Covad Strategy Chief Jim Kirkland Provides Keynote at GLOBALCOMM(TM) Master Class Event ``Telcos: Can't We All Just Get Along?''

Jim Kirkland, senior vice president for StrategicDevelopment and general counsel for Covad Communications Group, Inc.(AMEX:DVW), a leading national provider of integrated voice and datacommunications, today provided the keynote address for the latestinstallment of the GLOBALCOMM(TM) 2006 Master Class Series. Hispresentation, entitled "Telcos: Can't We All Just Get Along?"highlights Covad's experiences as both partner and competitor to othertelecommunications providers. The Master Class Series, sponsored byLight Reading magazine, provides a preview of the critical industryissues to be covered at GLOBALCOMM 2006, June 4-8 in Chicago.

Reflecting on his role at Covad, where he oversees strategicdevelopment and legal, regulatory and legislative affairs, Kirklandrecounted the challenges Covad has confronted and how Covadsuccessfully addressed them. Key themes that he discussed included:

-- Building a Sustainable Business -- Working with Partners and Going Solo

-- "Send Lawyers, Guns and Money" -- Dealing with Changes in the Regulatory Environment

-- Grappling with Technology -- Opportunities and Challenges in New Services, Products and Infrastructure

"In its decade of existence, Covad has had to continuously evolveits business to respond to changes in the regulatory and businessenvironment. This flexibility provides useful lessons for othernetwork operators and their potential partners and competitors," saidKirkland. "Covad is a pioneer and a survivor, and has exciting newopportunities for growth with a strong roster of partners andcompelling services, like VOIP, for its own customers. We continue toexplore new forms of convergence and the strategic alliances to makethe most of them."

Kirkland's views on competition and the industry are also shapedby his previous experiences at Clearwire Technologies, a broadbandwireless company, and Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and PopeoP.C. in Washington, D.C., where he worked with emerging-growthInternet, wireless, and telecommunications companies.

About Covad

Covad is a leading nationwide provider of integrated voice anddata communications. The company offers DSL, Voice Over IP, T1, Webhosting, managed security, IP and dial-up, wireless broadband, andbundled voice and data services directly through Covad's network andthrough Internet Service Providers, value-added resellers,telecommunications carriers and affinity groups to small andmedium-sized businesses and home users. Covad broadband services arecurrently available across the nation in 44 states and 235Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) and can be purchased by morethan 57 million homes and businesses, which represent over 50 percentof all US homes and businesses. Corporate headquarters is located at110 Rio Robles San Jose, CA 95134. Telephone: 1-888-GO-COVAD. WebSite: www.covad.com.