Largest Gathering of Safeguard Companies Ever Meet to Leverage Network Effect
STOCKTON, Calif., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Pac-West Telecomm, Inc.
(Nasdaq: PACW), a rapidly growing provider of integrated communications
services to Internet service providers (ISPs) and business customers in the
western U.S., today announced that it will make a presentation at the
Safeguard Scientifics partner conference that is being held November 5-7, 2000
in New York. Attendees will include Safeguard's 49 direct partner companies,
as well as more than 100 companies from Safeguard's private equity funds and
holding companies.
The conference will feature presentations from Harry Wallaesa, President
and COO of Safeguard, Rich Karlgaard, Publisher of Forbes, and Mohanbir
Sawhney, Professor of E-Commerce at Northwestern University. In addition to
Pac-West Telecomm, other presenting companies include Life F/X, Atlas
Commerce, TechSpace, ThinAirApps, Nextron and SOTAS, among others. Safeguard
develops and operates Internet infrastructure companies and integrates these
companies into a broader partner network of more than 300 companies.
Wally Griffin, Pac-West's President and CEO, said, "Pac-West is honored to
have been selected to speak at this year's partner conference. We have
benefited greatly from the support and guidance we have received from
Safeguard, and our ability to leverage the expertise and resources available
to us through Safeguard's vast network of partner companies."
Conference content will be broadcast live on Investor Broadcast Network at
http://www.vcall.com , as well as the Safeguard web site at http://www.safeguard.com , and
will be available for 30 days. An agenda and select presentations also will
be available on the Safeguard web site.
About Safeguard
Safeguard is a leader in identifying, developing and operating premier
technology companies in the Internet infrastructure market with a focus on
three sectors: software, communications, and eServices. Safeguard provides
value acceleration services to its partner companies and leverages its vast
network resources to their benefit as strategic partners, customers, test beds
and sales channels. The Safeguard network consists of 49 direct holdings and
an extended network of over 300 Internet-centric companies.
About Pac-West Telecomm
Founded in 1980, Pac-West Telecomm, Inc. (Nasdaq: PACW) is a rapidly
growing provider of integrated communications services throughout the western
U.S. Pac-West supplies Internet infrastructure and broadband services to
Internet service providers (ISPs), and integrated voice, data and Internet
services to small and medium-sized businesses. The company currently has
operations in California, Nevada, Washington, Colorado and Utah, and is
rapidly expanding its network into other western states. Pac-West is a
Safeguard Scientifics (NYSE: SFE) partner company. For more information,
please visit the company's web site at http://www.pacwest.com .
Forward-Looking Statements
The foregoing discussion contains forward-looking statements. The
Company's future performance is subject to numerous risks and uncertainties
that could cause actual results to deviate substantially from those discussed
in these forward-looking statements. Factors that could impact the
variability of future results include: successful execution of the Company's
expansion activities into new geographic markets on a timely and
cost-effective basis; the pace at which new competitors enter the company's
existing and planned markets; competitive responses of the Incumbent Local
Exchange Carriers; execution of interconnection agreements with Incumbent
Local Exchange Carriers on terms satisfactory to the Company; maintenance of
the Company's supply agreements for transmission facilities; continued
acceptance of the Company's services by new and existing customers; the
outcome of legal and regulatory proceedings regarding reciprocal compensation
for Internet-related calls and certain of the Company's product offerings; the
ability to attract and retain talented employees; and the Company's ability to
successfully access markets, install switching electronics, and obtain the use
of leased fiber transport facilities and any required governmental
authorizations, franchises and permits, all in a timely manner, at reasonable
costs and on satisfactory terms and conditions, as well as regulatory,
legislative and judicial developments that could cause actual results to
differ materially from the future results indicated, expressed or implied, in
such forward-looking statements. These and other factors are discussed in the
Company's Prospectus dated November 3, 1999, and in its Annual Report as of
December 31, 1999, on Form 10-K as filed with the SEC.
SOURCE Pac-West Telecomm, Inc.
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Related links:
http://www.pacwest.com
CONTACT:
Reid Cox, Director of Investor Relations of
Pac-West Telecomm, Inc., 209-926-3417, rcox@pacwest.com, or
General, Lisa Horn Chainey, or Media, Dawn Swidorski, both of The
Financial Relations Board, 415-986-1591
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