First Communications Partners

First Communications is partly owned by FirstEnergy Corporation. FirstEnergy's unregulated subsidiary, FirstEnergy Solutions, a leading supplier of electricity and natural gas as well as the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic region's largest mechanical contractor, offers the right mix of products and services to help your business grow.

MetaSwitch is an industry-leading vendor of switching and applications solutions for both packet and circuit-switched networks. Its MetaSphere service delivery platform and applications suite enables a broad set of hosted IP communications services, while its core session control and media/signaling gateway products support a full range of Class 4/5 softswitch capabilities. Customers include many of the world's leading operators of wireline, wireless and cable networks, with deployments that scale to millions of subscribers. For more information please visit www.metaswitch.com

Founded in 1987, The Gores Group, LLC is a private equity firm focused on acquiring controlling interests in mature and growing businesses which can benefit from the firm's operating experience and flexible capital base. The firm combines the operational expertise and detailed due diligence capabilities of a strategic buyer wtih the seasoned M&A team of a traditional financial buyer. The Gores Group, LLC has become a leading investor having demonstrated over time a reliable track record of creating substantial value in its portfolio companies alongside management. The firm's current private equity fund has committed equity capital of $1.3 billion. Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, The Gores Group, LLC maintains offices in Boulder, Colorado and London. For more information, please visit www.gores.com.

Corinex AnyWire™ Connectivity solutions distribute high speed IP signals on electrical wiring, coax, and phone lines. Corinex has a Powerline market share of 48% worldwide (In-Stat) and 40% in North America (Frost & Sullivan). Its products are used by tier one service providers including Telfonica and Belgacom to distribute IPTV service throughout the home. Corinex is the recipient of the From & Sullivan "Best Product Line Strategy" award, Utilities Telecom Council's Best Automated Metering Infrastructure award for Access, finalist for the Interational Engineering Consortium Infovision award for Best Access Technology, Retailvision nominee for Best New Product and Best Product: Digital Home (x2) for Corinex In-Home products and others. For media inquiries, contact Lauren Littlefield at Dittoe PR at 317-202-2280 x.17 or laurenl@dittoepr.com.