SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report November 21, 2000
(Date of earliest event reported) (November 14, 2000)
CTC COMMUNICATIONS GROUP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 0-27505 04-3469590
(State or other jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
220 Bear Hill Rd., Waltham, Massachusetts 02451
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(781) 466-8080
(Registrant's telephone number including area code)
(Former name or former address if changed since last report)
Item 5. Other Events
(a) On November 21, 2000, the Registrant issued the following press release:
CTC Obtains Signaling System Seven (SS7) Certification for Western
Massachusetts
WALTHAM, Mass November 21, 2000-- CTC Communications Group Inc. (NASDAQ:
CPTL)--a rapidly expanding provider of state-of-the-art integrated
communications solutions for medium-to-large enterprises--today announced
that the Company has obtained Signaling System 7 (SS7) Certification for the
Western LATA of Massachusetts representing another major advance in the
Company's schedule to provide local voice services on its packet-based
PowerPath(sm) Network by year-end 2000.
CTC's SS7 Certification permits the Company to participate in the worldwide
voice networking arena. The Company's local and long distance voice customers
in Western Massachusetts, when placed on-net, can place and receive voice
calls to and from any customer served by any carrier in the world.
SS7 Certification is required for each geographic area (LATA) in which CTC
offers local voice services to its customers. The Company is on schedule to
obtain these Certifications throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic States
as it progressively introduces local voice services during 2001
"This is a critical milestone in our schedule to provide local voice services
on our PowerPath(sm) Network" reported Steve McGrath, CTC's Engineering
Director for Next Generation Network Services. "SS7 Certification confirms
our ability to "talk to" any other voice network in the world, but more
importantly, proves the integration and inter-operability of the core
signaling components of our packet-based infrastructure; our Telcordia Call
Agent softswitch and the Illuminet SS7 network. We remain on schedule to have
Western Massachusetts customers utilizing the PowerPath(sm) Network for local
voice services by the end of this year. Our CTC team is excited and energized
in regard to what this local voice effort means to our Industry and the
Marketplace."
About CTC Communications
CTC is a rapidly growing Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC) utilizing
a next generation communications network that allows it to converge voice,
data, Internet and video services. Today, the Company serves medium and
larger business customers from Virginia to Maine, which includes the most
robust telecommunications region in the world-the Washington D.C. to Boston
corridor. CTC was managing more than 407,000 access lines as of September 30,
2000.
The Company's Cisco Powered IP+ATM packet network and its 450 member sales
and service teams, provide contiguous marketing and technology coverage
throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic States. The Company, through its
dedicated commitment to exceptional customer service has achieved an
industry-leading market share and an industry-leading line retention rate in
excess of 99 percent. CTC can be found on the worldwide web at
www.ctcnet.com.
The statements in this press release that relate to future plans, events or
performance are forward-looking statements that involve risk and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those
reflected in the forward-looking statements including the ability of the
Company to provide local voice services on its packet-based PowerPathSM
Network. Readers are, accordingly, cautioned not to place undue reliance on
these forward-looking statements. Additional information about these risks
and uncertainties is set forth in the Company's most recent report on Forms
10-K and 10Q. CTC undertakes no obligation to release publicly the results of
any revisions to these forward-looking statements that may be made to reflect
results, events or circumstances after the date hereof.
Contact: John Dinsmore Alan Russell
Feldman Communications Inc. CTC Communications
410-571-8900 (t) 781-522-8731 (t)
JDFelCom@aol.com (e) arussell@ctcnet.com
www.FeldmanCommunications.com www.ctcnet.com
(b) On November 14, 2000, the Registrant issued the following press release:
- --CTC Prepares for Future Data Center with Scaled down Center Providing
Web-Hosting and Collocation Services--
WALTHAM, MA, November 14, 2000-CTC Communications Group (NASDAQ NM: CPTL)- a
rapidly growing Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC) today announced the
opening of its first of two data centers as the Company enhances its network
offerings with web-hosting and collocation services.
CTC is now offering web-hosting services to medium and larger businesses out
of the Company's first data center located in Springfield, Massachusetts, a
scaled down version of the 75,000 square foot facility to be completed in
Waltham, Massachusetts in mid 2001. Services offered at the Springfield
center consist of shared and dedicated servers for web-hosting, as well as
collocation services for medium and larger business customers. The Company
will be offering these services to a limited group of customers until
December 1, 2000 when it begins full commercial rollout.
"This new facility is a great training ground for providing data center
services and will provide us with the opportunity to accumulate the
experience that will be essential when we open our full scale e-business data
center. Many businesses today are unable to maintain the resources that are
necessary to have a secure and redundant web-hosting strategy. Our data
center solutions give medium and larger businesses a flexible, cost
effective, and highly reliable alternative to doing it in house," stated
Robert Fabbricatore, Chairman and CEO. "These hosting and collocation
services are a continuation of our strategy to develop customer-centric
services that can utilize the power of our IP+ATM PowerPath(sm) Network."
CTC's Data Center Highlights
"A Class 5 Facility"
* Professional Services Available from Design to Implementation
* Redundant, Secure Firewalls
* Multiple Tier 1 Internet Access Nodes
* Access via CTC's Redundant PowerPath(sm) Network
* Redundant Routers
* Redundant Power Backup
* 24x7 Network Monitoring
* Server Backup and Mirroring Available
* Secure Facility with Card Access and Video Surveillance
CTC's main e-business data center, in Waltham, Massachusetts, is scheduled to
be operational in Q2 2001 and will be available for full production mode
after Q2 2001. The Waltham e-business center will be another class 5 facility
to be utilized for web-hosting, off-site data storage, Portals, management
services and other applications that take advantage of the Company's
broadband PowerPath(sm) Network.
About CTC Communications
CTC is a rapidly growing Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC) utilizing
a next generation communications network that allows it to converge voice,
data, Internet and video services. Today, the Company serves medium and
larger business customers from Virginia to Maine, which includes the most
robust telecommunications region in the world-the Washington D.C. to Boston
corridor. CTC was managing more than 407,000 access lines as of September 30,
2000.
The Company's Cisco Powered IP+ATM packet network and its 450 member sales
and service teams, provide contiguous marketing and technology coverage
throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic States. The Company, through its
dedicated commitment to exceptional customer service has achieved an
industry-leading market share and an industry-leading line retention rate in
excess of 99 percent. CTC can be found on the worldwide web at
www.ctcnet.com.
The statements in this press release that relate to future plans, events or
performance are forward-looking statements that involve risk and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those
reflected in the forward-looking statements including the demand for web
hosting and collocation services and the Company's future data center.
Readers are, accordingly, cautioned not to place undue reliance on these
forward-looking statements. Additional information about these risks and
uncertainties is set forth in the Company's most recent report on Forms 10-K
and 10Q. CTC undertakes no obligation to release publicly the results of any
revisions to these forward-looking statements that may be made to reflect
results, events or circumstances after the date hereof.
Contact: John Dinsmore Alan Russell
Feldman Communications Inc. CTC Communications
410-571-8900 (t) 781-522-8731 (t)
JDFelCom@aol.com (e) arussell@ctcnet.com
www.FeldmanCommunications.com www.ctcnet.com
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
CTC COMMUNICATIONS GROUP, INC.
By: /s/ John D. Pittenger
John D. Pittenger,
Executive Vice President, Finance and Administration
Dated: November 21, 2000