Exhibit 99.1


PRIMUS Plans $250 Million Private Placement of Convertible Debt

McLEAN, Va., Feb. 11 -- PRIMUS Telecommunications Group,
Incorporated (Nasdaq:PRTL) announced today that it anticipates offering
$250,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of covertible subordinated debentures
due 2007 in a private placement transaction. The debentures will be convertible
into PRIMUS common stock. The net proceeds from the offering, after payment of
selling commissions and discounts, and other expenses of the offering, are
expected to be used to fund capital expenditures to expand and develop the
Company's global ATM+IP broadband network and for other permitted corporate
purposes, including potential future acquisitions.

The convertible subordinated debentures anticipated to be offered and sold will
not be registered under the Securities Act of 1933 and may not be offered or
sold in the United States absent such registration or an applicable exemption
from such registration requirements.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of
an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of the convertible debentures in
any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful
prior to registration or qualification under applicable securities laws, or
absent the availability of an exemption from such registration or qualification
requirements.