Friends of ALLBAND
NEMCOG is committed to facilitating the development of intergovernmental cooperation and coordination within the eight-county region of Northeast Michigan. The agency is also committed to providing for a controlled growth policy; to preserve and improve the environment, to pursue greater efficiency and responsiveness of local units of government, and to improve the ecological, social, and economic well being of citizens within the region.
Citation: NEMCOG
KL&J is a progressive engineering and asset development firm. At its inception in 1938, KL&J provided traditional surveying and engineering services to clients in the Dakotas and Montana. Today, we employ over 300 talented people, offer highly specialized multidiscipline services, and continue to explore the newest technologies and methodologies to remain on the leading edge of innovation. Our clients extend across the United States and our project scopes range from large, complex vertically integrated oilseed extraction and biodiesel plants to the county roads and splash parks our communities use every day.
Citation: KLJ
Since 1890, Clark Hill PLC has served the business, government, nonprofit, and personal needs of clients throughout Michigan and beyond.
Our attorneys proudly represent a diverse group of clients ranging from individuals to Fortune 500 companies. Our clients expect the best, and we work to deliver by providing experienced attorneys, predictable fee structures, and cutting edge technology. These are just a few of the reasons our firm is repeatedly chosen and recommended by our clients.
Citation: Clark Hill
Lally Group, PC is a full service accounting and consulting
firm headquartered in
The firm of Lally Group, PC is dedicated to serving all of your
accounting, tax, and financial services needs. Our continuing
mission is to serve you by providing the highest level of expertise
and professionalism possible. Services to each client are tailored
to meet their particular needs, whether it's the selection of
operating entity and accounting software for a new business, or
providing management consulting to an established organization.
Our areas of industry practice include the following:
Nursing Home and Assisted Living for Seniors
Construction Contractors and Trades
Manufacturing
Independent Telephone Companies
Nonprofit Organizations
Cable Television
Wholesale Distribution
Retail
Professional Services
Lally Group is a member of the American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants and the Michigan Association of Certified Public
Accountants. Our firm is also a member of the Division of CPA Firms
section of the AICPA and undergoes periodic third-party review of
our practices and procedures. We have consistently received the
highest result, an unqualified opinion, for these operational
audits.
The staff at Lally Group consists of highly motivated professionals
seeking to improve both their skills and abilities along with
assisting in our client's growth and prosperity. Lally Group is an
equal opportunity employer always looking for qualified
professionals to join our team.
Citation: Lally Group
The origin of the Firm dates back to 1952 when Founder, Arthur G. Kiesling, opened his CPA office on the Capital Square in Madison, Wisconsin. He brought to the practice more than twenty years of experience in public utility accounting, financing and regulatory matters, including controllership responsibilities for the Illinois and Wisconsin properties of Commonwealth Telephone, now part of Verizon Communications, Inc.
Art Kiesling's mid-life decision to start his own public accounting practice rather than to pursue a promising career with an aggressive national corporation seems to epitomize a philosophy that still exists at the Firm. We prefer to do business at the personal level, and value highly the close relationships which develop from being involved with a client over a period of years.
Our firm was organized to provide financial, tax and consulting services to telecommunications and utility companies throughout the United States. From our beginning, we've been a leader in providing solutions to our clients. We are currently providing a variety of services to over 200 communication and utility companies; including telecommunications, cable television, electric and gas utilities, and wireless services.
Through our participation in technical conferences with state regulators, state and national industry associations, our membership in the Telergee Alliance, BDO Seidman Alliance, and our assistance to clients in dealing with complex financial, marketing, regulatory and business matters, we believe our experience positions us to uniquely respond to your needs.
Citation: Kiesling Assocaites, LLP
"Electricity, telephone, water and waste disposal services have been taken for granted in American cities since at least the 1920's. But if you lived in a rural area only 60 years ago, chances are you went without these necessities of modern life and high standard of living they make possible.
Modern utilities came to rural America through some of the most successful government initiatives in American history, carried out through the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) working with rural cooperatives, nonprofit associations, public bodies, and for-profit utilities. Today, USDA Rural Utilities Service (RUS) carries on this tradition helping rural utilities expand and keep their technology up to date, helping establish new and vital services such as distance learning and telemedicine.
The public-private partnership which is forged between RUS and these industries results in billions of dollars in rural infrastructure development and creates thousands of jobs for the American economy."
Citation: Rural Utilities Service
MichNet was America's first regional research and education network and supports the high-performance networking needs of Michigan’s universities, K-12 schools, community colleges, libraries, state government, health care, and other non-profit organizations.
MichNet operates a statewide high-speed backbone and connects Member and Affiliate organizations to Internet2, the national network super-highway for research and education.
Through MichNet, Michigan's research and education organizations have access to leading-edge network research, state and national collaborative initiatives, and international peering.
Citation: Merit
Com Net, Incorporated (Com Net) is committed to becoming the premier supplier of telecommunications innovations and services to data, Internet, telephone, and video local service providers. Com Net is devoted to exceeding local service providers' expectations while supplying the innovations and services that enable them to deliver cutting-edge products, generate additional revenue, and enhance customer service.
Com Net and its team of partners are dedicated to making the new age of telecommunications a user-friendly, high-quality experience for all residents of North America. The Com Net team firmly believes that creating this positive experience for its customers begins with a strong local commitment as well as a robust presence in the community. Through participation in the community, Com Net can determine and deliver the telecommunication services, as well as the content transported through these mediums, that enhance the lifestyles of the community's citizens.
Citation: Comnet, Inc.
A division of established technology provider Data Connection, MetaSwitch was founded with a vision to simplify the delivery of next generation voice services, building seamlessly on existing networks. This is a vision on which we have consistently delivered with a series of ground-breaking milestones.As part of Data Connection, MetaSwitch benefits from a 23-year heritage of industry leadership and an experienced management team. Equally important is the company's track record of consistent financial success, a result of our high quality technology and exceptional customer support.
MetaSwitch's customers include major incumbents, independent/rural telcos, competitive service providers and cable operators.
Citation: Metaswitch
Calix: The Largest Telecommunications Equipment Supplier Focused
Solely on Access
Several hundred service providers operating tens of millions of
access lines depend on Calix to power their access networks. Industry-leading
solutions deployable throughout the access network enabling a rich
set of information, communication, and entertainment services over
any combination of fiber and copper help Calix customer gain a competitive
edge. And an extremely high degree of integration and robust service
management allow Calix customers to operate their access networks
at the lowest possible cost. Massive service capacity over extreme
operational efficiency—these are what make Calix and ideal
access partner.
But Calix goes beyond innovative, future-hedging access network solutions; we simplify all aspects of the service deployment process. A tightly integrated vertical supply chain improves quality and scale while reducing lead times. A broad set of Calix Compatible partners ensure smooth and fast deployment of leading-edge, IP-based services. And a host of no-cost service and support functions that dramatically simplify training, troubleshooting, and network upgrades. Calix makes it simple.
Citation: Calix
MasTec is a leading end-to-end voice, video, data and energy infrastructure
solution provider. We are thousands of highly trained men and women,
organized to serve multi-national communication, broadband, satellite,
energy companies, and government entities. We know how to achieve
valuable operating synergies because our specialized divisions design
the systems, lay the fiber, install the networks and equipment,
connect the conductors, build the substations, bury the pipelines,
and install the in-home equipment. Then we maintain and monitor
it all.
As a specialty infrastructure contractor, MasTec is a major beneficiary
of communication industry convergence that has been accelerating
in recent years. Customers that traditionally provided one service
such as voice, video or data, are now providing a bundle of communications
products. Cable companies are now providing telephony voice services
and high-speed internet in addition to their traditional video programming.
Similarly, phone companies are positioning to provide upgraded data
and video programming by massive spending initiatives, known as
fiber to the premises, or FTTP, that will give them the required
bandwidth capacity to support these new services. This competition
provides accelerated growth in divisions all across the Company.
Additionally, MasTec is the largest nationwide installer for satellite
TV. This area, which has shown dramatic growth in recent years,
has been the fastest growing part of MasTec's portfolio. Also, MasTec's
Energy focus should also benefit from long-term electrical grid
updates which will be made in the future. Finally, MasTec's Intelligent
Traffic and Government activities may accelerate with increased
highway and Homeland Security spending initiatives.
Citation: Mastec
CDG is a leading telecommunications solutions
source with 30-years experience in consumer and carrier access billing,
service provisioning, customer care, and operational support
systems.
CDG's invoicing solution, Modularity, is a highly
flexible, modular system for dynamic telecommunications environments. It
is a full-service solution for outsourced, on-line, or licensed billing.
Modularity interfaces to Customer Care, Mediation, Customer Invoicing,
Plant Records, Trouble Reporting, Service Activation Manager (SAM), and
Patronage, as well as third-party financial, mapping, and facilities
management products.
CDG CABS offers a modular design with limitless, automated
options. Meet-Point Billing options for all carriers, traffic types,
jurisdictions, and tariffs flow through the system. This fluent system
provides account code assignment for journalizing carrier access billing,
as well as audit trails for tracking messages and minutes. Access bills
conform to industry guidelines as established by the Alliance for
Telecommunications Industry Solutions for Ordering and Billing Forum (OBF)
Billing Output Specifications (C/BOS) and Multiple Exchange Carrier Access
Bill (MECABS) standards.
Citation: CDG
Fred Williamson &
Associates
We at Fred Williamson & Associates, Inc. are a team of seasoned professionals dedicated to providing high quality telecommunications management services. Our staff has a distinguished history of education, experience and accomplishments in the telecommunications field.
To best serve our clients, we emphasize quality and professionalism in everything we do. We provide prompt, high quality, accurate and dependable information that allows our clients to make well-informed management decisions. Our far-reaching involvement in state and federal associations gives us, and our clients, a significant edge in obtaining current information regarding the changes in all areas of our ever-evolving industry.
We have the answers you need for today to maximize your earnings and
provide advanced and quality service to your customers. We have the
visions you need for tomorrow to move your company toward a profitable and
revolutionary future.
Citation: FWA
Communications has helped to make the world seem smaller. And as the world of communications becomes smaller through mergers and acquisitions, it has become more important than ever before to know a company you can depend on to provide service when and where you need it. Great Lakes Comnet is a broadband network and switching infrastructure company that enables modern and efficient deployment of a variety of voice, video and data services.
GLC was organized as a for-profit Michigan based corporation in 1996. Its shareholders are independent telephone companies operating throughout Michigan, some of which have more than a century of telecommunications experience. The company became operational in 2001 and has expanded every year since. Future plans include the deployment of a significant amount of additional fiber miles of network throughout Michigan.
GLC has the only independently owned and operated Tandem Switch in Michigan. We utilize traditional and next generation Class 4 and Class 5 switching technologies that are connected to a matched pair of Broadband STPs. Our state-of-the-art Tandem Switch is connected to more than 150 carriers. Our goal is to provide partner companies with services and products that result in:
Increased revenues
Reduced operating expense
Placement into new strategic markets
Citation: GLC