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Blackfoot Telecommunications Group
We began as a rural telephone cooperative in 1954. Today, with the regionÌs largest private Voice over IP network, our four companies offer state-of-the-art telecommunications services to 20,000 customers. Our 160 employees are dedicated to customer support and still deliver it from here in Western Montana. In short, weÌre a well-balanced business: deep-rooted, yet forward-looking.
Company Profile of Blackfoot Telecommunications Group
History
Blackfoot Telecommunications HistoryHeadquartered in Missoula, Montana, Blackfoot Telecommunications Group traces its origins to the founding of the Blackfoot Telephone Cooperative in 1954. We have since grown in terms of products, services, coverage, and corporate structure. Today our various organizations deliver state-of-the-art telecommunications to more than 20,000 customers in eight Western Montana and Idaho counties.
Products and Services
Blackfoot Telecommunications Products & ServicesBlackfoot provides local and long distance phone service and also high-speed Internet access to Western Montana residences and businesses. We offer a range of other business products, including phone systems and network design. Since our founding, we've maintained a focus on expert,locally based customer support. Yet we've also kept innovating and now own Western Montana's largest private Voice over IP (VoIP) network, which uses more than 800 miles of fiber cable.
Blackfoot Telephone Cooperative
Blackfoot RiverNamed after the Blackfoot River, the Cooperative offers services to 22 rural exchanges within a 6,500-square mile, seven-county region in western Montana and Idaho. A non-profit corporation, Blackfoot Telephone Cooperative, Inc. is owned by its customers, each of whom receives a yearly refund in the form of a Capital Credit that is derived from BlackfootÌs income and based upon the amount of services purchased.
Blackfoot Communications
Blackfoot Telecommunications signageBlackfoot Communications is a Competitive Local Exchange Company (CLEC) that provides phone service and business communications services to customers in Missoula, Montana and the surrounding metropolitan area.
TeleSphere
TelesSphere Software Inc.TeleSphere Software Inc. (http://www.tele-sphere.com) is a business software company whose flagship product is Telesphere, a package that includes modules for billing, customer care, and plant management. Founded in 1998, TeleSphere is a wholly owned subsidiary company of Blackfoot Telephone Cooperative and now markets its product to telecommunications companies around the country.
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