Hartford Business Journal

Technology & Energy 88 Hartford Business Journal • decemBer 28, 2015 www.HartfordBusiness.com BOOK OF LISTS & ECONOMIC FORECAST 2016-2017 Telecommunications providers in Connecticut (Ranked by number of Connecticut employees as of August 2016) 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 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 Ken Arndt President, Frontier Communications East Region (CT, OH, NY, PA & WV) Paul Quick President & CT general manager 1935 2 Comcast Western New England Region 222 New Park Drive Berlin, CT 06037 860-505-3399; www.comcastcorporation.com Philadelphia, PA 1,473 DND Comcast Cable video, high-speed internet and phone services; NBCUniversal news, entertainment and sports cable networks Michael Parker Sr. vice president, Western New England Region 1963 3 Verizon Wireless P.O. Box 5029 Wallingford, CT 06492 800-922-0204; www.verizonwireless.com Basking Ridge, NJ 1,400 (1) DND 4G LTE network, other technology and device offerings Christine Berberich President, New England Region 2000 4 Charter Communications Inc. 400 Atlantic St. Stamford, CT 06901 203-905-7800; www.charter.com Stamford, CT 851 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 204 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 6 Total Communications Inc. (2) 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 and flash storage Ken Arndt President, Frontier Communications East Region (CT, OH, NY, PA & WV) Scott Lennon President 1980 7 AEON (3) 1 Barnes Industrial Road, South Wallingford, CT 06492 877-246-2366; www.theaeonsolution.com Wallingford, CT 65 DND Phone, voice-over-IP, internet and cloud services Richard Minervino Chairman & CEO 1964 8 Century Link 383 Main Ave. Norwalk, CT 06851 855-217-0678; www.centurylink.com Monroe, LA 35 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 III President & CEO 1930 9 Windstream Communications 250 Constitution Plaza Hartford, CT 06103 860-656-0313; www.windstreambusiness.com Little Rock, AR 30 DND Voice, data, network and cloud solutions Jason Grover Regional director 1984 10 Nutmeg Technologies 279 Nutmeg Road, South South Windsor, CT 06074 860-291-9718; www.nutmegtech.com South Windsor, CT 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 11 Hilltop Technologies LLC 11 Kenny Roberts Memorial Drive Suffield, CT 06078 860-668-5285; www.hilltoptech.com Suffield, CT 17 DND Voice-over-IP, hosted cloud voice, Avaya, ShoreTel solutions, network services, data products Alicia F. Zyzniewska, Member & CEO Owen Wilson Chief sales officer 1999 12 Data-Link Corp. 98 Main St. South Meriden, CT 06451 203-235-3282 or 800-286-3282; www.datalinkcorp.com Meriden, CT 12 250 Structured cabling, voice and data products, audio/video, CCTV and access control James V. Cournoyer, President Fred Robertson, Chief business development officer 1986 13 Unified Communications Group 504 Main St. Farmington, CT 06032 860-656-1000; www.unifiedusa.com Farmington, CT 12 2,600 Voice-over-IP, dedicated cloud, data center, SIP trunking (4) Dwayne M. Connelly Partner 1990 14 Granite Communications Inc. 55 Middletown Ave., Suite 1 North Haven, CT 06473 203-234-4900; www.granitecomm.com North Haven, CT 10 2,500 Business phone systems, cloud phone systems, voice and data cabling, paging and public address systems, network services, fiber optic networks and call center solutions Gregg Haughton Scott Ward Partners 1996 15 Harbor Network 26 Lakeside Blvd., East Waterbury, CT 06708 475-235-4600; www.harbornetworks.com Framingham, MA 10 100 IP telephony, unified communications, video conference, wireless, data networking and LAN-WAN Jim J. White Senior consultant 1995 16 Phonetel Inc. 12 Capital Drive Wallingford, CT 06492 203-284-9488; www.phonetelinc.com Wallingford, CT 10 6,000 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 (4) Dan A. Link President 1998 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 Genie Innovations Inc. (5) 93 Farmstead Lane Windsor, CT 06095 860-610-6006; www.ip-genie.com Windsor, CT 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 Manchester, CT 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 (6) Nancy Ferguson CEO 1997 20 Custom Phone Inc. 169 East Ave. Norwalk, CT 06851 203-866-3494; www.customphone.com Norwalk, CT 5 450 Installation and management of business telecommunications systems for voice, video and data Pete Harrison President 1983 Source: Each company via survey. Notes: Unable to confirm data for Rocky Hill's Sprint office; 160 CT employees were reported in 2015. AT&T declined to participate in this year's survey; its CT wireline business was sold to Frontier Communications in 2015. DND = did not disclose. (1) Data from 2015 survey. (2) Wholly-owned subsidiary of Frontier Communications. (3) Formerly Prescient Worldwide. (4) SIP = session initiation protocol. (5) Formerly FTG Inc. dba Farmstead Telephone Group. (6) ISDN = integrated service digital network. —Compiled by Stephanie R. Meagher.

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