First Communications, Inc. is a leading integrated telecommunications carrier in the Midwestern United States. Founded in 1998, First Communications has built a highly scalable telecommunications platform, infrastructure and support system, which represents a combination of world-class technology, and cutting-edge product offerings. First Communications' family of companies has over 214,000 customers and owns and operates network comprised on 4,500 route miles of fiber which offers industry leading low latency and long haul routes unique to most other carriers.

First Communications Inc family of companies is First Communications, LLC, Globalcom, Inc dba First Communications, Xtension Services, Inc and First Telecom Services, LLC. First Communications LLC is authorized to provide local, private line, and/or long distance services to both business and residential customers in 49 states and holds domestic and international Section 214 authorizations from the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”). Globalcom is a voice and data service provider primarily to small and medium sized business customers in the Chicagoland MSA. Xtension Services, Inc holds domestic and international Section 214 authorizations from the FCC and is authorized to provide long distance telecommunications services. First Telecom Services, LLC, a subsidiary of First Communications, is a telecommunications infrastructure development and management company which offers transport services over its own long haul fiber optic network.