FIBERLINK

Ed McCrossen Named President; Christopher Clark Appointed Chief Operating Officer

January 18, 2005

BLUE BELL, Pa., Jan. 17, 2005 - Fiberlink Communications Corp., a leading innovator and trusted enterprise partner for secure mobile workforce solutions, today announced a senior executive repositioning to prepare the company for the next stage of growth in 2005. As Fiberlink deploys its mobile workforce solutions to a wider segment of Global 2000 companies, this organizational change will further enhance the company's operational efficiency by closely aligning its engineering, operations, and software development teams.

Fiberlink Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Jim Sheward has named Ed McCrossen president of Fiberlink. McCrossen will be responsible for delivering continued revenue growth through 2005 and maintaining corporate profitability. Since joining Fiberlink in 2001 as chief operating officer, McCrossen has created a world-class sales and account management team that fueled sixteen consecutive quarters of revenue growth.

Supporting McCrossen and assuming the role of chief operating officer is Christopher Clark, former executive vice president business development and operations. Clark will be responsible for the development, deployment and support of Fiberlink's mobile workforce solutions by managing the company's engineering, operations and software development teams. He will also be responsible for managing business development focused on the carrier market.

"As Fiberlink pursues its vision to empower a mobile workforce to be productive anytime, anywhere - and as new access technologies continue to feed our market - enterprises will elevate their expectations of our mobility solutions and all facets of customer care," said Jim Sheward, Fiberlink's chief executive officer. "This executive expansion will allow Fiberlink to more closely align product development with market demand, focusing executive responsibility on fast-changing technologies and high-growth initiatives and positioning the company for long-term success." About Fiberlink

Fiberlink provides the software and services that enable enterprises to securely mobilize their workforces and strike the best balance of user productivity and IT control. More than 600,000 mobile workers depend on Fiberlink's ubiquitous Wi-Fi, wide-area wireless, broadband and dial-up solutions for "no-hassle" access to e-mail, data and other network-based resources. Fiberlink's mobile workforce solutions go beyond basic network connectivity to ensure IT organizations have total control over the myriad security threats, compliance policies and cost concerns that are often associated with mobile computing. Gartner, Yankee Group and Burton Group consistently recognize Fiberlink as an innovative leader in mobile and remote access solutions. Fiberlink customers include Continental Airlines, Grant Thornton, Targus Group International and Novartis Group. Headquartered in Blue Bell, Pa., Fiberlink has offices throughout North America, Europe and Asia. Additional information about Fiberlink is available at www.fiberlink.com.

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

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

© 2005 Fiberlink and the Fiberlink logo are trademarks of Fiberlink and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. All other brand names are trademarks of their respective partners.

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