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May 24, 2005
Hawaiian Telcom Residential High-Speed Internet Customers can Receive Internet Security Services at No Cost

Hawaiian Telcom, the state’s leading telecommunications provider, has partnered with Santa Clara-based McAfee, Inc. to provide a package of valuable Internet security features for its residential high-speed Internet customers at no additional cost. McAfee (www.mcafee.com) is the market leader in intrusion prevention for Internet security for homes, businesses and government.

All current and new Hawaiian Telcom residential high-speed Internet customers can opt to receive a suite of McAfee Internet security features, including antivirus protection, firewall, spam and pop-up protection, parental controls, and spyware software. This security enhancement, a $69.99 value, is available at no additional cost to customers.

“Hawaiian Telcom is pleased to provide this host of security features to our customers in keeping with our commitment to provide the best value in high-speed Internet,” said Lester Chu, Hawaiian Telcom’s vice president – strategy and business development.

Existing Hawaiian Telcom High-Speed Internet customers will be notified of this offer in the next few days via a letter with instructions on how they can sign up online by July 15th. Current customers who do not receive a letter by the end of the month should call Hawaiian Telcom’s customer sales department at 643-3456 (toll-free in Hawai'i) to receive their personal promotion code for the McAfee enhancement. To order Hawaiian Telcom High-Speed Internet, customers can call 643-3456 or visit one of Hawaiian Telcom’s nine retail stores. Hawaiian Telcom’s best-selling high-speed Internet package offers maximum speeds of up to 3 Mb (downstream) / 768K (upstream) and a monthly rate of $29.95 with a one-year contract.

About McAfee
McAfee, Inc., (NYSE: MFE) headquartered in Santa Clara, California creates best-of-breed computer security solutions that prevent intrusions on networks and protect computer systems from the next generation of blended attacks and threats.

About Hawaiian Telcom
Hawaiian Telcom is the state’s leading telecommunications provider, offering a wide spectrum of telecommunications products and services, which include local and long distance service, high-speed Internet, wireless services, and print directory and Internet directory services.