ARDENT COMMUNICATIONS STOCK SYMBOL CHANGED
TO ARDT
WASHINGTON - July 30, 2001
-- Ardent Communications, Inc.(SM) (OTCBB: ARDT),
a provider of broadband access and bundled data
services to businesses, hotels and public spaces
nationwide, today announced that, effective
immediately, its common stock will now be traded
under the trading symbol ARDT.
The change reflects shareholder approval of
a name change for the Company from CAIS Internet,
Inc. to Ardent Communications, Inc., at its
annual meeting on July 26th 2001. Prior to this
change in stock symbol, the Company's stock
was traded under the symbol CAIS.
For more information on Ardent Communications,
please visit www.ardentcomm.com
or call 800-270-0000.
Ardent Communications, Inc. (OTCBB: ARDT) is
a nationwide supplier of broadband Internet
access solutions and provides price competitive
high speed Internet services to businesses in
29 Points of Presence (serving 38 metro areas)
across the nation utilizing a tier-one, nationwide
Internet network. The Company offers always-on,
broadband Internet access to its customers through
its digital subscriber line (DSL) service, and
through T-1, DS-3 and other bandwidth connections
in major metropolitan areas throughout the U.S.
Additionally, the Company provides bundled data
services including Web hosting, colocation services
and other value added managed data services.
Finally, the Company also provides service to
certain hotel properties utilizing installed
high speed Internet service and business centers.
The Company uses its unmanned business centers
and Internet kiosks to deliver broadband Internet
access and content to hotels and public venues,
such as airports, retail centers, and cruise
ships.
Ardent Communications, Inc. is headquartered
in Arlington, VA. and operates a coast-to-coast
OC-12 clear-channel network, and peers with
public and private partners, and at national
exchange points.
This release contains statements
relating to Ardent's future expectations and
business strategies or other "forward-looking"
information. Those statements are subject to
known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other
factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those contemplated by the statements.
Important factors that may cause actual results
to differ from projections include, among others:
changes in business and market conditions; changes
in the Internet services industry and the general
economy; our limited operating history; our
ability to manage rapid growth; our ability
to enter into joint ventures and other strategic
relationships with companies on terms acceptable
to us; access to additional capital; and the
impact of computer and related problems that
may arise from our operations.
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CONTACT:
Ardent Communications
Peter Benedict
703/247-6328
p.benedict@ardentcomm.com
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