Royce J. Holland

MFS Communications Co., Inc. was a provider of local telecommunications services. It used to operate and develop andoperate fiber optic networks in major metropolitan centers throughout the United States. In 1996, the company was acquired by WorldCom, Inc. for $14.3 Billion. The company was headquartered in Omaha, NE.

McLeodUSA, Inc. provides telecommunications services. The firm provides integrated communications services, including local, long distance, data, and Internet service in 25 Midwest, Southwest, Northwest, and Rocky Mountain states in the US. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Cedar Rapids, IA.

Allegiance Telecom are a facilities-based national local exchange carrier that provides integrated telecommunications services to business, government and other institutional users in major metropolitan areas across the United States. We offer ‘‘one-stop shopping’’ for voice, data, and integrated communications services (including local, long distance, Internet, data colocation, web hosting and customer premises equipment sales and maintenance services), with convenient, integrated online billing, plus a single point of contact for sales and service. Our principal competitors are incumbent local exchange carriers (also known in the industry as ‘‘ILECs’’), as well as, long distance carriers, other integrated communications providers, and customer premises sales and maintenance business.

MetaSolv, Inc. designs, develops and supports software solutions that automate and streamline operations support systems processes for communications service providers. The company provides order management, inventory management, service activation, and network mediation solutions that automate the order-to-activate service provisioning process for voice, data, digital subscriber line, Internet protocol virtual private networks, voice over Internet protocol and Internet protocol television. The company was incorporated in January 1, 2001 and is headquartered in Plano, TX

Bank Street Telecom Funding Corp. operates as a blank check company. The company was founded in July, 2005 and is headquartered in Stamford, CT.

Masergy Communications, Inc. operates as software defined networking services company. Its solutions include unified communications, managed sd-wan and security. The company was founded by Barry D. Nalls in 2001 and is headquartered in Plano, TX.

Infrastructure Networks, Inc. engages in the provision of wireless infrastructure and communications solutions. It offers virtual private radio networks, 4G LTE cellular technology, industrial Internet of things, bulk bandwidth, subscription based transit pipe services, FastL2 - transparent ethernet circuits over any IP network, CloudCore LTE service management, and broadband router solutions. The company was founded by Jack M. Fields Jr., Stanley R. Hughey, and Kori Kalich-Ugalde in March 2011 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.