Associate Members

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NATIONAL DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE
www.nationalda.com
12700 Shelbyville Road
Louisville, KY 4243
502/420-9899  Fax 502/244-4174
 

Stephen Ferry, Vice President     ferrysj@nationalda.com 
 

Directory & operator sevices.

NATIONAL EXCHANGE CARRIER ASSOCIATION (NECA)
www.neca.org

80 S. Jefferson Road
Whippany, NJ 07981-1009
973/884-8000 Fax 973/884-8469
 

Southern Region

Vinod K. Singh, Director      vsingh@neca.org
Claudia Smith, Manager-Member Services      csmith@neca.org
2475 Northwinds Parkway Suite 375
Alpharetta, GA 30004-4805
800/223-7751 or 770/754-1728 Fax 800/551-3038

Provides a wide-range of telecom services to its members and the industry, including regulatory support, training, and administrative billing fund services.


NATIONAL FARMERS UNION INSURANCE
www.nfuic.com

11900 E. Cornell Avenue
Aurora, CO 80014-3194
303/337-5500 Fax 303/695-4518
 

Don Heck, Special Accounts Representative
PO Box 247
Carmel, IN 40632-0247
317/844-5173 Fax 317/575-0490 d.heck@sprynet.com

Provides property and casualty insurance & risk management services to the telecom, cellular and cable industries.
 

NATIONAL INFORMATION SOLUTIONS COOPERATIVE (NISC)

www.nisc.coop
3201 Nygren Drive

PO Box 728

Mandan, ND 58554

866/999-6472   701/667-6657   Fax 701/667-1936

Gerry Fisher, Vice President of Telecom Services

gerry.fisher@nisc.coop

Kevin Anderson, Telecom Industry Sales Manager

kevin.anderson@nisc.coop

A provider of advanced iVUE software, open-systems computer hardware & processing services for independent telephone companies nationwide.  NISC provides systems integration & software services such as accounting & business solutions, end user billing, wireless billings, CABs, e-bill, mapping & engineering as well as switch and CATV provisioning.

NATIONAL RURAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COOPERATIVE (NRTC)
www.nrtc.coop

2121 Cooperative Way
Herndon, VA 20171-4542
703/787-0874 800/995-5592 Fax 703/464-5300
 

Andy Brown – Senior Vice President-Industry & Member Relations  abrown@nrtc.coop 
Mike Dunne, Regional Business Manager-Telecom

615/353-9898   Fax 615/353-9870   mdunne@nrtc.coop

To provide leadership and support to members to create telecommunications and related-business solutions, promote economic development and improve quality of life in rural America.


NORTEL NETWORKS
www.nortelnetworks.com

4004 E. Chapel Hill-Nelson Highway
PO Box 13478 MSD17040F2
RTP, NC 27709-3010
919/992-5000
 

Sam James, Account Manager

PO Box 46

Rougemont, NC 27572

919/905-0148     Fax 919/997-3036     sjames@nortel.com

Provides a cooper & fiber broadband transport system that delivers integrated voice, special services, data & video.


OCCAM NETWORKS
www.occamnetworks.com

77 Robin Hill Road
Santa Barbara, CA 93117
919/969-9705 Fax 413/622-6344
 

Phil McElhaney, Sales Director
8531 Birch Hollow Road
Roswell. GA 30076
770/619-5879 Fax 413/622-6344 pmcelhaney@occamnetworks.com 

Occam Networks develops and markets innovative broadband loop carrier networking equipment that enable telcos to deliver voice, data & video services.
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OPTELIAN
www.optelian.com
2121 New Market Parkway Suite 150
Marietta, GA 30067
877/225-9428 Fax 877/225-9426

Dave Mills – National Sales Manager
770/456-8645 dave.mills@optelian.com
Tom Dell
877/225-9428 x3102 tom.dell@optelian.com

Provides “carrier grade” optical transmission solutions for the Access, Metro, IOF & Enterprise Networks. These cost effective, “environmentally hardened” solutions facilitate applications that include Fiber Exhaust (XWDM, ODM or OADM) 3R Reach Extension, GigE Transport, IPTV Transport, Path Protection Switching & Connectivity for optical transport.
 

PANNAWAY TECHNOLOGIES
www.pannaway.com

Tracy Tischendorf, Inside Sales

215 Commerce Way
Portsmouth, NH 03801
603/766-5102     Fax 603/766-5150     tischendorf_t@pannaway.com

Hall Ashmore, Regional Sales Manager-Mid South Region

4137 Crown Oaks Drive

Oxford, NC  27565

919/475-5918     Fax 919/693-4193     ashmore_h@pannaway.com

Pannaway's solutions offer service providers a simplified migration path.  Today's telco networks are undergoing a radical transformation, whether its moving from copper to fiber access, traditional TDM to VoIP, ATM/SONET to 10 Gigabit Ethernet/IP transport, or from low speed internet service to IPTV ready ultra broadband, Pannaway provides solutions that deliver simplified migration.

PELUSA
www.priority.mb.ca
55 Truttier Bay

Winnipeg, MB Canada R3T 3R3

800/478-0047
 

Jim Ritchie, Vice President-Outside Sales

204/284-0164     Fax 866/453-4683     jritchie@pelusa1.com

Manufacturer of fibre optic assemblies, FTTX equipment & OEM products.

PINNACLE PUBLISHING
www.pinnaclepub.com

4030 Technology Drive NW
Bemidji, MN 56601
218/444-2180 Fax 218/444-2185
 

Shelly Geerdes, General Manger 218/444-1800   sgeerdes@pinnaclepub.com 
Lori Otis, Sales Manager 218/444-1802   lotis@pinnaclepub.ocm 

Directory publisher of distinctive and accurate telephone directories tailored for high quality and profitability for both the telcos and advertisers.

POWER & COMMUNICATIONS SALES
www.pcssales.com

600 Houze Way C-5
Roswell, GA 30076
770/992-0990 Fax 770/640-7654
 

Bud Wright, President bud@pcssales.com
 

Outside plant test equipment & products.


POWER & TELEPHONE SUPPLY
www.ptsupply.com

2673 Yale Avenue
Memphis, TN 38112-3335
800/238-7514 or 901/320-3080 Fax 901/320-3082
 

James N. Drain, Vice President-Telecom Group 901/320-3080 x3223 jim.drain@ptsupply.com
 

Robert Vennemann, District Sales Manager
4084 Elmhill Drive
Bartlett, TN 38135-1652
800/222-5955 x455 or 901/277-9900 robert.vennemann@ptsupply.com 

A full-line distributor of communications & data products, cable, connectivity and networking equipment.


PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS COMPANY
www.preformed.com

660 Beta Drive
PO Box 91129
Cleveland, OH 44101
440/461-5200 Fax 440/442-8816
 

Gary Krout, Field Sales Manager
601 Snowhill Way
Maryville, TN 37803
865/681-4432      gkrout@preformed.com

A supplier of high quality cable anchoring and control hardware and systems, overhead and underground splice cases & related products, and high speed cross-connect devices.