Utility Company and Telecom Subsidiaries
Utility Company and Telecom Subsidiaries
| Utility Company Name and HQ | Telecom Subsidiary Name and HQ | Date Telecom Subsidiary Founded | Type of Customers | Types of Services Offered Now | Geographic Service Territory (for Telecom) |
| BEC Energy Boston www.bedison.com |
Beco Communications Boston N/A |
1995 | Wholesale network provider to RCN Corp., a competieve local exchange carrier (CLEC) with an additional 1,000 route miles of fiber in Boston |
Construction of advanced telecom networks, sale of network capacity. Carriers’ carrier |
Greater Boston area |
| Central & South West Corp. Dallas www.csw.com |
C3 Communications Inc. Austin, Texas www.c3com.com |
1995 | Telecom providers | Long-haul fiber transport, wholesale private line, special access, collocation, synchronous optical network (SONET) rings |
Portions of Texas, Louisiana |
| Cinergy Corp. Cincinnati www.cinergy.com |
Cinergy Communications Inc. (CCI) Lattise Communications LLC N/A |
CCI – 1997 Lattise – 1999 |
Telecom providers | CCI provides dark fiber; Lattise leases communications tower space | Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky |
| Consolidated Edison Inc. New York www.conedison.com |
Con Edison Communications Inc. New York N/A |
1998 | Long distance companies, Internet service providers (ISPs), CLECs | Lit fiber, including DS-1, DS-3, OC-3 and higher | Manhattan, Long Island, Staten Island, Brooklyn, Bronx and Westchester County |
| Entergy Corp. New Orleans www.entergy.com |
Entergy Technology Co. Little Rock, Ark. N/A |
WND | Telecom providers | Long-haul fiber, SONET rings | Louisiana cities of Baton Rouge, Gretna, Lake Charles and Lafayette; Jackson, Miss.; Little Rock, Ark.; and Texas cities of Beaumont, Bryan, Houston and planned expansion into Dallas |
| Minnesota Power Inc. Duluth, Minn. www.mnpower.com |
MP Telecom Duluth, Minn. www.mptelecom.com |
1997 | Communications service providers, large industrial and institutional customers | Fiber. Act as carriers’ carrier. | Primarily in Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin |
| Montana Power Co. Butte, Mont. www.mtpower.com |
Touch America Inc. Butte, Mont. www.tamerica.com |
1983 | Business, residential, wholesale, service to parent company | Long distance, private line, Internet, telephone equipment | Continental United States |
| North East Utilities Service Co. and Central Maine Power Co. Berlin, Conn. and Augusta, Maine www.nu.com and www.cmpco.com |
North East Optic Network Inc. Waltham, Mass. www.neoninc.com |
1993 | Interexchange carriers (IXCs), resellers, CLECs | Fiber. Act as carriers’ carrier. | New York, New England states |
| Southern California Edison Co. Rosemead, Calif. www.sce.com |
Edison Carrier Solutions Rosemead, Calif. N/A |
1998 | IXCs, ISPs, CLECs, digital subscriber line (DSL) carriers and cable companies | Wholesale transport services | Southern California |
| Williams Tulsa, Okla. www.williams.com |
Williams Communications Group Inc. Tulsa, Okla. www.wilcom.com |
1985 | Incumbent telcos, CLECs, ISPs, IXCs, utilities | High-speed point-to-point digital fiber at speeds between DS-3 and OC-48, Internet protocol (IP), ATM, frame relay, Internet backbone, connectivity, collocation |
Continental United States |
| N/A – not applicable WND – would not disclose |
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Source: Compiled from company interviews |
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