| Pioneer Telephone | |
| Type: | Private |
| Location: | Portland, Maine, United States |
| Industry: | Telecommunications |
| Homepage: | www.pioneertelephone.com |
Pioneer Telephone is a privately held company with headquarters in Portland, Maine, United States, it was founded by Peter Bouchard, who continues to run the company today. It is a facility-based telecommunication carrier of long-distance, local and UCaas telephone service in the United States. As of October 2011, Pioneer Telephone had more than 2,700,000 customers in 48 states.
In 2005, Pioneer Telephone purchased the long-distance telephone business of bankrupt Adelphia Communications Corporation for about $22.5M and $180m in indemnification guarantees;[1] the sale was completed later that year.[2] Adelphia's phone service had 1,110,000 customers in 27 states(telephone & long-distance services).
In November 2008, Pioneer Telephone purchased all the residential and small-to-medium-sized business customers from Level 3 Communications in Denver, CO Pioneer's upper management https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-08-2053A1.txt stated that they would roll out local service in 15 states in 2009.[3]