Covad Wireless Expands Wireless Broadband Coverage in Ventura County.

New Base Station Provides Broadband Speeds Up to 45 Mbps to Area Businesses

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Covad Wireless, a subsidiary of Covad Communications Company, a leading national provider of voice and data communications, today announced it has expanded its Southern California wireless broadband coverage for businesses in Ventura County by adding a new base station that offers broadband speeds up to 45 Mbps.

"This new base station will enhance the existing coverage we have had in the Ventura/Oxnard area," said Lee Gopadze, General Manager at Covad. "We continue to expand Covad's services in these areas, as there are thousands of businesses in Ventura County that need reliable, high-speed broadband, but are underserved by cable and phone company based services."

Covad's fixed-wireless broadband service connects customers to the Internet by means of a dedicated wireless connection rather than by traditional cable or phone lines. The service provides high performance and easy scalability at a lower price per megabit and a faster installation time than traditional solutions.

With nearly a decade of presence in the Ventura area, Covad Wireless serves several hundred customers in Ventura, Oxnard, Camarillo, and further inland to Santa Paula and Fillmore. Covad's local presence in Camarillo allows its sales staff and technicians to provide quick and responsive service.

This coverage expansion follows Covad Wireless' recent deployment of a new high-capacity fiber backbone in Southern California and the San Francisco Bay Area. The company has deployed over 1.5 Gbps in new fiber capacity this past year in California alone, an indicator of customers' growing bandwidth demand.

Covad Wireless operates California's largest broadband fixed wireless network for businesses. Solutions range from DSL and T1 replacement (2.0 Mbps) to mid-band Ethernet and high-capacity service with data speeds up to 45 Mbps (the speed of a full DS3).

About Covad Wireless

NextWeb, Inc., d/b/a Covad Wireless, serves approximately 4,000 small and medium-sized businesses in the San Francisco Bay Area, greater Los Angeles area, Chicago and Las Vegas. For more information on Covad Wireless services, please visit www.covadwireless.com or call 1-866-818-5917.

About Covad

Covad is a leading national provider of integrated voice and data communications. The company offers DSL, T1, broadband wireless, and voice-optimized access directly through Covad's network and through Internet Service Providers, value-added resellers, telecommunications carriers and affinity groups in the small and medium-sized businesses market. Many of the nation's top carriers, Internet service providers, and resellers rely on Covad to power their high-speed broadband solutions. Partners benefit from Covad's streamlined provisioning and ordering systems, scalable, cost-efficient support infrastructure, and the only facilities-based, next-generation wireline and fixed wireless broadband network. 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 58 million homes and businesses. Covad is located at 2220 O'Toole Avenue, San Jose, CA 95131. Telephone: 1-888-GO-COVAD. Website: www.covad.com.