• Cleartel Communications, a long distance and operator services company, appointed Stephen R. Roberts as president. Judy Cronin was also appointed as vice president of sales.

  Cleartel also announced the appointments of Chris Murphy to director of Operator Services Sales, and Terri Peck to director of finance and administration.
  
  

• Arbinet Communications announced that Rachelle Rees McCarthy, a 14-year veteran of AT&T, has joined the company as chief operating officer. McCarthy will manage the daily operations of the company to ensure the continued market leadership of the Arbinet Global Clearing Network (AGCN), which helped propel the company to record growth and revenues last year.
  
  
• Edward T. Kennedy recently joined Cosmobridge Alliance Group, a San Jose, CA-based Internet telephony hardware, software, and service provider, as vice president of worldwide marketing and business development. Kennedy was formerly president of Entree.net, a consulting firm that advises Internet, software and telecommunications companies worldwide.
  
  
• RSL Communications, Ltd. announced the appointment of Mark Hirschhorn as chief financial officer of Delta Three, Inc., the company's Internet telephony subsidiary.
  
  RSL also announced that Jim Magrone has been appointed to the position of vice president, investor relations and treasury of RSL Communications.
  
  
• Sun Microsystems, Inc. and America Online, Inc. announced that Sun executive Mark Tolliver will serve as president and general manager of their strategic alliance to provide easy-to-deploy, end-to-end enterprise and e-commerce solutions to business partners and other companies.

  In addition, Barry Ariko, AOL's new senior vice president, Netscape Enterprise Group, and formerly Netscape's executive vice president and chief operating officer, will also hold the title of executive vice president and deputy general manager of the strategic alliance.
  
  Steve Savignano, AOL's new senior vice president, Netscape Enterprise Group, and formerly Netscape's senior vice president and general manager for its E-commerce Applications Products division, and Stuart Wells, Sun's vice president for its Network Software Group, were also given the titles of senior vice presidents of the strategic alliance.
  
  

• Molloy Group, Inc., a developer and marketer of knowledge management software for customer service call centers and help desk operations, has appointed Richard K. Freed as vice president of enterprise services. In this role, Freed manages the Professional Services and Customer Support operations of Molloy Group.
  
  
• NETRIX Corporation, a supplier of voice and data networking products, announced the appointment of Steven T. Francesco as chairman of its board of directors.
  
  Additionally, John Faccibene, managing director, Americas, at iXnet was named a director. These appointments are the result of NETRIX's initiative to expand board membership to include senior executives who have significant telecommunications and investor community experience and contacts.
  
  
• TotalTel Communications USA, Inc.made a strategic move into new service markets with the hiring of Dennis J. Spina as president. Spina will lead the company into the Internet and local telephone service markets. He joins TotalTel from RCN, a regional facility-based provider of voice, video, and data services, which last year acquired Erols Internet, Inc. where Spina was chairman and chief executive officer. Following the acquisition, Spina was named vice chairman and president of Internet services for RCN.
  
  
• Mustang Software, Inc. announced that former NASD chairman Phillip E. Pearce and industry executives Michael D. Greenbaum and Anthony P. Mazzarella have joined its board of directors. These individuals will serve as outside directors of Mustang along with Stanley A. Hirschman and Michael S. Noling, who have served as members of Mustang's board of directors since 1995. James A. Harrer, Mustang's president and chief executive officer will complete Mustang's board of directors. Hirschman will assume additional duties as chairman of the board.

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