Mankato, Minn. – Nov. 30, 2011 – HickoryTech (NASDAQ: HTCO) announces today it is accepting entries for its My Life, My Internet video contest. As a leading regional broadband provider, HickoryTech wants to encourage broadband adoption and encourage students and educators to share their stories about why the Internet is important in their lives. The My Life, My Internet contest, which targets entries from the HickoryTech service area, requires video submissions that present ideas around how students and teachers connect, learn, recharge, study and socialize at school and at home using broadband Internet access.
HickoryTech will award contest winners a hand-held video camera, as well as five hand-held video camera’s for their school. “HickoryTech supports technology integration in the classroom and wants to provide an incentive for students, teachers and schools to adopt new technologies which help students enhance learning through broadband adoption,” said Jennifer Spaude, HickoryTech director of Investor Relations and Marketing.
Complete contest details and rules are available at www.hickorytech.com/MyLifeMyInternet. All entries must be submitted by January 31, 2012.