WORLDCOM AND DIGEX TEAM TO DELIVER EXPANDED GLOBAL WEB HOSTING CAPABILITIES

WorldCom extends e-business offerings to include high-end managed hosting; Digex to enhance hosting services by utilizing WorldCom's global IP network and sales force Clinton, Mississippi and Beltsville, Maryland, November 13, 2000 - WorldCom (Nasdaq: WCOM), the preeminent global communications company for the digital generation, announced today immediate U.S. availability of an expanded global Web hosting product suite to include high-end managed hosting services through a recently signed deal with Digex, Incorporated (Nasdaq: DIGX). In addition, complex-hosting leader Digex will connect its Internet data centers to the WorldCom global IP network and will utilize WorldCom's sales force to enhance its global presence.

The agreement, which closely follows WorldCom's recent announcement of its intent to acquire Intermedia and a controlling stake in Digex, immediately enables WorldCom and Digex to meet the growing demand from customers for flexible, e-business solutions in today's digital economy. The expanded hosting product suite will be available immediately in the United States, by year's end in Europe and by early, 2001 in Asia Pacific. WorldCom's customers will now have access to an unparalleled range of Web, application and engineering professional services while Digex will offer customers higher availability, higher performance hosting services around the world.

"Just 60 days after the Intermedia merger agreement announcement, WorldCom and Digex have completed a comprehensive go-to-market arrangement and the WorldCom sales teams are primed to provide world-class, high-end managed hosting solutions to our customers that complement our existing product portfolio," said Ron McMurtrie, VP, E-Business, WorldCom. "This agreement greatly accelerates the many benefits our customers can expect with the completion of the Intermedia acquisition and its majority ownership of Digex."

"We are thrilled to work in step with WorldCom to bring complex managed hosting services to its expansive customer base," said Todd Carlson, Sr. VP, Business Operations, Digex. "Our go-to-market strategy will serve to expand into new markets for managed hosting, aided by the tremendous sales power that WorldCom brings to the table. Additionally, we expect Digex's use of the powerful WorldCom global IP network to add a new level of performance and stability to our Digex hosting services that will enable us to extend our innovative services going forward."

Web Hosting Market
According to International Data Corporation (IDC), the Web hosting services market will grow by a factor of 10 between year-end 2000 and year-end 2003 to reach $18.9 billion by 2003 with an estimated 50 percent of the revenues forecast to come from managed hosting.

"Web hosting occupies a central position in the new digital economy as companies look to outsource the management of their mission-critical Web sites," said IDC Web Hosting Analyst Melanie Posey. "The arrangement between Digex and WorldCom is one example of how the market is evolving quickly to meet the demands of today's enterprise, dot.com and ASP customers. This arrangement also highlights the speed with which WorldCom and Digex are moving to create solutions to support their respective customers. Hosting providers must move aggressively in the managed solutions space or risk eventually being left behind."

WorldCom's Expanded Breadth of Hosting Services
As the only provider to offer a complete spectrum of high-performance Web hosting solutions for enterprise, dot.com and ASP customers, WorldCom's expanded offerings include Digex's professional engineering services, e-commerce solutions and its high-end, fully managed NT and UNIX e-platform hosting services. All Digex offerings are pre-engineered to deliver flexible, dependable and highly scalable Web hosting solutions that are backed by industry-leading service level agreements (SLAs) and highly skilled, dedicated customer service and support representatives, 24 x 7, 365 days per year.

The company's comprehensive managed hosting services include: site architecture and configuration; migration planning; capacity planning; leased hardware and software; implementation services; server monitoring; backup and recovery; traffic and Web site reporting; performance testing; security management including firewalls, security scanning and site vulnerability assessment; managed storage; disaster recovery; and help-desk support among other value-added functions.

At the core of Digex's managed NT and UNIX server solutions is the company's SmartServices (SM) product suite, the next generation of bundled, value-added managed hosting solutions that include hosting, security, reporting, administration, monitoring and back-up, all for a single monthly fee.

This new unified suite of global managed Web hosting products complements WorldCom's existing set of colocation, shared and dedicated hosting services that run over the company's award-winning global IP network and through its data centers located throughout the United States, Europe and Asia Pacific. In early 2001, the company will complete its $1.2 billion build-out of its global data center footprint. The WorldCom Web hosting and e-business offerings are also available and easily integrated with other WorldCom data networking services including Internet Protocol (IP) access, Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), security and legacy networking services.

Digex Links SmartCentersSM to WorldCom's IP Network
In mid-November, Digex will transition and upgrade its data center connectivity to WorldCom's Internet network that runs through North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Australia with over 2,500 Points of Presence (PoPs). Digex will connect each of its five SmartCenter data centers to the WorldCom global IP network with redundant links at each facility and plans to upgrade its data center connectivity to OC-48 by mid-2001. Digex customers will benefit from enhanced content delivery, a more robust network infrastructure, faster traffic "hand-off" and access to new network technologies.

NOTE TO MEDIA: WorldCom and Digex will conduct a media call at 1:00 p.m. EST until 2:00 p.m. today. For those in the U.S., please call 1-877-918-3039, passcode 2522. International callers may join by dialing 1-630-395-0023, passcode 2522.

Forward Looking Statements
Statements contained in this news release regarding expected financial results and other planned events are forward-looking statements, subject to uncertainties and risks, including, but not limited to, the demand for WorldCom's or Digex's services and the ability of WorldCom or Digex to successfully implement its strategies, each of which may be impacted, among other things, by economic, competitive or technological conditions. These and other applicable risks are summarized under the caption "Risk Factors" in the Companies annual 10K filing, and are updated periodically through the filing of reports and registration statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

About WorldCom
WorldCom (NASDAQ: WCOM) is a preeminent global communications company for the digital generation, operating in more than 65 countries. Global revenues in 1999 were $37 billion, with more than $15 billion from high-growth data, Internet and international services. WorldCom provides the innovative technologies and services that are the foundation for business in the 21st century. For more information go to http://www.wcom.com

About Digex
Digex (NASDAQ: DIGX) is a leading provider of managed Web and application hosting services for some of the world's leading companies that rely on the Internet as a critical business tool. Digex customers, from mainstream enterprise corporations, Internet-based businesses and Application Service Providers (ASPs), leverage Digex services to deploy secure, scaleable, high performance business solutions, including electronic retailing, online financial services, online procurement and customer self-service applications. Digex also offers value-added enterprise and Professional services, including performance and security testing, monitoring, reporting and networking. For more information, see http://www.digex.com.