"Current will kick off their Texas operations in North Texas through an agreement with Dallas-based TXU Corp. The service will be offered to more than 2 million customers."
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Five telecom providers eying expansion into S.A. market
By Catherine Dominguez
San Antonio Business Journal
Updated: 8:00 p.m. ET May 14, 2006
San Antonio area residents and businesses will soon have more choices when it comes to telephone and data services.
Four companies have applied for operating certificates with the Public Utility Commission (PUC) of Texas to provide services ranging from basic telephone service to Internet services. A fifth company has applied to extend its existing services from the Houston area across the state.
The companies include Fort Worth-based Talk Now Telco; Chicago-based Access One Inc; Germantown, Md.-based Current Communications of Texas LP; and Kirkland, Wash.-based Clearwire Telecommunications Services LLC.
Houston-based Connect I.T. has asked the state to amend its operating certificate to expand services statewide, including the San Antonio area.
Troy Guillett, CEO of Connect I.T., confirms his company will expand into the Alamo City but he did not have a set timeline.
Connect I.T. was originally approved to provide basic telephone service in Texas in April 2004. That service includes long-distance and international calling in the Houston area. The company also offers pre-paid calling services.
Access One, Connect I.T. and Talk Now Telco will provide services through re-sale agreements with major telecom carriers in areas of the state currently served by AT&T Texas, Verizon Communications and Sprint.
The field
Talk Now Telco, a newly formed business, will also offer basic telephone service including local and long distance to residential and business customers. Talk Now will provide pre-paid local, domestic long-distance and international long-distance service.
According to the company's application with the PUC, Brandon Young, owner and president of Talk Now, was a part owner of Fort Worth-based Get A Phone, which continues to provide telecommunication services in Texas, California and Florida. Young sold his interest in the company more than two years ago.
Access One will provide basic telephone service, local and long-distance, wireless and DSL Internet services. The company was founded in 1993 and is recognized as a "Complaint Free" telecommunications provider by the Better Business Bureau.
Clearwire was founded in 2003 and is a facilities-based provider of wireless, portable, high-speed broadband Internet services through a wireless modem. The company has a large presence on the West Coast but is expanding into other markets, including Texas.
According to Teresa Fausti-Blatt, spokesperson for Clearwire, the company recently announced a marketing partnership with America Online (AOL). Through the agreement, the companies will offered AOL High Speed Internet powered by Clearwire.
Electric option
Current Communications, a subsidiary of Maryland-based Current Communications Group, was founded in 2000 and offers broadband over power lines (BPL), which is high-performance broadband Internet services provided over existing electric power lines and in-home electric wiring.
By using a small device plugged into an electrical outlet, customers can connect a cable from their computer to the device to access the Internet.
In fact, Current announced May 4 that the company had secured $130 million from new and existing investors to accelerate the deployment of BPL-enabled "Smart Grid" electric utility networks.
Melissa Kresse, spokesperson for Current, explains that the Smart Grid is a tool developed by Current that electric companies can attach to their systems to help manage and control the network for the BPL.
Current will kick off their Texas operations in North Texas through an agreement with Dallas-based TXU Corp. The service will be offered to more than 2 million customers.
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