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NEEDHAM, Mass., April 1, 2008 /PRNewswire/ — Mobicious, Inc. today announced that it has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the Northeast 100 Top Private Companies. The first-annual Northeast 100 list was compiled by the AlwaysOn editorial panel. In order to be eligible for the list, companies in the Northeastern United States had to be creating new business opportunities in high-growth markets, demonstrating significant market traction and pursuing game-changing technology in a key sector. AlwaysOn received hundreds of nominations for this year’s list.Mobicious and the Northeast 100 Top Companies for 2008 will be honored at the AlwaysOn Venture Summit East to be held April 7 - April 9, 2008, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Boston, MA. Venture Summit East a two-day gathering that highlights the significant economic, political and technology trends impacting the global growth investor. Venture Summit East features the most influential institutional investors, venture capitalists, corporate buyers, investment bankers and research analysts in the Eastern US in keynote presentations and panel debates. The idea behind the Northeast 100 companies list is to identify the most promising entrepreneurial opportunities and investments in the Northeast region’s technology industry.”For the first annual elite Northeast 100 list we surveyed more than 500 venture investors, investment bankers, and technology insiders, who nominated hundreds of companies to determine the Northeast 100 winners,” said Tony Perkins, Founder and Editor, AlwaysOn Network. “Each of the Northeast 100 winners had to demonstrate leadership among their peers in the following areas: innovation, market opportunity, commercialization, media buzz, and stakeholder value creation. We congratulate them all on this great honor!”Mobicious, Inc. offers innovative mobile services and operates two direct- to-consumer media properties: Mobicious.com and SnapMyLife.com. Mobicious.com, the largest mobile content directory in the United States, boasts over 400,000 items of free and premium mobile content. SnapMyLife.com, a mobile social media site, which enables people to instantly share photos taken with their mobile phones, has grown rapidly since its stealth introduction in December 2007. Today the site receives over 1,000 new registrations per day; attracting over 500,000 monthly unique mobile viewers, from over 180 countries; and serving over 4 million page views per month.A full list of all the AlwaysOn Northeast 100 Top Private Companies can be found on the AlwaysOn Web site at .”We are honored to be recognized by AlwaysOn,” said George Grey, CEO and founder, Mobicious. “The Northeast is a hotbed for technology innovation. We are privileged to be launching a company in an area filled with so many industry leaders.”About The AlwaysOn Venture Summit EastVenture Summit East is a two-day gathering that highlights the significant economic, political and technology trends impacting the global growth investor. Venture Summit East features the most influential institutional investors, venture capitalists, corporate buyers, investment bankers and research analysts in the Eastern US in keynote presentations and panel debates. The goal of Venture Summit East is to match growth-company buyers and sellers and identify the most promising innovation-driven, growth investment opportunities.About MobiciousMobicious, Inc. offers innovative mobile services and operates two direct- to-consumer media properties: Mobicious.com and SnapMyLife.com. Mobicious (), the largest mobile content directory in the United States, is the best place for people to find everything for their mobile phones. In one place, consumers can find the latest popular music and videos, trustworthy places to buy ringtones, images, and games, and create their own ringtones and wallpapers. SnapMyLife () is a mobile social media site that enables people to instantly share photos taken with their mobile phones. SnapMyLife is optimized for viewing and sharing directly from the mobile and uses sophisticated filtering technology to ensure a great experience for a wide range of audiences and advertisers. Mobicious, Inc. is venture-backed and headquartered in Needham, Massachusetts.About AlwaysOnAlwaysOn ignited the open-media revolution in early 2003 by being the first media brand to launch a global blog network. In 2004, AlwaysOn continued to lead the media industry in innovation by introducing a social network where members can connect and engage. AlwaysOn is also revolutionizing the media business by applying its open-media principles to its executive event series (Stanford Summit, AlwaysOn Hollywood, AlwaysOn Media and GoingGreen) and quarterly print “blogozine” by empowering its members to post and share their ideas and meet each other online. As our loyal readers know, AlwaysOn is committed to the free-market, merit-driven approach to reporting and event programming. No other media brand has dared to create such open interaction with its readers and event participants. Mobicious, Inc.

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NEW YORK, March 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — TechWeb’s Internet Evolution, a Web 2.0 site dedicated to investigating the future of the Internet, today unveiled a landmark research report on peer-to-peer filters (P2P), which outlines the essential functions to ensure the continued expansion of the Internet, and concludes that most of the current generation of filters are ineffective for meeting today’s challenges. Produced by EANTC (European Advanced Networking Test Center), the report titled “Peer-to-Peer Filters: Ready for Internet Prime Time?” is available at . Although this was research targeted to the more than two dozen product vendors, including established players and market leaders, only two vendors — U.S.-based Arbor/Ellacoya and German-based Ipoque — agreed to release their results publicly.P2P filtering products provide two critical functions: They assist ISPs that primarily care about network capacity, and entertainment companies that would like to prevent the exchange of copyrighted content. Both the Arbor/Ellacoya E30 and Ipoque PRX-5G devices showed excellent performance and very good P2P detection and regulation capabilities. However, neither solution achieved perfect detection across the entire range of popular P2P protocols. According to the research, the effective solution will be a new generation of filters that control and reduce the amount of Internet P2P file-sharing traffic.”It’s quite clear that most vendors are still in an early phase of product deployment and their products have limited scale and functions. Based on the response to the test, both ISPs and the music industry will have to wait awhile before the carrier-class P2P tools that can meet their needs are widely available,” said Stephen Saunders, Internet Evolution creator and blogger. “Internet Evolution’s objective is to bring awareness to key issues that are guiding the future of the Internet. We will tackle other critical issues through in-depth and comprehensive analysis of the Internet.”"ISPs often use trial and error methods to determine the efficiency of P2P filters today; our goal was to eliminate uncertainty in this area,” said Carsten Rossenhoevel, managing director of EANTC. “We discovered significant disparities between vendors’ marketing collateral and what their products are actually capable of. None of the devices we tested were able to satisfy the media industry’s demands to block individual copyright infringements. Three vendors vetoed publication because of problems with their results.”About Internet EvolutionInternet Evolution hosts more than 100 world-famous Internet experts - such as Kevin Mitnick, once the most-wanted computer hacker in the world; Dr. Lawrence Roberts, inventor of packet switching, and one of the world’s foremost authorities on telecom network architectures; Jack Uldrich, futurist, scholar, and author; Craig Newmark, the founder of Craigslist.com; David Weinberger, technologist and co-author of The Cluetrain Manifesto; Howard Schmidt, former White House cybersecurity adviser; and Norman J. Ornstein, political scientist and a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) — all of whom are addressing today’s critical socio-economic issues within its ThinkerNet blogosphere. Internet Evolution also offers broadcast-quality broadband video documentaries and interviews; investigative reports; and user-generated content facilitated via the latest Web 2.0 technology.About TechWeb (formerly CMP)TechWeb, the global leader in business technology media, is an innovative business focused on serving the needs of technology decision-makers and marketers worldwide. TechWeb produces the most respected and consumed media brands in the business technology market. Today, more than 10 million business technology professionals actively engage with and rely on our global face-to- face events, including Interop, Web 2.0, Black Hat, and VoiceCon; online resources such as the TechWeb Network, Light Reading, Intelligent Enterprise, InformationWeek.com, bMighty.com, and The Financial Technology Network; and the market-leading, award-winning InformationWeek, Wall Street & Technology, TechNet, and MSDN magazines. TechWeb also provides end-to-end services ranging from next-generation performance marketing, custom media, research, and analyst services. TechWeb is a division of United Business Media (), a global provider of news distribution and specialist information services with a market capitalization of more than $2.5 billion. Contact Amy Averbook TechWeb’s Internet Evolution (212) 925-0020 x112TechWeb

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PORTLAND, Maine, March 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — FairPoint Communications, Inc. today announced it has reached tentative agreements with the T-9 Council of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) and Communications Workers of America (CWA), the two unions representing the approximately 2,500 employees who will be continuing employment after FairPoint’s acquisition of Verizon Communications’ landline and certain related operations in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. The transaction is expected to close on March 31, 2008.All parties involved in the negotiations were able to come to acceptable terms on a number of key provisions, including wage and pension increases for active employees, healthcare benefits for active employees and retirees, and 401(k) improvements.”We are pleased we have reached an agreement with the IBEW and CWA because of the crucial role the employees represented by these organizations play in providing excellent customer service. This agreement lays the foundation for good relationships going forward. We’re looking forward to closing the transaction and welcoming these employees into the FairPoint family,” said Peter Nixon, president of FairPoint Communications.”This long-term agreement is a big step in alleviating the apprehension of our membership in changing companies. Now that this is out of the way, we can concentrate on making the transition in the three northern states as seamless as possible for our customers,” said Peter McLaughlin, chairman of IBEW SCT-9.”CWA is very pleased with the agreement we’ve been able to work out with FairPoint,” said Chris Shelton, District 1 vice president. “We know the members we represent are the best in the world at what they do. With their experience and expertise and FairPoint’s commitment to improving service to Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, the future looks bright for telecommunication in northern New England.”Both agreements are subject to ratification by the respective union’s membership.About FairPointFairPoint Communications, Inc. is an industry leading provider of communications services to rural and small urban communities across the country. Today, FairPoint owns and operates 30 local exchange companies in 18 states offering advanced communications with a personal touch including local and long distance voice, data, Internet, television and broadband services. FairPoint is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol FRP. Learn more at .This press release may contain forward-looking statements by FairPoint that are not based on historical fact, including, without limitation, statements containing the words “expects,”"anticipates,”"intends,”"plans,”"believes,”"seeks,”"estimates” and similar expressions and statements. Because these forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, there are important factors that could cause actual results, events or developments to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Such factors include those risks described from time to time in FairPoint’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (”SEC”), including, without limitation, the risks described in FairPoint’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K on file with the SEC. These factors should be considered carefully and readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. All information is current as of the date this press release is issued, and FairPoint undertakes no duty to update this information.FairPoint has filed, and the SEC has declared effective, a registration statement in connection with the proposed merger. FairPoint urges investors to read this document and other materials filed and to be filed by FairPoint relating to the proposed merger because they contain and will contain important information. Investors can obtain copies of the registration statement, as well as other filed documents containing information about FairPoint and the proposed merger, at , the SEC’s website. Investors may also obtain free copies of these documents and FairPoint’s other SEC filings at under the Investor Relations section, or by written request to FairPoint Communications, Inc., 521 E. Morehead Street, Suite 250, Charlotte, NC 28202, Attention: Investor Relations.This communication shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. No offering of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Investor Contact: Brett Ellis (866) 377-3747 Media Contact: Rose B. Cummings (704) 602-7304FairPoint Communications, Inc.

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