Sage Telecom

Infobox_Company
company_name = Sage Telecom Inc.
company_type = Privately held corporation
foundation = Founded by Investors in 1996
location = Allen, Texas
key_people = Terry W. Lewis - President
Larry W. Carter - Chairman of the Board

industry = Telecommunications Services
company_slogan = "Exemplary, Neighborly Service"
products = Local Phone Service, Dial Up Internet Access, Wireless Broadband Service

Sage Telecom, Inc was founded in 1996 as a CLEC 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, California, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas and Wisconsin. In February 2006 the Company announced the deployment of a new product known as eSageLink a high speed dial up and wireless broadband internet service available first in and around Muncie, Indiana. Sage also signed a deal with Verizon in March 2006 to begin offering competitive service in some Verizon areas. 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 by Dennis Houlihan.
*1998 - Sage Telecom received Certification from the Public Utilities Commission (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.
*2001 - Dennis Houlihan is named 2001 Entrepreneur of the Year in the Emerging Companies category as part of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Program for the Southwest Region.
*2002 - Sage Telecom begins providing service in Kansas.
*2003 - Sage Telecom is ranked Number One for Revenue Growth in the Deloitte Fast 500
*2004 - Sage Telecom and SBC reach the first wholesale commercial agreement between a CLEC and an RBOC following the Federal Court Mandate that overturned government imposed wholesale rules issued by the FCC.
*2005 - Terry W. Lewis becomes Sage Telecom's President and Chief Operations Officer
*2006 - Terry W. Lewis assumes the role of Chief Executive Officer.

ources

* [http://dallas.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2006/04/10/newscolumn7.html Sage Telecom signs Verizon access deal] "Dallas Business Journal"
* [http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=87796 Sage Hires Former Verizon Exec] "Light Reading"
* [http://www.techweb.com/wire/26804680 SBC, Sage Telecom Agree On Access Charges] "Tech Web"
* [http://www.buckeyeinstitute.org/article/113 The End of Telephone Competition as We Know It] The Buckeye Institute
* [http://public.deloitte.com/fast500/media/press-releases/2003TXcc.asp?type=media&subnav=3 Deloitte Reveals Fastest-Growing Technology Companies in Texas] Deloitte & Touche

External links

* [http://www.techweb.com/wire/26804680 SBC and Sage Agreement] (TechWeb)