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It is acknowledged that the telecommunications Act and certain state regulatory initiatives provide substantial opportunities in the telecommunications marketplace by opening local markets to competition and requiring the traditional telephone companies to provide increased access to connect our network to theirs for exchanging data and voice traffic. In addition, accelerated growth rates in local traffic related to increased demand for Internet access, interoffice communications and other data service applications and the desire for "integrated solutions" by business customers presents an attractive opportunity for new entrants to achieve product differentiation and significant penetration into this very large market.

The two main segments of the telecommunications industry, voice and data services, continue to drive growth. The Yankee Group, a leading industry analyst, estimates that the voice services market in the United States is expected to be $281.5 billion in 2002, and data services market in the United States will grow from $22.3 billion in 1998 to $61.7 billion in 2002. This growth in the data services market represents a compounded annual growth rate of 29%. High-speed data services and Internet connectivity have become important to business due to the dramatic increase in Internet usage and the proliferation of personal of personal computer and IP-based applications. All major players are initially targeting markets with the largest population densities. Our primary focus will be to target the secondary and emerging market space. The secondary markets are desperate to participate in this growth and represent a significant business potential. Nevada has one of the largest growth rates in the nation.