10/10/07

XO Communications Wins Telephony Innovation Award

RESTON, VA - XO Communications, a leading provider of 21st century communications for businesses and communications service providers, today announced that it has received a 2007 Telephony Innovation Award for XO Software on Demand, its suite of on-demand software applications that help small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) increase productivity and improve data security while managing IT infrastructure costs more affordably. XO received the Telephony Innovation Award for the category of Innovative Service for SMBs.

The Telephony Innovation Awards recognize service providers who have developed unique or first-to-market offerings that either utilize technology or address customers’ needs in a new way. The innovation can come in almost any form – design, delivery, pricing, bundling, packaging or customer service. XO Communications partnered with Jamcracker, the on-demand services company, to enable the delivery of Software as a Service (SaaS) and offer SMBs industry-leading business-class software applications, including collaboration, mobility, security and backup and recovery services from leading vendors such as Microsoft, McAfee and Research in Motion – all for a low monthly fee.

“This award is a testament to XO’s leadership in developing innovative service bundles that give small and medium-sized businesses access to affordable, enterprise-level communications and IT applications,” said Charlie Cary, vice president of small business services at XO Communications.

XO Software on Demand is available to existing XO customers and offers individual hosted applications to support specific needs and hosted services bundles, including:
- Communicate: Microsoft® Exchange, Mobile Messaging (BlackBerry®, GoodLink™), Remote Access, Microsoft SharePoint®
- Secure: McAfee® Total Protection for Small Business, Content Filtering
- Restore: PC Backup & Recovery, Advanced Server Backup & Recovery
- Bundles: XO Essentials Bundle, XO Security Bundle

For more information about XO Software On Demand, go to www.xo.com/software.

About XO Communications
XO Communications, a subsidiary of XO Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: XOHO.OB), is a leading provider of 21st century communications services for businesses and communications services providers, including 50 percent of the Fortune 500 and leading cable companies, carriers, content providers, and mobile operators. Utilizing its unique and powerful nationwide IP network and extensive local metro networks and broadband wireless facilities, XO offers customers a broad range of managed voice, data and IP services in 75 metropolitan markets across the United States. For more information, visit www.xo.com.

For more information contact:

Chad Couser / XO Communications
703-547-2746
chad.couser@xo.com