measures and minimize complexity for its large mobile workforce.

The MEA, an independent industry coalition, developed the Mobile Impact Awards to recognize leading enterprises for successful and innovative deployments of mobile enterprise solutions in North America, Western Europe and around the globe. The MEA is a global advocacy group promoting the business benefits of workforce mobility to enterprise end-users and IT decision makers.

"This award demonstrates how technology can help drive an entire business strategy. Fiberlink's managed remote access solution allows our accountants to log onto our corporate network from a client site just as they would from our headquarters - posing no additional risks to Grant Thornton LLP's network security," said Jim Moore, Grant Thornton LLP's senior technology manager. "The solution also simplifies managing remote and mobile workers for our IT administrators. Our busy staff doesn't need to constantly monitor and update distributed firewalls, anti-virus software and VPNs - Fiberlink's software and services do it for them."

Grant Thornton LLP reviewed a number of remote access options for its mobile employees as they strove for faster access and greater flexibility. The increasing number of employees accessing the network through technologies and devices not supported by corporate IT raised security concerns and pushed access costs far beyond the corporate budget. To solve these problems, the company selected Fiberlink to provide a mobile working solution with comprehensive connectivity options and managed services at its core. Today, by using Fiberlink's solution, Grant Thornton LLP's mobile and remote workers connect to the network via multiple access methods, anytime, anywhere. Since implementing Fiberlink's solution, Grant Thornton LLP has been able to enforce 100 percent compliance with its network access and security policies.

"The winners of the Mobile Impact Awards serve as an outstanding example of how organizations can implement and benefit from workforce mobility," said Daniel Taylor, managing director, MEA. "Grant Thornton LLP submitted an exemplary case study documenting the success of this initiative, and we offer our sincere congratulations and hope that IT managers around the world will find the lesson this company has learned to be helpful in achieving their own goals."

About the Mobile Impact TM Awards

The 2004 Mobile Impact™ Awards were presented to enterprise IT organizations in five different categories, including: Cost Effective Extended Enterprise Computing and Connectivity, Field Force, Greatest Foresight in Mobile Management, Mobile Office, and Most Pragmatic Mobile Security Solution. Entries were scored on a 50-point scale by a panel of independent judges including Kara Gattine from SearchMobileComputing.com and Eugene Signorini from Yankee Group. Winners were announced at a reception in Santa Clara, California on Tuesday, December 7, 2004 and successful case studies will be highlighted in a special advertising section to be published in the January issues of Fortune and Business 2.0 magazines.

About Grant Thornton LLP

Grant Thornon LLP is the nation's fifth largest accounting firm, and U.S. member firm of Grant Thornton International, one of the seven global accounting organizations. Through its member firms, Grant Thornton International serves clients through 585 offices in 110 countries, and provides personal attention and seamless service delivery to public and private clients around the globe. Grant Thornton LLP's web site is www.GrantThornton.com.

About Fiberlink

Fiberlink is a leading provider of secure remote access solutions, unifying worldwide remote access, management and software within existing IT policy. Fiberlink addresses the growing infrastructure complexities of enterprise access brought on by the demands of an expanding business ecosystem. From employees to partners, remote offices to extranets, dial-up to wireless to broadband, Fiberlink allows enterprises to capitalize on extended business opportunities. Multi-network redundancy, best-of-breed application services and support, low total cost of ownership and minimal impact on IT help make Fiberlink an important business partner.

With more than 500,000 corporate users, analyst firms such as Gartner, Burton Group and Yankee Group recognize Fiberlink as a leader and innovator in remote access services. Fiberlink customers include General Electric, BMC Software, Computer Sciences Corporation, Royal Caribbean and The Gillette Company. Headquartered in Blue Bell, Pa., Fiberlink has offices throughout North America, Europe and Asia. For more information on Fiberlink, visit its Web site at http://www.fiberlink.com.

About MEA

The Mobile Enterprise Alliance (MEA) is a global advocacy group promoting the business benefits of workforce mobility to enterprise end users and decision makers. The MEA provides a vendor-neutral and technology-independent clearinghouse for information about the mobile enterprise including news, case studies, research, business analysis tools, and more. This information is available - free of charge - to enterprise managers, solutions providers and industry professionals. This helps enterprise decision makers to make informed decisions about the technical architectures within the context of enterprise business objectives. As a not-for-profit organization, the MEA is funded through dues from participating vendors, service providers and systems integrators. The MEA currently represents more than 700 members worldwide. More information can be obtained at www.mobileenterprise.org.

For more information, contact:

Susan Sutton
Fiberlink Communications Corp.
ssutton@fiberlink.com
(215) 793-3427

James Boike
A&R Partners for Fiberlink
jboike@arpartners.com
(212) 905-6157

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