Largest Local Exchange Carriers
Largest Local Exchange Carriers Incumbent and competing local exchange carriers ranked by assessable 2006 revenue in Arkansas
Company Subsidiaries Address 1 AT&T Corp. AT&T Arkansas AT&T Advanced Solutions 1010 N. St. Marys St., #1323, San Antonio, TX 78215 2 CenturyTel CenturyTel of Northwest Arkansas LLC CenturyTel of Central Arkansas LLC CenturyTel of Mountain Home Inc. CenturyTel of Arkansas Inc. CenturyTel of Redfield Inc. CenturyTel of South Arkansas Inc. CenturyTel of Northwest Louisiana Inc. P.O. Box 4065, Monroe, LA 71211 3 Windstream Corp. B Windstream Arkansas Inc. Windstream Communications Inc. Valor Telecommunications of Texas LP 4001 Rodney Parham Road, Little Rock, AR 72212 4 MCImetro Access Transmission Services LLC 22001 Loudoun County Parkway, Ashburn, VA 20147
2006 AR Revenue
2005 AR Revenue % Change, Residential 2005-06 Total Lines Lines
Business No. of AR Contact Name, Title Lines Employees Contact Phone, E-mail
$494,627,816 $506,656,381 -2.37% $486,563,971 $8,063,845
764,816 764,816
470,721 470,721
230,596 230,596
1,414
$121,413,944 $119,052,848 1.98% $51,197,425 $43,465,858 $12,262,049 $11,730,440 $1,826,358 $773,745 $158,069
223,170 114,020 68,798 20,242 17,421 1,637 756 296
170,480 85,881 53,441 15,101 13,777 1,395 637 248
49,445 26,372 14,436 4,800 3,448 230 113 46
386
Ted Hankins, director of economic analysis (318) 388-9416, [email protected]
$93,036,355 $100,908,438 -7.80% $57,386,061 $30,241,013 $5,409,281
188,107 101,357 71,193 15,557
84,168 71,980 1,079 11,109
86,585 16,615 65,942 4,028
278
David Cameron, staff manager of external reporting (501) 748-5270, [email protected] Haleh Davary, regulatory compliance analyst (415) 228-1072, [email protected] Andrew Karl, regulatory compliance analyst (214) 495-4878, [email protected]
Craig Michalski, associate director of regulatory accounting (314) 235-8006, [email protected]
$13,497,461
$14,422,336 -6.41%
22,247
19,812
2,435
NA
$11,102,451
$10,661,803 4.13%
26,856
25,469
1,387
0
6 Northern Arkansas Telephone Co. 301 E. Main St., Flippin, AR 72634
$7,673,726
$7,634,541 0.51%
7,592
5,779
991
42
Steven G. Sanders, president (870) 453-8811, [email protected]
7 Prairie Grove Telephone Co. 139 N. Mock St., Prairie Grove, AR 72753
$6,480,950
$6,685,533 -3.06%
9,696
7,682
1,641
35
Rick Reed, secretary-treasurer (479) 846-7200, treed@pgtc .com
8 E. Ritter & Co. Tri-County Telephone Co. (Harrison) E. Ritter Telephone Co. (Marked Tree) E. Ritter Communications Inc. (Jonesboro) 2109 Fowler Ave., Jonesboro, AR 72401 9 Walnut Hill Telephone Co. Highways 82 and 29, Lewisville, AR 71845
$6,298,433 $6,583,337 C -4.33% $2,797,149 $2,582,797 $918,487
13,821 6,783 4,184 2,854
9,099 5,784 3,227 88
4,429 845 865 2,719
63
John D. Strode, president (870) 336-2345, [email protected]
$4,671,033
$4,840,569 -3.50%
5,412
4,252
818
23
William H. Thomas, vice president (904) 688-0028, [email protected]
10 South Arkansas Telephone Co. First and Main, Hampton, AR 71744
$4,401,721
$4,236,793 3.89%
3,711
2,846
684
23
Greg Ashcraft, controller, secretary-treasurer (870) 942-4344, [email protected]
11 TDS Telecom Cleveland County Telephone Co. Decatur Telephone Co. Inc. P.O. Box 22995, Knoxville, TN 37933 12 Arkansas Telephone Co. Inc. P.O. Box 69, Clinton, AR 72031
$3,991,404 $2,998,093 $993,311
$4,574,679 -12.75%
4,567 3,345 1,222
3,605 2,825 780
903 485 418
12
Jerry L. Miller, accounting manager (802) 485-9755, [email protected]
$3,907,946
$4,082,113 -4.27%
8,239
6,604
1,567
25
Randy McCaslin, president (501) 745-2114, [email protected]
13 Southwest Arkansas Telephone Cooperative Inc. 2601 East St., Texarkana, AR 72854
$3,658,834
$4,259,019 -14.09%
5,741
4,853
528
36
William P. Hegmann, general manager (870) 653-8222, [email protected]
14 Mountain View Telephone Co. 218 E. Main St., Mountain View, AR 72560
$3,485,755
$3,650,520 -4.51%
7,121
5,258
1,790
17
Kenneth Sutton, president (870) 269 -3232, [email protected]
15 Arkwest Communications Inc. 205 E. Seventh St., Danville, AR 72833
$3,483,692
$3,924,502 -11.23%
5,591
3,980
1,415
38
Larry Frazier, manager, revenues and accounting (479) 495-4215, [email protected]
16 Budget Phone Inc. 1235 Barksdale Blvd., Suite 2C, Bossier City, LA 71111
$3,475,107
$3,394,267 2.38%
5,475
5,475
0
0
Keillah Spell, compliance analyst (678) 71 8-1 135, [email protected]
17 Madison County Telephone Co. 113 Court St., Huntsville, AR 72740
$2,866,462
$2,744,174 4.46%
3,871
2,911
858
25
Tom S. Shrum, president (479) 738-2121, [email protected]
18 Yelcot Telephone Co. 207 E. Fourth St., Mountain Home, AR 72653
$2,774,487
$2,925,159 -5.15%
3,727
2,917
738
34
Anne Schuhknecht, secretary-treasurer (870) 425-3100, [email protected]
19 Comtel Telecom Assets LP (dba Excel Telecommunications) 433 E. Las Colinas Blvd., Suite 13C, Irving, TX 75039 20 Navigator Telecommunications LLC 8525 Riverwood Park Drive, North Little Rock, AR 72113
$2,421,261
$2,460,711 -1.60%
NA
NA
NA
0
Keillah Spell, compliance analyst (678) 718-1135, [email protected]
$2,257,196
$3,301,633 -31.63%
3,603
2,177
762
86
Michael McAlister, general counsel (501) 954-4051, [email protected]
21 Xpedius Communications Xspedius Management Co. Switched Services LLC Xspedius Management Co. of Little Rock 124 W. Capitol, Suite 1700, Little Rock, AR 72201 22 HomeTel Inc. 1200 Arkansas Road, West Monroe, LA 71291
$2,253,450 $2,159,337 $94,113
$1,943,662 15.94%
NA
NA
NA
0
Doug Forster, compliance reporting specialist (407) 740-8575, [email protected]
$2,082,139
$2,439,007 -14.63%
2,718
2,718
NA
0
Brad W. Warden, president (318) 325-9100, [email protected]
23 Central Arkansas Telephone Cooperative Inc. P.O. Box 130, Bismarck, AR 71929
$1,898,389
$2,257,785 -15.92%
3,003
2,701
302
15
John S. Faris, general manager (501) 865-3283
24 TelCove Investment LLC D 712 N. Main St., Couldersport, PA 16915
$1,895,325
$1,839,394 3.04%
4,737
NA
4,737
11
Mandy Andreano, regulatory compliance specialist (814) 260-2741, [email protected]
25 NuVox Communications of Arkansas Inc. 2 N. Main St., Greenville, SC 29601
$1,892,747
$2,140,243 -11.56%
4,632
NA
4,632
8
Jennifer Plante, manager of legal affairs (864) 672-5435, [email protected]
5 Sage Telecom Inc. 805 Central Expressway S., Allen, TX 75013
Source: Annual reports filed with the Arkansas Public Service Commission. B Wireline business spun off by Alltel Corp. of Little Rock and merged with Valor Telecommunications of Texas LP. 2005 revenue is total of Alltel Arkansas Inc., Alltel Communications Inc. and Valor. C For comparison, 2005 revenue for E. Ritter Long Distance has been combined with local exchange carrier revenue D Formerly Adelphia Business Solutions Investment
Researched by Gwen Moritz
Company Subsidiaries Address 1 AT&T Corp. AT&T Arkansas AT&T Advanced Solutions 1010 N. St. Marys St., #1323, San Antonio, TX 78215 2 CenturyTel CenturyTel of Northwest Arkansas LLC CenturyTel of Central Arkansas LLC CenturyTel of Mountain Home Inc. CenturyTel of Arkansas Inc. CenturyTel of Redfield Inc. CenturyTel of South Arkansas Inc. CenturyTel of Northwest Louisiana Inc. P.O. Box 4065, Monroe, LA 71211 3 Windstream Corp. B Windstream Arkansas Inc. Windstream Communications Inc. Valor Telecommunications of Texas LP 4001 Rodney Parham Road, Little Rock, AR 72212 4 MCImetro Access Transmission Services LLC 22001 Loudoun County Parkway, Ashburn, VA 20147
2006 AR Revenue
2005 AR Revenue % Change, Residential 2005-06 Total Lines Lines
Business No. of AR Contact Name, Title Lines Employees Contact Phone, E-mail
$494,627,816 $506,656,381 -2.37% $486,563,971 $8,063,845
764,816 764,816
470,721 470,721
230,596 230,596
1,414
$121,413,944 $119,052,848 1.98% $51,197,425 $43,465,858 $12,262,049 $11,730,440 $1,826,358 $773,745 $158,069
223,170 114,020 68,798 20,242 17,421 1,637 756 296
170,480 85,881 53,441 15,101 13,777 1,395 637 248
49,445 26,372 14,436 4,800 3,448 230 113 46
386
Ted Hankins, director of economic analysis (318) 388-9416, [email protected]
$93,036,355 $100,908,438 -7.80% $57,386,061 $30,241,013 $5,409,281
188,107 101,357 71,193 15,557
84,168 71,980 1,079 11,109
86,585 16,615 65,942 4,028
278
David Cameron, staff manager of external reporting (501) 748-5270, [email protected] Haleh Davary, regulatory compliance analyst (415) 228-1072, [email protected] Andrew Karl, regulatory compliance analyst (214) 495-4878, [email protected]
Craig Michalski, associate director of regulatory accounting (314) 235-8006, [email protected]
$13,497,461
$14,422,336 -6.41%
22,247
19,812
2,435
NA
$11,102,451
$10,661,803 4.13%
26,856
25,469
1,387
0
6 Northern Arkansas Telephone Co. 301 E. Main St., Flippin, AR 72634
$7,673,726
$7,634,541 0.51%
7,592
5,779
991
42
Steven G. Sanders, president (870) 453-8811, [email protected]
7 Prairie Grove Telephone Co. 139 N. Mock St., Prairie Grove, AR 72753
$6,480,950
$6,685,533 -3.06%
9,696
7,682
1,641
35
Rick Reed, secretary-treasurer (479) 846-7200, treed@pgtc .com
8 E. Ritter & Co. Tri-County Telephone Co. (Harrison) E. Ritter Telephone Co. (Marked Tree) E. Ritter Communications Inc. (Jonesboro) 2109 Fowler Ave., Jonesboro, AR 72401 9 Walnut Hill Telephone Co. Highways 82 and 29, Lewisville, AR 71845
$6,298,433 $6,583,337 C -4.33% $2,797,149 $2,582,797 $918,487
13,821 6,783 4,184 2,854
9,099 5,784 3,227 88
4,429 845 865 2,719
63
John D. Strode, president (870) 336-2345, [email protected]
$4,671,033
$4,840,569 -3.50%
5,412
4,252
818
23
William H. Thomas, vice president (904) 688-0028, [email protected]
10 South Arkansas Telephone Co. First and Main, Hampton, AR 71744
$4,401,721
$4,236,793 3.89%
3,711
2,846
684
23
Greg Ashcraft, controller, secretary-treasurer (870) 942-4344, [email protected]
11 TDS Telecom Cleveland County Telephone Co. Decatur Telephone Co. Inc. P.O. Box 22995, Knoxville, TN 37933 12 Arkansas Telephone Co. Inc. P.O. Box 69, Clinton, AR 72031
$3,991,404 $2,998,093 $993,311
$4,574,679 -12.75%
4,567 3,345 1,222
3,605 2,825 780
903 485 418
12
Jerry L. Miller, accounting manager (802) 485-9755, [email protected]
$3,907,946
$4,082,113 -4.27%
8,239
6,604
1,567
25
Randy McCaslin, president (501) 745-2114, [email protected]
13 Southwest Arkansas Telephone Cooperative Inc. 2601 East St., Texarkana, AR 72854
$3,658,834
$4,259,019 -14.09%
5,741
4,853
528
36
William P. Hegmann, general manager (870) 653-8222, [email protected]
14 Mountain View Telephone Co. 218 E. Main St., Mountain View, AR 72560
$3,485,755
$3,650,520 -4.51%
7,121
5,258
1,790
17
Kenneth Sutton, president (870) 269 -3232, [email protected]
15 Arkwest Communications Inc. 205 E. Seventh St., Danville, AR 72833
$3,483,692
$3,924,502 -11.23%
5,591
3,980
1,415
38
Larry Frazier, manager, revenues and accounting (479) 495-4215, [email protected]
16 Budget Phone Inc. 1235 Barksdale Blvd., Suite 2C, Bossier City, LA 71111
$3,475,107
$3,394,267 2.38%
5,475
5,475
0
0
Keillah Spell, compliance analyst (678) 71 8-1 135, [email protected]
17 Madison County Telephone Co. 113 Court St., Huntsville, AR 72740
$2,866,462
$2,744,174 4.46%
3,871
2,911
858
25
Tom S. Shrum, president (479) 738-2121, [email protected]
18 Yelcot Telephone Co. 207 E. Fourth St., Mountain Home, AR 72653
$2,774,487
$2,925,159 -5.15%
3,727
2,917
738
34
Anne Schuhknecht, secretary-treasurer (870) 425-3100, [email protected]
19 Comtel Telecom Assets LP (dba Excel Telecommunications) 433 E. Las Colinas Blvd., Suite 13C, Irving, TX 75039 20 Navigator Telecommunications LLC 8525 Riverwood Park Drive, North Little Rock, AR 72113
$2,421,261
$2,460,711 -1.60%
NA
NA
NA
0
Keillah Spell, compliance analyst (678) 718-1135, [email protected]
$2,257,196
$3,301,633 -31.63%
3,603
2,177
762
86
Michael McAlister, general counsel (501) 954-4051, [email protected]
21 Xpedius Communications Xspedius Management Co. Switched Services LLC Xspedius Management Co. of Little Rock 124 W. Capitol, Suite 1700, Little Rock, AR 72201 22 HomeTel Inc. 1200 Arkansas Road, West Monroe, LA 71291
$2,253,450 $2,159,337 $94,113
$1,943,662 15.94%
NA
NA
NA
0
Doug Forster, compliance reporting specialist (407) 740-8575, [email protected]
$2,082,139
$2,439,007 -14.63%
2,718
2,718
NA
0
Brad W. Warden, president (318) 325-9100, [email protected]
23 Central Arkansas Telephone Cooperative Inc. P.O. Box 130, Bismarck, AR 71929
$1,898,389
$2,257,785 -15.92%
3,003
2,701
302
15
John S. Faris, general manager (501) 865-3283
24 TelCove Investment LLC D 712 N. Main St., Couldersport, PA 16915
$1,895,325
$1,839,394 3.04%
4,737
NA
4,737
11
Mandy Andreano, regulatory compliance specialist (814) 260-2741, [email protected]
25 NuVox Communications of Arkansas Inc. 2 N. Main St., Greenville, SC 29601
$1,892,747
$2,140,243 -11.56%
4,632
NA
4,632
8
Jennifer Plante, manager of legal affairs (864) 672-5435, [email protected]
5 Sage Telecom Inc. 805 Central Expressway S., Allen, TX 75013
Source: Annual reports filed with the Arkansas Public Service Commission. B Wireline business spun off by Alltel Corp. of Little Rock and merged with Valor Telecommunications of Texas LP. 2005 revenue is total of Alltel Arkansas Inc., Alltel Communications Inc. and Valor. C For comparison, 2005 revenue for E. Ritter Long Distance has been combined with local exchange carrier revenue D Formerly Adelphia Business Solutions Investment
Researched by Gwen Moritz
