Pioneer Telephone

Not to be confused with Pioneer Telephone Cooperative (Oregon) or Telephone Pioneers of America.
Pioneer Telephone
Type Private
Industry Telecomunications
Headquarters Portland, Maine
Website www.pioneertelephone.com

Pioneer Telephone is a privately held company with headquarters in Portland, Maine. It is a facility based telecommunication carrier of long-distance telephone service in the United States. As of October 2011, Pioneer Telephone had more than 2,000,000 customers in 48 states.

In 2005, Pioneer Telephone purchased the long-distance telephone business of bankrupt Adelphia Communications Corporation for about $1.2 million;[1] the sale was completed later that year.[2] Adelphia's phone service had 110,000 customers in 27 states(telephone & long-distance services).

In November, 2008 Pioneer Telephone purchased all the residential and small to medium size business customers from Level 3 Communications in Denver, CO. Pioneer's upper management now states they will roll out local service in 15 states in 2009.

References

  1. ^ Adelphia Communications to sell long-distance phone service, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 6, 2005, Adelphia sells long-distance service for $1.2M, Denver Business Journal, July 6, 2005, and Notification by Adelphia Telecommunications, Inc. and Telecom Management, Inc. d/b/a Pioneer Telephone of an Asset Purchase Agreement, December 1, 2005.
  2. ^ Adelphia Communications to sell long-distance phone service, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 6, 2005, and Adelphia sells long-distance service for $1.2M, Denver Business Journal, July 6, 2005.Notification by Adelphia Telecommunications, Inc. and Telecom Management, Inc. d/b/a Pioneer Telephone of an Asset Purchase Agreement, December 1, 2005.

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