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Thursday
Jan302014
DateThursday, January 30, 2014 at 4:13PM

Clear Creek Offers Home Automation Platform for Rural Providers 

Through Alarm.com Clear Creek Offers Regional Partner Program

On January 30, 2014 Independent communications cooperative Clear Creek Communications of Oregon City, Oregon announced  the availability of their ClearView Security and Home Automation platform for the rural broadband service provider community. With the ClearView Regional Partner program, service providers gain access to a turnkey home automation platform that enhances their current product portfolio with home security, monitoring, and control solutions.  

Two regional partners, Stayton Telephone Cooperative of Stayton, Oregon and Scio Mutual Telephone of Scio, Oregon have recently emerged from a multi-month beta test program and have now made ClearView commercially available.

ClearView is strategically linked to Alarm.com. 

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Friday
Jan242014
DateFriday, January 24, 2014 at 9:15AM

USConnect Completes Livingston Telephone Acquistion

Rural-Rooted Group Plans to Leverage Expertise and Make Other Strategic Acquisitions

On December 31, 2013, USConnect Holdings, Inc. and The Livingston Telephone Company announced that the two companies have closed on their agreement for USConnect to acquire all the outstanding equity of Livingston Telephone. 

USConnect was formed to leverage the collective industry commitments, capabilities and expertise of its employees, investors and industry partners to provide advanced communications and technology services to the communities it serves. The Livingston Telephone acquisition represents the first transaction USConnect expects to announce over the coming months.

"Livingston Telephone has a long history of serving the communications needs of the residents and businesses of Livingston, Texas and surrounding rural areas of Polk County," said Denny Law, general manager and chief executive officer of Golden West Telecommunications and chairman of the board of USConnect. "We look forward to continuing that tradition as we leverage the collective capabilities and expertise of the Livingston Telephone and USConnect teams." 

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Monday
Jan062014
DateMonday, January 6, 2014 at 9:00AM

Otelco Acquires Maine-Based Cloud Provider Reliable Networks

Otelco Grows Maine Offerings with IP Services Acquisition

January 6, 2014, Otelco announced that it has acquired Portland, Maine-based Reliable Networks, a provider of cloud hosting and managed services.
 
Otelco paid $500,000 at the closing of the acquisition. The balance of the purchase price will be paid in stock over the next three years, contingent on Reliable Networks achieving certain financial objectives. The acquisition will provide Otelco with additional managed service capabilities that will supplement the growth of existing IP services while expanding its current market presence. Reliable Networks will operate as a division of OTT Communications, Otelco’s New England competitive operating entity.
 
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