MASTEC SELECTED TO BUILD 2,200 FIBER OPTIC MILES.

MasTec, Inc. (NYSE:MTZ), Miami, Fla., has been selected as the exclusive end-to-end fiber optic network engineering and installation service provider for a fiber optic network along 2,200 miles of Florida's Turnpike and interstate highways.

MasTec will provide infrastructure services for the multi-year project to Florida Fiber Networks, Inc. The planned network will be the nation's largest public/private fiber optic network. Florida Fiber Networks will deploy the fiber network along major limited access highways such as I-95, I-75, I-10, I-4, and Florida's Turnpike. The network will provide the State of Florida with a statewide fiber optic backbone to improve telecommunications services for governmental agencies, and a complementary network for commercial users that will increase competitiveness and expand the availability of bandwidth to residential, institutional, and business customers, particularly Florida's burgeoning high tech industry. The network will also help close the digital divide by offering lower cost Internet connections in rural areas. We are currently reviewing the scope of services to be provided in 2001 and 2002.

"We are excited about playing a role in bringing additional bandwidth to residents and businesses in our home state," said Joel-Tomas Citron, president and CEO.

MasTec is the largest end-to-end communications and energy infrastructure service provider in North America. MasTec www.mastec.com designs, builds, installs and maintains internal and external networks supporting the Internet, Internet-related applications, e-commerce and other communications and energy facilities for leading telecommunications, cable television, energy and Fortune 500 companies.

For more information, call 305-406-1866.

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