EXHIBIT 99.1


     [LOGO OF ICG COMMUNICATIONS, INC.]



     ICG Communications, Inc. Announces $200 Million Offering of Senior Discount
                        Notes and Exchangeable Preferred Stock

          ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Feb. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- ICG Communications, Inc.
     (AMEX:  ICG), today announced that ICG Holdings, Inc. ("Holdings"), a
     subsidiary of ICG, is offering approximately $100 million of Senior
     Discount Notes and $100 million of Exchangeable Preferred Stock.

          The Senior Discount Notes are ten-year notes maturing in the year
     2007, will pay no interest in cash for the first five years, and are
     guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by ICG.

          The Preferred Stock will be mandatorily redeemable in 2008, and is
     exchangeable prior to that time, at the option of Holdings, into Senior
     Subordinated Exchange Debentures which would be guaranteed on an unsecured
     basis by ICG.  Dividends on the Preferred Stock will be cumulative from the
     date of issuance and payable in cash or, at the option of Holdings, in
     additional shares of Preferred Stock for the first five years.

          Proceeds from the offering will be used for general corporate
     purposes, including funding the expansion of ICG's networks, which may
     include acquisitions, and to further improve its operating and financial
     flexibility over the near term.

          The Senior Discount Notes and Preferred Stock being offered will not
     be, and have not been, registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as
     amended, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent
     registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements.

          ICG is a leading national competitive local exchange carrier ("CLEC")
     publicly traded on the American Stock Exchange under the symbol "ICG."  The
     operations of ICG Communications, Inc. consist of Telecom Services provided
     primarily through ICG Telecom Group, Inc., Network Services provided
     primarily through ICG Fiber Optic Technologies, Inc. ("FOTI"), and
     Satellite Communications Services provided primarily through ICG Satellite
     Services, Inc.  ICG Telecom Group, Inc. is ICG's CLEC and enhanced services
     business.  ICG Fiber Optic Technologies, Inc. provides network integration
     and support services.  ICG Satellite Services, Inc., provides maritime
     telecommunications network and international end-to-end voice and data
     services, and operates VSAT (very small aperture terminal) private data
     networks.

     SOURCE  ICG Communications, Inc.
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          /CONTACT:  Media:  Tom Rafferty, 303-572-2094, or Investors:  Steve
     Smith, 303-575-6595 of ICG Communications/
          (ICG)

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