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BOOK OF LISTS 2015-2016 Technology www.HartfordBusiness.com decemBer 28, 2015 • Hartford Business Journal 87 Largest telecommunications providers in CT (Ranked by number of CT employees as of Aug. 2015) Rank Company Headquarters CT employees/ CT customers Products and services Top executive/ title Year founded 1 Frontier Communications 310 Orange St. New Haven, CT 06510 203-771-3232; www.frontier.com Norwalk, CT 3,000 652,000 Broadband, voice, video, wireless Internet data access, Frontier Secure PC security solutions and technical support, Frontier Satellite Broadband, carrier services, and more Dan McCarthy President & CEO Ken Arndt President, East Region (CT, NY & PA) 1935 2 Verizon Wireless P.O. Box 5029 Wallingford, CT 06492 800-922-0204; www.verizonwireless.com Basking Ridge, NJ 1,400 DND 4G LTE network, other technology and device offerings Christine Berberich President, New England Region 2000 3 Comcast 222 New Park Dr. Berlin, CT 06037 860-505-3399; www.comcastcorporation.com Philadelphia, PA 1,273 DND Comcast Cable video, high-speed Internet and phone services; NBCUniversal news, entertainment and sports cable networks Michael Parker Senior vice president, Western New England Region 1963 4 Charter Communications Inc. 400 Atlantic St. Stamford, CT 06901 203-905-7800; www.charter.com Stamford, CT 617 DND Spectrum TV, Internet and voice; Spectrum business; Spectrum Reach advertising and promotional solutions Thomas M. Rutledge President & CEO 1993 5 Cox Communications 170 Utopia Road Manchester, CT 06042 860-468-5106; www.cox.com Atlanta, GA 209 DND Nationwide network, broadband communications and entertainment, digital video, Internet, telephone and home security, automation services Jay Allbaugh Senior vice president & regional manager 1962 6 Sprint 100 Corporate Pl. Rocky Hill, CT 06067 860-513-5424; www.sprint.com Overland Park, KS 160 DND Wireless-communications services Marcelo Claure President & CEO 1938 7 Total Communications Inc. 333 Burnham St. East Hartford, CT 06108 860-282-9999; www.totalcomm.com East Hartford, CT 115 17,000 Unified communications and collaboration, carrier services, enterprise networks, security, structured cabling, Internet, computer, business continuity, flash storage Scott Lennon President 1980 8 Prescient Worldwide 1 Barnes Industrial Road, S. Wallingford, CT 06492 877-312-5564; www.prescientworldwide.com Wallingford, CT 67 100 Phone, voice-over-IP, Internet, cloud services Richard Minervino Chairman & CEO 1964 9 Century Link 383 Main Ave. Norwalk, CT 06851 855-217-0678; www.centurylink.com Monroe, LA 33 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 Glen F. Post President & CEO 1930 10 Windstream Communications 250 Constitution Plaza Hartford, CT 06103 860-656-0313; www.windstreambusiness.com Little Rock, AR 30 DND Voice, data, network, cloud solutions Jason Grover Regional director DND 11 Hilltop Technologies LLC 11 Kenny Roberts Memorial Dr. Suffield, CT 06078 860-668-5285; www.hilltoptech.com Suffield, CT 20 250 Voice-over-IP, hosted cloud voice, Avaya, ShoreTel solutions, network services, data products Alicia F. Zyzniewska CEO Owen Wilson Chief sales officer 1999 12 Nutmeg Technologies 279 Nutmeg Road, S. South Windsor, CT 06074 860-291-9718; www.nutmegtech.com South Windsor, CT 20 1,000 Managed IT services, unified communications, server and network support, electrical and cabling, building infrastructure Lisa Smith President 2008 13 Unified Communications Group 504 Main St. Farmington, CT 06032 860-656-1000; www.unifiedusa.com Farmington, CT 12 2,500 Voice-over-IP, dedicated cloud, data center, SIP trunking (1) Dwayne M. Connelly Partner 1990 14 Granite Communications 55 Middletown Ave., Ste. 1 North Haven, CT 06412 203-234-4900; www.granitecomm.com North Haven, CT 10 1,500 Business phone systems, cloud, voice and data cabling Gregg Haughton President Scott Ward Secretary 1996 15 Phonetel Inc. 12 Capital Dr. Wallingford, CT 06492 203-284-9488; www.phonetelinc.com Wallingford, CT 10 2,000 Hosted systems, SIP trunks, traditional systems, IP cameras, Cat 6, 7 wiring, data cabling certification, re-seller for Comcast and Cox phone and Internet services (1) Dan A. Link President 1998 16 Data-Link Corp. 98 Main St. South Meriden, CT 06451 203-235-3282 or 800-286-3282; www.datalinkcorp.com Eden Prairie, MN 9 250 Structured cabling, voice and data products, audio/video, CCTV and access control James V. Cournoyer President 1986 17 Extel Communications Inc. 75 Ardmore St. Fairfield, CT 06824 203-256-4744; www.extelweb.com Fairfield, CT 9 735 Telephone, IP and voicemail installation, voice, data and fiber cabling, local, long distance and broadband, service and maintenance plans and emergency support Richard Hyde President 1987 18 Custom Phone Inc. 169 East Ave. Norwalk, CT 06851 203-866-3494; www.customphone.com Norwalk, CT 8 450 Installation and management of business telecommunications systems for voice, video and data Pete Harrison President 1983 19 Harbor Network 26 Lakeside Blvd., E. Waterbury, CT 06708 475-235-4600; www.harbornetworks.com Framingham, MA 6 50 IP telephony, unified communications, video conference, wireless, data networking, LAN-WAN Jim J. White Senior consultant 1995 20 American Business Telephone & Technologies 1651 Tolland Tpke. Manchester, CT 06042 860-643-2200; www.abtelephone.com Manchester, CT 5 450 Phone repair and telecom paint refinishing facility, digital, voice-over-IP and ISDN phones and hardware installation for commercial, government, schools and retail (2) Nancy Ferguson CEO 1997 Source: Individual companies. Note: DND = did not disclose. Note: AT&T did not participate in the list this year and recently sold its CT wireline business to Frontier Communications. (1) SIP = session initiation protocol. (2) ISDN = integrated service digital network. —Compiled by Roger Magnus.