LANSING, June 19.   The Michigan Public Service Commission today
granted four companies licenses to provide basic local telephone service in
Michigan. Broadview Networks, Inc.,   Primus Telecommunications, Inc., U.S.
TelePacific Corp., d/b/a TelePacific Communications, and  Urban Media of
Michigan, Inc.  join 125 companies that have been granted a license to provide
basic local telephone service in Michigan.  

     The Commission approved the licenses because it determined that these
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 also 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.

     Broadview was granted a license to provide basic local telephone service
for all telephone exchanges and zones currently served by GTE North
Incorporated, Contel of the South, Inc., d/b/a GTE Systems of Michigan and
Ameritech Michigan.  Telephone exchanges and zones are geographic boundaries
that define customer's local calling area..  Broadview  applied for a license on
March 6, 2000.

     Primus received a license to provide basic local telephone service for all
telephone exchanges currently served by Ameritech Michigan, GTE North, Inc.,
and GTE Systems of Michigan.  Primus applied for a license on March 27, 2000.

     TelePacific was granted a license to provide basic local telephone service
for all telephone zones and exchanges currently served by GTE North
Incorporated,  GTE Systems of Michigan and Ameritech Michigan.  TelePacific
applied for a license on March 28, 2000.

     Urban Media received a license to provide basic local telephone service
for all telephone zones and exchanges currently served by GTE North
Incorporated, GTE Systems of Michigan and Ameritech Michigan.  Urban Media
applied for a license on March 29, 2000.

     Broadview, Primus, TelePacific,  and Urban Media 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.

     Broadview is headquartered in Long Island City, New York.   Primus is
headquartered in McLean, Virginia.  TelePacific and Urban Media are
headquartered in Los Angeles, California and Palo Alto, California, respectively.

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

Cases Nos.  U-12339, U-12360, U-12351, and U-12353
June 19, 2000
(Broadview, Primus, TelePacific and Urban Media  are granted  licenses to
provide basic local telephone service)
(02/18/2000)