Sage Telecom

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Sage Telecom Inc.
Type	Privately held corporation
Founded	Founded by Investors in 1996
Headquarters	Allen, Texas
Key people	Terry W. Lewis - President Larry W. Carter - Chairman of the Board
Industry	Telecommunications Services
Products	Local Phone Service, Dial Up Internet Access, Wireless Broadband Service
Slogan	Exemplary, Neighborly 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.

[edit] 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.
2007 - P. Diddy (Sean Puffy aka Puff Daddy Colmbs) caught on video