Allegheny Power, Hagerstown, MD, and Hyperion Telecommunications, Coudersport, PA, have entered

Allegheny Power, Hagerstown, MD, and Hyperion Telecommunications, Coudersport, PA, have entered into a partnership to provide competitive telephone services. Allegheny Power will build fiber-optic networks for Hyperion through its affiliate, Allegheny Communications Connect Inc., which will partner with Hyperion in most or all of the contemplated networks. The partnership, Allegheny Hyperion Telecommunications llc, expects to provide high-capacity dedicated telecommunications services between business and commercial locations; services connecting business locations with long-distance carriers; and local telephone service. The networks will consist of a series of self-healing rings, and services will be provided via sonet equipment.