Press Releases

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 areas. However, according to USAC, only $81 million...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark., May 14, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Windstream Corp. (Nasdaq:WIN) has named Randy Nicklas executive vice president of engineering and chief technology officer. Nicklas will be responsible for network planning and engineering, outside plant, records and capital management. Nicklas was formerly chief technology officer...

Business service revenues were $914 million, a 2 percent increase year-over-year Consumer broadband service revenues were $117 million, a 5 percent increase year-over-year Total business and consumer broadband revenues now represent 71 percent of total revenues Total revenues and sales were $1.5 billion, a decline of 2...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark., May 7, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Windstream Corp. (Nasdaq:WIN) will hold its annual meeting of stockholders at 11 a.m. CDT on Wednesday, May 8 at the Capital Hotel in Little Rock. The annual meeting will be streamed live over the company's website at www.windstream.com/investors. A replay of the webcast will be available o...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark., April 17, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Windstream (Nasdaq:WIN) announced today that its Advanced Application Reporting (AAR) product for enterprise business customers is now available throughout its entire footprint across the nation. AAR provides enterprise businesses with comprehensive, near real-time visibility into their Wide Are...

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 GSA's Region 6, which is ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark., March 22, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The following statement on the announced resignation of Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski is from Eric Einhorn, senior vice president of government affairs and strategy at Windstream. Chairman Genachowski is a strong leader who has addressed many of the most p...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark., March 11, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Windstream Corp. (Nasdaq:WIN) today announced that it has made changes to certain board leadership positions. The board of directors announced the appointment of Jeffrey T. Hinson as chairman of the board, effective May 1, 2013. Hinson qualifies as an independent director, and this appoi...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Feb. 28, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- To expand its portfolio of solutions available through its channel partners, Windstream (Nasdaq:WIN), a leading provider of advanced network communications, announced today at the Channel Partners Conference & Expo that it is certifying channel managers to sell a selection of the company's key da...

Business service revenues were $917 million, a 3 percent increase year-over-year Consumer broadband service revenues were $116 million, a 5 percent increase year-over-year Total business and consumer broadband revenues now represent 70 percent of total revenues Total revenues and sales were $1.54 billion, a decline of ...