LITTLE ROCK, Ark., May 16, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Each year, the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) makes available $400 million in funding through the Rural Health Care (RHC) program, to be used for telecommunications and Internet services for health care providers located in rural...Learn More

Windstream has been gradually transforming itself from a local phone company serving tier 2 and tier 3 markets to a nationwide carrier focused on business services. And according to Windstream CEO Jeff Gardner, the company’s optimal strategy in that market is to focus on customers...Learn More

CenturyLink, Frontier and Windstream made another attempt Friday to persuade the FCC to release Phase 1 Connect America Funds for broadband construction projects in rural areas that currently do not have broadband service. The carriers are now offering to match whatever funding the commission releases...Learn More

LITTLE ROCK, Ark., April 8, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Windstream (Nasdaq:WIN) announced today that the General Services Administration (GSA) of the U.S. Federal Government has awarded it a contract to provide voice, Internet and data services. The contract represents multi-million dollar potential revenue annually, covering...Learn More

As their traditional residential voice business dwindles, many Tier 2 (and Tier 3) telcos are aggressively pursuing the business and wholesale markets, as a couple of announcements today illustrate. CenturyLink launched a new ad campaign for the business market. And Windstream announced the nationwide expansion...Learn More

LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Feb. 4, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — With this year’s E-Rate filing deadline rapidly approaching, Windstream (Nasdaq:WIN), a leading provider of advanced network communications, is urging all K-12 schools and libraries across the country to apply in order to leverage discounts on telecommunications,...Learn More

January 17, 2013 — LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Windstream (Nasdaq: WIN), a leading provider of advanced network communications and managed services, today announced that it has launched Endpoint Security Protection by McAfee. Windstream’s Endpoint Security Protection eliminates the need for multiple security products giving small...Learn More

Execs at Windstream, Megapath and another 40 or so Internet service providers may be hitting the punching bag a lot harder now that they’ve all been accused of patent violations over arcane capabilities built into DSL equipment supplied to them by the likes of Alcatel-Lucent,...Learn More

LITTLE ROCK, AR – Dec 17, 2012 -— Windstream Hosted Solutions, one of the nation’s premier providers of enterprise-class managed hosting solutions, today announced plans to construct a new enterprise-class data center in Durham, N.C. The new 22,000-square-foot facility (expandable to 88,000 square feet), which...Learn More

LITTLE ROCK, AR. – Dec 3, 2012 — Windstream Hosted Solutions, one of the nation’s premier providers of enterprise-class managed hosting solutions, today announced plans to expand its nationwide network of data centers with the construction of a new data center in Nashville, Tenn. The...Learn More

Nov 20, 2012 — HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Windstream Corp. (Nasdaq: WIN) announces the expansion of its next-generation voice and data services into Hot Springs, giving local businesses a new choice for advanced communication services. Hot Springs business customers now may benefit from a robust...Learn More

LITTLE ROCK, AK – Nov 19, 2012 — Windstream Hosted Solutions, one of the nation’s premier providers of enterprise-class managed hosting solutions, today announced the opening of a new Mid-Atlantic data center in McLean, Va. The new enterprise-class Windstream data center is 65,000 square feet...Learn More