Pioneer Telephone
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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; the sale was completed later that year. 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.
Privately held company
A privately held company or close corporation is a business company owned either by non-governmental organizations or by a relatively small number of shareholders or company members which does not offer or trade its company stock to the general public on the stock market exchanges, but rather the...
with headquarters in Portland, Maine
Portland, Maine
Portland is the largest city in Maine and is the county seat of Cumberland County. The 2010 city population was 66,194, growing 3 percent since the census of 2000...
. It is a facility based telecommunication carrier of long-distance telephone service in the United States
United States
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. 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; the sale was completed later that year. 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.