Sage Telecom, Inc was founded in 1996 as a CLEC

Competitive local exchange carrier

A competitive local exchange carrier , in the United States, is a telecommunications provider company competing with other, already established carriers ....

 reselling telecommunications primarily in rural markets served by SBC Communications. Currently the company provides local phone service, local bundled phone service and dial up internet access in Arkansas

Arkansas

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, California

California

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, Connecticut

Connecticut

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, Illinois

Illinois

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, Indiana

Indiana

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, Kansas

Kansas

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, Michigan

Michigan

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, Missouri

Missouri

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, Ohio

Ohio

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, Oklahoma

Oklahoma

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, Texas

Texas

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 and Wisconsin

Wisconsin

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. In February 2006 the Company announced the deployment of a new product known as eSageLink a high speed dial up internet service available first in and around Muncie, Indiana

Muncie, Indiana

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. In January 2007, Sage announced it had been acquired by hedge fund Silver Point Capital.

Company history

• 1996 - Sage Telecom is founded in Allen, Texas
  Allen, Texas
  Allen is a city in Collin County, Texas, United States, a northern suburb of Dallas. As of the 2010 census the city had a total population of 84,246.-Geography:According to the City of Allen, the city has a total area of...
  
   by Dennis Houlihan.
• 1998 - Sage Telecom received Certification from the Public Utilities Commission
  Public Utilities Commission
  A Utilities commission, Utility Regulatory Commission , Public Utilities Commission or Public Service Commission is a governing body that regulates the rates and services of a public utility...
  
   (PUC) of Texas to provide local telephone service throughout the entire state of Texas.
• 2001 - Sage Telecom receives certification from the Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC) to provide local telephone service throughout the state of Oklahoma
  Oklahoma
  Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...
  
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• 2001 - Dennis Houlihan is named 2001 Entrepreneur of the Year in the Emerging Companies category as part of the Ernst & Young
  Ernst & Young
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   Entrepreneur of the Year Program for the Southwest Region.
• 2002 - Sage Telecom begins providing service in Kansas
  Kansas
  Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...
  
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• 2003 - Sage Telecom is ranked Number One for Revenue Growth in the Deloitte Fast 500
  Deloitte Fast 500
  The Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Awards are run and moderated by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited. They recognize the 500 fastest-growing technology companies in regions around the world...
  
  
• 2004 - Sage Telecom and SBC reach the first wholesale commercial agreement between a CLEC
  Competitive local exchange carrier
  A competitive local exchange carrier , in the United States, is a telecommunications provider company competing with other, already established carriers ....
  
   and an RBOC
  Regional Bell Operating Company
  The Regional Bell Operating Companies are the result of United States v. AT&T, the U.S. Department of Justice antitrust suit against the former American Telephone & Telegraph Company . On January 8, 1982, AT&T Corp. settled the suit and agreed to divest its local exchange service operating...
  
   following the Federal Court Mandate that overturned government imposed wholesale rules issued by the FCC.
• 2007 - Silver Point Capital acquires Sage.

Sources

• Sage Telecom signs Verizon access deal Dallas Business Journal
• Sage Hires Former Verizon Exec Light Reading
• SBC, Sage Telecom Agree On Access Charges Tech Web
• The End of Telephone Competition as We Know It The Buckeye Institute
• Deloitte Reveals Fastest-Growing Technology Companies in Texas Deloitte & Touche