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SALT LAKE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE PRESENTS IKANO WITH "ORDER OF EXCELLENCE" AWARD

Date: July 9th, 2002
Release: IMMEDIATE

SALT LAKE CITY, UT – The Salt Lake Organizing Committee (SLOC) today presented IKANO Communications with the ?Order of Excellence? award for its gold-medal performance as the Official Data Networking Services Supplier for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games.

According to SLOC President and CEO Fraser Bullock, "IKANO demonstrated outstanding capability in the delivery of the best Olympic Games ever." He added, "The 2002 Olympic Winter Games were an unprecedented success and IKANO was an instrumental part of that."

The "Order of Excellence" award features a majestic glass enclosed cityscape poster with a bronze medallion in the center. As the Official Data Networking Services Provider for the 2002 Olympic Winter and Paralympic Winter Games, every piece of data large and small passed through one of the world's most complex networks without a single interruption. IKANO provided all data-networking services and accompanying support for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games. This high-performance Olympic network was used to aggregate data and information from Olympic events and then distribute the information to Olympic staff, athletes, officials, the host broadcaster, and the Salt Lake Organizing Committee Web site.

"These Olympics relied upon IKANO to deliver a world-class performance on the network system operations and they exceeded all expectations," said Dave Busser, SLOC Chief Information Officer. "Their management of the Olympic network was superb."

At the 2002 Salt Lake Games alone there were 32,000 miles of optical fiber cable connecting 5,000 workstations and PCs, 450 servers, 1,210 printers, to 15 million web site visitors, 2,300 IT professionals, and 800 information terminals used by the media, coaches, athletes and Olympic officials. Achieving 7/24 uptime, IKANO demonstrated its expertise in delivering a high-performance network infrastructure, with built-in redundancy and experienced staff.

"We are honored to receive such a prestigious award from the Salt Lake Organizing Committee," said Henry Smith, IKANO President & CEO. "In our role as an Olympic supplier, we are proud to support SLOC in its outstanding implementation of the Olympic Games."

Aside from IKANO's part in the Olympics, the company has continued to grow and expand its market presence. The recognized leader in private-label Internet services and IP network infrastructure, IKANO serves more than 300 including Fortune 500 companies, direct selling organizations and Internet Service Providers. During the past year, IKANO has been recognized for several other prestigious awards including Call Center Magazine's "Call Center of the Year;" Inc Magazine?s Inner City 100; and the Utah 100 Fastest Growing Companies award.

According to Bullock, "The 2002 Olympic Games are being called the "perfect games" by many people and officials around the world. I'm proud to say that IKANO's outstanding networking performance had a lot to do with it."

About IKANO Communications, Inc.
IKANO Communications was founded over 10 years ago as a regional Internet service provider in the Intermountain West and since then has flourished to become the industry leader in private-label, wholesale, and retail Internet services. IKANO leverages its ISP platform to provide outstanding services at highly competitive prices. The company's rapid growth and excellence in the field have resulted in IKANO's ranking in the Inc. 500, Technology Fast 500, Inner City 100, Utah 100, and Call Center of the Year.

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