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Communications

  • FairPoint contests $500K PUC fine

    October 5, 2016

    Facing a $500,000 penalty, FairPoint Communications Inc. has asked Maine utility regulators for a chance to present evidence of why the company didn't meet quality standards for its landline customers.

    October 5, 2016
  • SaviLinx seeks 130 more workers for government contract

    Lori Valigra September 27, 2016

    After nearly doubling its staff to 450 employees in May with 200 more call center positions from an unnamed insurance client, SaviLinx LLC of Brunswick Landing is seeking 130 more workers for an expanded government contract.

    Lori Valigra September 27, 2016
  • FairPoint faces $500K PUC fine

    September 16, 2016

    The Maine Public Utilities Commission is recommending FairPoint Communications Inc. pay a $500,000 fine for failing to meet quality standards for its landline customers.

    September 16, 2016
  • FairPoint strikers win victory in Maine's business court

    James McCarthy September 6, 2016

    Maine's Business and Consumer Court handed a pre-Labor Day victory to workers at FairPoint Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: FRP) when it canceled a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Commission that denied unemployment benefits to the striking

    James McCarthy September 6, 2016
  • Xerox will close Lewiston call center, eliminating 142 jobs

    Staff September 2, 2016

    The closing of a Xerox call center in Lewiston will lead to the layoff of 142 employees by the end of October.

    Staff September 2, 2016
  • Eight Maine companies make Inc.'s 'Fastest Growing' list

    Kevin Steeves August 19, 2016

    Landry/French Construction Co. and Tilson Technology Management are joined by six other Maine companies in Inc. magazine's annual list of the 5,000 fastest-growing companies across the country.

    Kevin Steeves August 19, 2016
  • FairPoint acquires Falmouth communications company

    James McCarthy August 10, 2016

    FairPoint Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: FRP) has acquired Communication Technology Inc., a Falmouth-based company providing business communication products and services throughout northern New England, for an undisclosed amount.

    James McCarthy August 10, 2016
  • Service changes to FairPoint landlines raising concerns

    July 8, 2016

    The first in a series of public meetings about upcoming changes to FairPoint Communications' price-controlled, basic landline phone service drew a crowd of approximately 30 Thursday evening to Bangor City Hall, mostly senior citizens hoping for

    July 8, 2016
  • Former Uber and Amazon sales exec to lead Wayfair in Bangor

    Staff June 1, 2016

    Wayfair Inc., the Boston-based online home furnishings retailer that plans to bring nearly 1,000 jobs to Maine in the coming months, has enlisted former Uber and Amazon sales director Peter Boudreaux to lead its Bangor customer service facility.

    Staff June 1, 2016
  • Aroostook call center expects to cut 120 jobs

    June 1, 2016

    A Sitel call center location in Caribou said it anticipates as many as 120 employees could be laid off in July following the loss of a contract with Comcast.

    June 1, 2016
  • Maine telecom company lands two grants for unserved communities

    Staff May 10, 2016

    The New Gloucester-based OTT Communications, a division of Otelco Inc., was awarded a pair of ConnectME Authority matching grants for the telecommunications company to provide high-speed fiber optic broadband service to many unserved residents of

    Staff May 10, 2016
  • WEX enters agreement with leader of electronic billing for travel industry

    March 31, 2016

    WEX Inc. (NYSE: WEX) announced Tuesday that it has entered into an international agreement with Voxel Group, a global leading supplier of electronic billing and settlement services to the hospitality and travel industries.

    March 31, 2016
  • Regulators investigate FairPoint’s 2015 quality performance

    March 30, 2016

    The Maine Public Utilities Commission has decided to move forward in an investigation of FairPoint's landline service quality performance in 2015, but company officials say that some of the requirements issued by the commission had set unreasonable

    March 30, 2016
  • Coverage plan means additional jobs at Redzone Wireless

    March 28, 2016

    Redzone Wireless LLC — a startup backed by a $4 million loan from Camden National Bank that's insured by the Finance Authority of Maine — has announced that it plans to add 30 to 40 jobs in Rockland over the next few months.

    March 28, 2016
  • 200 additional jobs headed to Brunswick Landing

    March 14, 2016

    Less than one month after Boston-based home furnishing store Wayfair said that it would be bringing 500 jobs to Brunswick Landing, SaviLinx has announced that it would be hiring an additional 200 employees at its call center location at the business

    March 14, 2016
  • FairPoint eyes telecom deregulation as a path to move forward

    James McCarthy March 7, 2016

    An agreement reached by Maine's Public Advocate Office and FairPoint Communications LLC sets the stage for a legislative remedy addressing an unresolved issue stemming from the Maine Legislature's partial deregulation of the telecommunications ind

    James McCarthy March 7, 2016

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