SureWest

SureWest is a Roseville, CA based telecommunications company, servicing the Greater Sacramento Valley market. Surewest was founded in 1914 by William Doyle as the Roseville Telephone Company - Surewest became the official name in 2003. As of late 2000, Surewest's territory had grown to serve (ILEC) Roseville, CA, Citrus Heights, CA, Granite Bay, CA, Rocklin, CA, and Antelope, CA. With the purchase of the bankrupt WINfirst in 2002, service was extended and continues to grow in (CLEC) Sacramento, CA, Carmichael, CA, Elk Grove, CA, and Lincoln, CA. Services provided are telephone, DSL (3 Mbit/s/768 kbit/s, 1 Mbit/s/128 kbit/s), FTTH for CLEC areas up to 50 Mbit/s data both ways, IPTV for copper customers, IPTV in HD for FTTH customers, and unlimited CDMA cell phone service in the greater Sacramento region.

On January 22, 2008, SureWest announced the sale of its wireless network assets and spectrum licenses to Verizon Wireless. The sale is subject to the approval of federal regulators and is expected to close in the second quarter of 2008. [ [http://news.vzw.com/news/2008/01/pr2008-01-22.html Verizon Wireless To Purchase SureWest Communications’ Wireless Assets] ]

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* [http://www.surewest.com SureWest Communications]
* [http://www.rosevillept.com/articles/2005/07/27/news/top_stories/02surewest.txt History of Surewest article in Roseville Press-Tribune]