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EXHIBIT A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT

Settlement Agreement • September 7th, 2005 • Ontario

• Contract Type
  Settlement Agreement
• Filed
  September 7th, 2005
• Jurisdiction
  Ontario

This SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is entered into on September , 2005 (the “Closing Date”) by and among VarTec Telecom, Inc., a Texas corporation (“VTI”); VarTec Telecom Holding Company, a Delaware corporation (“VTHC”); VarTec Solutions, Inc. f/k/a eMeritus Communications, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“VSI” and together with VTI and VTHC, the “VarTec Entities”); Teleglobe Telecom Corporation f/k/a Excel Communications, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“TTC”); Teleglobe Holdings (U.S.) Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“THUSC,” and together with TTC, the “Teleglobe U.S. Entities”); Teleglobe USA Inc., a Delaware corporation (“TUSA”); Teleglobe Communications Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“TCC”); and Teleglobe Inc., a corporation governed by the Canadian Business Corporations Act (“TI” and together with the Teleglobe U.S. Entities, TUSA and TCC, the “Teleglobe Entities”). VTI, VTHC, VSI, TTC, THUSC, TUSA, TCC, and TI are sometimes individually referred to herein as a “P