Exhibit 99.2

[LOGO OF PRIMUS TELECOMMUNICATIONS GROUP, INCORPORATED]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


Contact:
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Jordan Darrow
Vice President, Investor Relations
PRIMUS Telecommunications Group
(212) 703-0116


        PRIMUS RAISES $250 MILLION THROUGH DEBT OFFERING

     McLean, VA, October 15, 1999 -- PRIMUS Telecommunications Group,
Incorporated (Nasdaq: PRTL), a facilities-based global communications company
offering a portfolio of bundled international and domestic voice, data and
Internet services, announced today that it completed an offering of $250,000,000
in aggregate principal amount of 12 3/4% senior notes due October 15, 2009 in a
private placement pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933.

     The purpose of the offering is to fund capital expenditures to expand and
enhance its communications network, to fund operating losses, and for working
capital and other general corporate purposes, including possible acquisitions.

     The senior notes were not 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 the senior notes, nor shall there be any sale of
the senior notes 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.


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