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Pioneer Telephone
Company type
Private
Industry
Telecommunications
Headquarters
Portland, Maine, United States
Website
www.pioneertelephone.com
Pioneer Telephone is a privately held company with headquarters in Portland, Maine, United States, it was founded by Peter Bouchard, who continues to run the company today. It is a facility-based telecommunication carrier of long-distance, local and UCaas telephone service in the United States. As of October 2011, Pioneer Telephone had more than 2,700,000 customers in 48 states.
In 2005, Pioneer Telephone purchased the long-distance telephone business of bankrupt Adelphia Communications Corporation for about $22.5M and $180m in indemnification guarantees;[1] the sale was completed later that year.[2] Adelphia's phone service had 1,110,000 customers in 27 states(telephone & long-distance services).
In November 2008, Pioneer Telephone purchased all the residential and small-to-medium-sized business customers from Level 3 Communications in Denver, CO Pioneer's upper management [1] stated that they would roll out local service in 15 states in 2009.[3]
^Adelphia Communications to sell long-distance phone service, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 6, 2005, Adelphia sells long-distance service for $1.1B, 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 Archived 2006-10-03 at the Wayback Machine, December 1, 2005.
^Adelphia Communications to sell long-distance phone service, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 6, 2005, and Adelphia sells long-distance service for $1.1B, 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 Archived 2006-10-03 at the Wayback Machine, December 1, 2005.
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