LANSING, April 24.   The Michigan Public Service Commission today
granted ICG Telecom Group, Inc.,  New Path Holdings, Inc., Vectris Telecom,
Inc., and  Universal Access, Inc., licenses to provide basic local telephone service
in Michigan.   ICG,  New Path, Vectris, and Universal Access  join more  than
100 companies that have been granted a license to provide basic local telephone
service in Michigan. 
 
     The Commission approved the licenses because it determined that the
four companies possess sufficient technical, financial and managerial resources
and abilities to provide basic local telephone service within the geographic area
of the license.  The Commission concluded that competition for telephone service
can be advantageous to Michigan residents and, by granting these requests for a
license, opportunities for competition may expand.  The Commission conditioned
the licenses on compliance with the Commission's anti-slamming procedures,
and failure to comply may result in revocation of the license or other penalties. 
The Commission also conditioned the licenses upon the companies providing
service to customers within a reasonable time, indicating that failure to do so may
result in revocation of the license.

     ICG was granted a license to provide basic local telephone service for all
telephone exchanges and zones currently served by  Ameritech Michigan, GTE
North Incorporated, and GTE Systems of Michigan.  Telephone exchanges and
zones are geographic boundaries that define customer's local calling area. ICG
filed its application for a license on January 18, 2000.

     New Path was granted a license to provide basic local telephone service
for all telephone exchanges and zones currently served by Ameritech Michigan,
GTE North Incorporated, and GTE Systems of Michigan.  New Path filed its
application for a license on January 20, 2000.

     Vectris received a license to provide basic local telephone service for all
telephone exchanges and zones currently served by GTE North Incorporated,
GTE Systems of Michigan, and Ameritech Michigan.  Vectris filed its
application for a license on January 21, 2000.
     
     Universal Access  received a license to provide basic local telephone
service for all telephone exchanges and zones currently served by Ameritech
Michigan, GTE North Incorporated,  and GTE Systems of Michigan.   Universal
Access filed its application for a license on February 7, 2000.

     These companies will be able to begin to provide basic local telephone
service once they have finalized interconnection arrangements with other
telephone service providers and have filed approved tariffs with the Commission. 
Interconnection arrangements allow their customers to place calls to, and receive
them from, customers of other local telephone service providers.

     ICG, New Path, Vectris and Universal Access  are headquartered in
Englewood, Colorado, Des Moines, Iowa, Austin, Texas, and Chicago, Illinois
respectively.

     The MPSC is an agency within the Department of Consumer and Industry
Services.

Cases Nos.  U-12289, U-12294, U-12288, U-12315
April 24, 2000
(ICG, New Path, Vectris and Universal Access are granted  licenses to provide
basic local telephone service)