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EXHIBIT 99.2
[IXC LOGO] NEWS RELEASE
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IXC ELECTS CEO AND PRESIDENT JOHN ZRNO TO
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
AUSTIN, TX -- June 2, 1999 -- IXC Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:IIXC) today
announced that the company's newly appointed president and CEO, John Zrno, has
been elected to the Board of Directors.
Las week, Zrno was named successor to Benjamin Scott, president and CEO since
October of 1997. Scott remains as chairman of the board with Ralph J. Swett,
the company's founder, as vice-chairman.
Zrno is the former president and CEO, ALC Communications Corporation, and
former president and CEO, Cable & Wireless North America. Zrno has over
twenty-five years of telecommunications industry experience. He is a member of
the board of directors of Teleglobe, Inc., a large multi-national
telecommunications carrier. He has recently served as chairman of MIDCOM
Communications, Inc., and vice-chairman of Frontier Corporation. From 1988 to
1995, while serving as president and CEO of ALC, he brought ALC back from
its delisting on the NASDAQ to a successful merger with Frontier. Zrno's
career in telecommunications began with MCI Communications, where he served as
MCI's first treasurer.
IXC's network-based delivery solutions are designed to address the speed and
capacity requirements of the global communications market. IXC offerings
include private line, fast packet (ATM and frame relay), Internet and long
distance switched and dedicated services. IXC Communications, Inc. is at the
forefront of the industry's new class of emerging domestic and international
carriers. IXC is a publicly traded company listed on Nasdaq under the symbol
IIXC. For more information, visit IXC's Web site at www.ixc-comm.com.
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IXC Media Contact: IXC Investor Contact:
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Melissa Jackson Greta Wiechman
Senior Manager, Public Relations Director, Investor Relations
(512) 231-5247 (888) 267-9478
mjackson@ixc-comm.com gwiechman@ixc-comm.com