MIAMI, Oct. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MasTec, Inc. (NYSE: MTZ) announced today that it has deployed more than 135 personnel and other resources to aid in the restoration of electric service to New Orleans and other areas in Louisiana affected by Hurricane Lili.

MasTec personnel from Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia began deploying last Wednesday at the request of Entergy Corporation, in anticipation of Hurricane Lili making landfall.

MasTec has a long history of providing electrical and telecommunications restoration services to communities affected by natural disasters such as hurricanes, ice storms and tornadoes, said Ismael Perera, Group President of Energy Services for MasTec. Our people were in Charleston and Charlotte after Hurricane Hugo in 1989, in Miami following Hurricane Andrew in 1992, and most recently all over North Carolina following Hurricane Floyd in 1999. Following these natural disasters, our technicians work extremely long hours under very hazardous conditions. We take great pride in being able to assist affected communities in restoring electrical service in a safe manner as quickly as possible.

MasTec is a leading end-to-end communications and energy infrastructure service provider in North America.  MasTec  www.mastec.com > designs, builds, installs and maintains internal and external networks for leading telecommunications, cable television, energy and Fortune 1000 companies.

This press release and any accompanying documents contain forward-looking statements, such as statements regarding MasTec's future growth and profitability, growth strategy, and anticipated trends in the industries and economies in which MasTec operates.  These forward-looking statements are based on MasTec's current expectations and are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties, and assumptions, including that our revenue may differ from that projected, that we may be further impacted by slowdowns in our clients' businesses or in the economy in general, our reserves for receivables may be inadequate and we may experience increased costs associated with realigning our business or may be unsuccessful in those efforts.  Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should the underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may differ significantly from results expressed or implied in any forward-looking statements made by MasTec in this press release.  These and other risks are detailed in this press release or documents filed by MasTec with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  MasTec does not undertake any obligation to revise these forward-looking statements to reflect future events or circumstances

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SOURCE  MasTec, Inc.

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/CONTACT:  Christy Mangio, Corporate Marketing Director of MasTec, Inc., +1-305-406-1959, cmangio@mastec.com /

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