corporation industry telecommunications services founded founded by investors in 1996 headquarters dallas texas key people matthew h. johnson co ceo and cfo nathan r. johnson co ceo joseph p. holop coo shahin sazej cto products local phone service home phone service business phone service dial up internet access website www.sagetelecom.net sage telecom inc was founded in 1996 as a competitive local exchange carrier clec reselling telecommunications primarily in rural markets served by sbc communications . the company provided local phone service local bundled phone service and dial up internet access in arkansas california connecticut illinois indiana kansas michigan missouri ohio oklahoma texas and wisconsin . in february 2006 the company announced esagelink a high speed dial up internet service available first in and around muncie indiana . in january 2007 sage announced it had been acquired by hedge fund silver point capital . in july 2012 sage was acquired by telscape communications . contents 1 history 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit sage telecom was founded in allen texas by dennis w. houlihan around 1996 . in 1998 sage received certification from the public utilities commission puc of texas to provide local telephone service throughout the entire state of texas . in 2001 sage received certification from the oklahoma corporation commission occ to provide local telephone service throughout the state of oklahoma . dennis houlihan was 2001 entrepreneur of the year in the emerging companies category as part of the ernst & young entrepreneur of the year program for the southwest region . in 2002 sage began providing service in kansas . in september 2003 sage telecom had the highest revenue growth in texas for the previous five years according to deloitte and touche . 1 in april 2004 sage telecom and sbc reached the first wholesale commercial agreement between a clec and a regional bell operating company following the us federal court mandate that overturned government imposed wholesale rules issued by the federal communications commission on the telecommunications act of 1996 . 2 3 terry w. lewis took over as president and ceo in 2005 from founder houlihan . 4 in april 2006 sage announced a similar arrangement with verizon . 5 in january 2007 silver point capital acquired sage which had over 500 employees at the time . 6 the company was led by president and cfo chris williams in 2007 during the transition . 7 in july 2012 telscape communications acquired sage from silver point for undisclosed terms . 8 see also edit list of united states telephone companies references edit deloitte reveals fastest growing technology companies in texas . press release . deloitte & touche . september 15 2003 . archived from the original on october 6 2003 . retrieved july 8 2013 . sbc sage telecom agree on access charges . techweb network . april 6 2004 . archived from the original on march 13 2007 . retrieved july 8 2013 . matthew s. hisrich april 14 2004 . the end of telephone competition as we know it . the buckeye institute . retrieved july 8 2013 . sage hires former verizon exec . light reading . january 30 2006 . retrieved july 8 2013 . chad eric watt april 9 2006 . sage telecom signs verizon access deal . dallas business journal . retrieved july 8 2013 . silver point capital buying sage telecom . dallas business journal . january 29 2007 . retrieved july 8 2013 . silver points buys clec . light reading . january 30 2007 . retrieved july 8 2013 . telscape completes acquisition of sage telecom . news release . july 10 2012 . retrieved july 8 2013 . external links edit official website v t e united states wireless communications service providers national at & t mobility sprint corporation t mobile us verizon wireless public regional atlantic tele network gci u.s. cellular private regional c spire wireless cellcom cellular one claro puerto rico gta teleguam iconnect indigo wireless iwireless open mobile united wireless west central wireless mvnos virtual list of united states mobile virtual network operators defunct defunct virtual operators advanced mobile phone service airtouch alaska communications alltel at & t wireless services cincinnati bell dobson cellular edge wireless element mobile first cellular of southern illinois houston cellular midwest wireless nep wireless nextel communications northcoast pcs ntelos pocket communications powertel primeco revol wireless rural cellular suncom unicel upoc networks western wireless corporation v t e united states landline telephone companies alaska communications at & t centurylink cincinnati bell claro puerto rico earthlink emery telcom fairpoint communications frontier communications gci gta teleguam hawaiian telcom tds telecom verizon communications windstream communications retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sage telecom & oldid 738259864 categories companies established in 1996telecommunications companies 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