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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Headquarters | Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S. |
Key people | Paul H. Sunu (President & CEO)[1] |
| Products | Advanced Network Communications, including Cloud Computing and Managed Services to businesses nationwide. Broadband, Phone and Digital TV to consumers primarily in rural areas. |
| Revenue | US$4 billion (2023)[2] |
Number of employees | 11,080 (2019)[3] |
| ASN | |
| Website | www |
Windstream Holdings, Inc., also doing business as Windstream Communications or Windstream, is a provider of voice and data network communications (broadband, VoIP, MPLS), and managed services (virtual servers, managed firewall, data storage, cloud-based voice, etc.), to businesses in the United States.[4] The company also offers residential broadband, phone and digital streaming TV services to consumers within its coverage area. It is the ninth largest residential telephone provider in the country[5] with service covering more than 8.1 million people in 21 states.[6][7][8]
The company was formed in 2006, when Alltel's local telephone service merged with Valor Communications Group out of part of GTE (now part of Verizon's) local telephone business in the Southwestern United States.
Windstream is a partner with DirecTV, offering satellite service to its customers.
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- ^ Leichtman Research Group, "Research Notes," Archived October 17, 2016, at the Wayback Machine First Quarter 2012, pg. 6, Windstream (#9) with 1,931,700 residential phone lines.
- ^ Anders, David (April 21, 2022). "Need Home Internet Service? Find the Internet Providers in Your Area". CNET. Red Ventures. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
- ^ Anders, David (April 28, 2022). "Kinetic by Windstream Home Internet Review: Your Results May Vary". CNET. Red Ventures. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
- ^ Anderson, Duane. "Windstream Overview and Coverage". Broadband Now. Retrieved 2014-02-12.