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ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY DECEMBER 24, 2018 • HARTFORD BUSINESS JOURNAL | 53 Telecommunications providers in Connecticut (Ranked by number of Connecticut employees as of October 2018) Rank Provider CT employees/ CT customers Products and services Top executive Year founded 1 Frontier Communications 310 Orange St. New Haven, CT 06510 203-771-3232; www.frontier.com 2,563 DND Vantage TV, internet and voice; broadband, video, wireless internet data access; digital protection, solutions and equipment for small, medium and enterprise businesses Dan McCarthy President & CEO Julie Murtagh Sr. vice president, East Region 1935 2 Comcast Western New England Region 222 New Park Drive Berlin, CT 06037 860-505-3399; www.comcastcorporation.com 1,300 DND Entertainment and communications experience to residents and businesses including the Xfinity brand Michael Parker Sr. vice president, Western New England Region 1963 3 Cox Communications (1) 170 Utopia Road Manchester, CT 06042 860-468-5106; www.cox.com 200 DND Nationwide network, broadband communications and entertainment, digital video, internet, telephone and home security and automation services Jay Allbaugh Senior vice president & regional manager 1962 4 Total Communications Inc. (2) 333 Burnham St. East Hartford, CT 06108 860-282-9999; www.totalcomm.com 115 17,000 Unified communications and collaboration, carrier services, enterprise networks, security, structured cabling, internet, computer, business continuity and flash storage Ken Arndt EVP & COO Scott Lennon President, Advanced Business Solutions 1980 5 AEON (3) 1 Barnes Industrial Road, South Wallingford, CT 06492 877-246-2366; www.theaeonsolution.com 51 DND Phone, voice-over-IP, internet and cloud services Richard Minervino Chairman & CEO 1964 6 ADNET Technologies 312 Farmington Ave. Farmington, CT 06032 860-409-1700; www.thinkADNET.com 45 DND IT security, compliance, security awareness training, cloud services, managed IT services, custom development solutions, SharePoint support, business intelligence, IT budget planning, fractional CIO Edward D. Laprade Co-CEO Christopher J. Luise Executive VP 1991 7 CenturyLink 383 Main Ave. Norwalk, CT 06851 800-871-9244; www.centurylink.com 25 DND Global communications, hosting, cloud and IT services, network and data systems management, Big Data analytics, IT consulting, broadband, voice, video, data and managed services Jeff Storey President & CEO 1930 7 Nutmeg Technologies 276 Addison Road Windsor, CT 06095 860-291-9718; www.nutmegtech.com 25 DND Voice-over-IP, managed IT, unified communications, server and network support, electrical and structured cabling, voice and data networks, cyber security, video surveillance and access control Lisa Smith President 2008 9 Connecticut Communications 48 Ozick Drive Durham, CT 06422 203-985-1000; www.ctcom.com 21 4,000 Voice and data network services, IP video surveillance, voice-over-IP telephone systems Scott Marks President 1974 10 Cooperative Systems 80 Lamberton Road Windsor, CT 06082 8605231000; www.coopsys.com 19 DND Security and compliance, cloud solutions, wired and wireless connectivity, backup and disaster recovery, network monitoring and more Bob DeLisa President & CEO 1993 11 Phonetel Inc. 12 Capital Drive Wallingford, CT 06492 203-284-9488; www.phonetelinc.com 18 7,000 Hosted PBX and voice-over-IP, SIP trunking , Panasonic Hybrid IP systems, IP cameras, access control systems, alarm systems, structured cabling, cellar signal boosters, Comcast and Cox reseller (4) Dan A. Link President 1998 12 Hilltop Technologies LLC 11 Kenny Roberts Memorial Drive Suffield, CT 06078 860-668-5285; www.hilltoptech.com 15 DND Voice-over-IP, hosted cloud voice, Avaya, ShoreTel solutions, network services and data products Alicia F. Zyzniewska, Majority partner & CEO Owen Wilson Partner, EVP 1999 13 Unified Communications Group (5) 504 Main St. Farmington, CT 06032 860-656-1000; www.unifiedusa.com 12 3,000 Voice-over-IP, dedicated cloud, data center, SIP trunking (4) Dwayne M. Connelly Partner 1990 14 Pilothouse Communications LLC 615 West Johnson Ave., Suite 218 Cheshire, CT 06410 203-649-6405; www.pilothousecomm.com 11 2,150 Voice-over-IP, cloud-based solutions, premise-based solutions, cloud data services, low-voltage wiring, video surveillance systems, Star2star, Mitel, NEC, EvovleIP, Nextiva, AVAYA, Vonage Jessica Riley Owner 2004 15 Granite Communications Inc. 55 Middletown Ave., Suite 1 North Haven, CT 06473 203-234-4900; www.granitecomm.com 10 1,500 IP and digital business telephone systems, Granite Cloud Phone System, paging and access control systems, unified messaging and presence management systems, voice and data cabling, fiber optic data Gregg Haughton Scott Ward Partners 1996 15 Harbor Networks (1) 26 Lakeside Blvd., East Waterbury, CT 06708 475-235-4600; www.harbornetworks.com 10 100 IP telephony, unified communications, video conference, wireless, data networking, LAN-WAN, managed and cloud services Greg Bertschmann President 1995 15 Windstream Communications 250 Constitution Plaza Hartford, CT 06103 860-656-0313; www.windstreambusiness.com 10 DND Voice, data, network and cloud solutions Jason Grover Regional director 1984 18 Genie Innovations Inc. (6) 93 Farmstead Lane Windsor, CT 06095 860-610-6006; www.ip-genie.com 7 DND Hosted and customer-premise voice-over-IP service including data, networking, audio/video conferencing, unified communications, collaboration and cloud-based applications George J. Taylor Jr. President 2009 19 American Business Telephone and Technologies LLC 1651 Tolland Turnpike Manchester, CT 06042 860-643-2200; www.abtelephone.com 5 DND Phone repair and telecom paint refinishing facility, digital, voice-over-IP and ISDN phones and hardware installation for commercial, government, schools and retail (7) Nancy Ferguson CEO 1997 19 Extel Communications Inc. 75 Ardmore St. Fairfield, CT 06824 203-256-4744; www.extelweb.com 5 DND Telephone, IP and voicemail installation; voice, data and fiber cabling; local, long distance and broadband; cloud telephone services; service and maintenance plans and emergency support Richard Hyde President 1987 19 Universal Connectivity (1) 8 North Main St. West Hartford, CT 06107 860-808-1412; www.universalconnectivity.com 5 DND Scalable communication systems, unified communications, hosted phone service, internet access James Smith President & chief connector 1995 22 Custom Phone Inc. 124 East Ave. Norwalk, CT 06851 203-866-3494; www.customphone.com 4 650 Installation and management of business telecommunications systems for voice-over-IP, UCaaS, IP telephone installations, SIP lines (8) Pete Harrison President 1983 Source: Each provider via survey. Notes: Wallingford's Verizon Wireless no longer releases employee counts by state. Unable to confirm information for South Meriden's Data-Link Corp., Stamford's Charter Communications or Rocky Hill's Sprint office. AT&T's CT wireline business was sold to Frontier Communications in 2015. DND = Did not disclose. (1) Data from 2017 survey. (2) Wholly owned subsidiary of Frontier Communications. (3) Formerly Prescient Worldwide. (4) SIP = session initiation protocol. (5) An additional location in Melbourne, Fla. (6) Formerly FTG Inc. dba Farmstead Telephone Group. (7) ISDN = integrated service digital network. (8) SIP = session initiation protocol; UCaas = unified communications as a service (part of cloud services). —Compiled by Stephanie R. Meagher. TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROVIDERS IN CONNECTICUT (Ranked by number of Connecticut employees as of October 2018)