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CRANBERRY, Pa., July 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Penn Telecom, Inc. (PTI) today announced that it has completed deployment of an advanced broadband communications platform to serve PNC Park and the media attendees covering Major League Baseball's All-Star Game in Pittsburgh, PA on July 11th. "The volume of communications traffic generated by the coverage of an All- Star Game simply overwhelms the standard telecom facilities of a major league ballpark," said Penn Telecom's president, Frank Macefe. "In this era of instant global communications and rich-media content, the demand for additional network connectivity to support an All-Star game requires a rapid- deployment broadband solution. It was for precisely this sort of requirement that Penn Telecom designed and built its high performance network." The backbone of the communications solution for the All-Star Game is a fiber optic cable connecting PNC Park to Penn Telecom's optical broadband network. The fiber access facility will deliver 2.5 Gigabits per second of bandwidth capacity to several hundred voice and broadband communications lines serving the working media who will cover the July 7th-11th event. Major League Baseball (MLB) and the host Pittsburgh Pirates expect nearly 500 electronic and print media members to descend upon the city for the 77th edition of MLB's "Mid-Summer Classic." Penn Telecom believes it is the first regional, competitive telecommunications provider to supply the entire communications infrastructure for a sporting event with global exposure. Among the broadcast entities utilizing PTI communication services are FOX Sports, ESPN, and Major League Baseball International, along with radio and television media from Japan, Canada, and Latin America. About Penn Telecom, Inc. Penn Telecom is the competitive carrier business of North Pittsburgh Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:NPSI), a corporation whose other holdings include North Pittsburgh Telephone Company and Nauticom Internet Services. As a Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC), a Competitive Access Provider (CAP) and an Inter-exchange Carrier (IXC), Penn Telecom offers choice in local, broadband and long-distance communications to businesses and organizations throughout Western Pennsylvania. Established in 1979 as an interconnect that sold business communication systems equipment, Penn Telecom today is focused on next-generation broadband communication services delivery. With some 7,000 customers, PTI is the chosen telecommunications partner for many of the largest and most communications-intensive users in the Pittsburgh area. For more information, please visit http://www.penntele.com/ or call 1-800-449-SAVE. DATASOURCE: Penn Telecom, Inc. CONTACT: Rich Kushner, Marketing Operations of Penn Telecom, Inc., +1-724-778-9585, or Web site: http://www.penntele.com/

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