NTelos
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- The correct title of this article is nTelos. The initial letter is shown capitalized due to technical restrictions.
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| Type | Public (NASDAQ: NTLS) |
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| Founded | 1897 |
| Headquarters | Waynesboro, Virginia |
| Key people | James S. Quarforth, CEO |
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Products | Wireless & Wireline |
| Slogan | True Blue Wireless |
| Website | http://www.ntelos.com/ |
NTELOS (NASDAQ: NTLS) is a telecommunications company based in Waynesboro, Virginia. NTELOS is a provider of PCS telephone services to customers in the mid-Atlantic region, as well as a provider of local telephone service and Internet access to customers in Virginia and West Virginia.
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[edit] Corporate history
[edit] Wireless
NTELOS Wireless operates a 100% CDMA digital PCS network in Virginia, West Virginia, and portions of Ohio, Kentucky, and North Carolina including the Outer Banks. NTELOS Wireless began acquiring PCS spectrum in western Virginia and West Virginia in 1995 and began operations in Virginia in 1997 and in West Virginia in 1998. NTELOS Wireless expanded in July 2000 to include eastern Virginia with the acquisition of the eastern Virginia assets from PrimeCo Personal Communications, LP. In June 2004, NTELOS began to offer high speed data services in select markets and now in 2006 have seamless 3G 1xRTT capability across their service area. Ntelos has recently expanded to nationwide coverage to compete with larger Wireless carriers
[edit] Wireline
A regional landline telecom provider since 1897, now operating under the name of NTELOS, the wireline business is divided into two operations, a Rural Local Exchange Carrier (RLEC) and Competitive Wireline, which includes Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC), network and internet operations. NTELOS operates as a RLEC in Virginia and owns two incumbent local telephone companies and serve three rural Virginia regions. As a CLEC, NTELOS provides service in 16 areas in Virginia and West Virginia.
The wireline business is supported by an extensive 1,900-mile fiber optic network that is used to back-haul communications traffic for their own retail services and to provide wholesale transport services to other telecommunications carriers for their long distance, internet, wireless and private network services. They focus on high-margin customers, including educational institutions such as colleges and universities (like Virginia Tech), health care providers and governmental entities. They have been growing the wireline business by developing and introducing new IP-enabled products, including integrated voice/data access technology and metro Ethernet, increasing the penetration of value-added bundled voice and data services and enhancing the availability of broadband connectivity. [1]
[edit] Community service and involvement
Giving Back Annual Events, Venues and Teams that NTELOS supports across its market trading areas:
Western Virginia Appleblossom Festival Richmond, Virginia Carytown Watermelon Festival NTELOS 8k (in conjunction with the SunTrust Richmond Marathon in Richmond, Virginia)
Hampton Roads NTELOS Pavilion Harbor Center Amphitheater (Portsmouth, Virginia)
Mariner's Semi-Pro Soccer
Norfolk Tides Baseball (Triple-A farm team for Baltimore Orioles)
Langley Raceway
Membership Organizations:
[edit] Trivia
NTELOS Wireless uses BREW technology to bring ringtones, games, etc. to their customers. Unlike other carriers (Verizon, Alltel) that use BREW, NTELOS does not market their BREW service under any other name except BREW. They are also one of the few carriers that do not disable all phone features to force customers to use BREW.
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| Alltel · AT&T Mobility (Cingular) · Sprint Nextel · T-Mobile · Verizon Wireless | |
| Minor and regional network operators | |
| Cellular One · Cellular South · Centennial Wireless · Cincinnati Bell Wireless · Cricket Communications · Edge Wireless · MetroPCS · nTelos · Revol · SouthernLINC Wireless · SunCom · U.S. Cellular · Unicel | |
| Mobile virtual network operator | |
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