Windstream Communications
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| Traded as | NASDAQ: WIN |
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Headquarters | Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S. |
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Tony Thomas - President & CEO |
| Products | Advanced Network Communications, including Cloud Computing and Managed Services to businesses nationwide. Broadband, Phone and Digital TV to consumers in rural areas. |
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14,500 |
| Website | www |
US$ 5,988.1 million (2013) 
US$ 6,139.5 million (2012) | Subsidiary of Local Insight Regatta Holdings | |
| Industry | Telephone directory |
| Successor | The Berry Company |
| Founded | 1984 |
| Defunct | 2009 |
| Products | Print Yellow Pages and Online Yellow Pages ads |
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Alltel (1984-2006) Windstream (2006-2007) Local Insight Media Holdings (2007-2009) |
| Website | www |
Windstream Communications is a provider of voice and data network communications (broadband, VoIP, MPLS), and managed services (virtual servers, managed firewall, data storage, cloud-based voice, etc.), to businesses in the United States. The company also offers residential broadband, phone and digital TV services to consumers within its coverage area. It is the ninth largest residential telephone provider in the country with service covering more than 8.1 million people in 21 states. Headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas, Windstream has more than $6 billion in annual revenues and is listed on the S&P 500 index.
The company was formed in 2006, when Alltel's local telephone service merged with Valor Communications Group out of part of GTE (now part of Verizon's) local telephone business in the Southwestern United States.
Windstream is a partner with Dish Network, offering satellite service to its customers.
Valor Telecom was formed in 2000 to take over GTE Southwest assets that Verizon was selling following its acquisition of GTE.
The company went public in 2005, under the name Valor Communications Group, Inc.
In 2006, Windstream Corporation formed through the spinoff of Alltel's landline business and merger with VALOR Communications Group.
Local Insight Yellow Pages, Inc. was founded in 1984 as Alltel Publishing Corporation, and subsequently became the official directory publishing agent of Windstream Communications.
Windstream Yellow Pages published directories for former Alltel wireline, as well as directories for TDS Telecom and KLM Telephone customers, as well numerous smaller independent telephone companies. In 99% of the markets, the telephone directory published by Windstream Yellow Pages is for the Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier (ILEC) and is not a competing overlay directory.
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