WASHINGTON, D.C. August 1, 2013 – Cogent Communications Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: CCOI) today announced that Ernest Ortega has been hired as Vice President of Global Sales and Chief Revenue Officer.

"Ernie is a great addition to our senior team and we know his experience in the industry will contribute to further sales growth," said Dave Schaeffer, Cogent's Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors.

Prior to joining Cogent, Mr. Ortega served as Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing at XO Communications where he had been employed since 2003.

About Cogent Communications

Cogent Communications (NASDAQ: CCOI) is a multinational, Tier 1 facilities-based ISP, consistently ranked as one of the top five Internet backbone networks in the world. Cogent specializes in providing businesses with high speed Internet access, Ethernet transport and colocation services. Cogent's facilities-based, all-optical IP network provides services in over 180 markets globally.

Since its inception, Cogent has unleashed the benefits of IP technology, building one of the largest and highest capacity IP networks in the world. This network enables Cogent to offer large bandwidth connections at highly competitive prices. Cogent also offers superior customer support by virtue of its end-to-end control of service delivery and network monitoring.

Cogent Communications is headquartered at 1015 31st Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20007. For more information, visit www.cogentco.com. Cogent Communications can be reached in the United States at (202) 295-4200 or via email at Esta dirección de correo electrónico está siendo protegida contra los robots de spam. Necesita tener JavaScript habilitado para poder verlo..

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