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Shenandoah Telecommunications Company
Shentel
Company type
Public
Nasdaq: SHEN
S&P 600 component
Russell 2000 component
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Headquarters
Edinburg, Virginia
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U.S.
ServicesLocal and long-distance telephone service, cable television, Internet access, wireless Internet access, digital phone, fiber-optic Internet, wholesale
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Websiteshentel.com

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Shenandoah Telecommunications Company, doing business as Shentel, is a publicly traded telecommunications company headquartered in Edinburg, Virginia. It operates a digital wireless and wireline network in rural Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania.[4]

History

Shentel was founded in January 1902 as the Farmers' Mutual Telephone System of Shenandoah County (FMTS).[5] This was one of a number of Farmers' Mutual telephone systems established in rural areas of the United States. The company's initial goal was to bring telephone service to rural residents of Shenandoah County, VA.[6] In 1960, the name changed to Shenandoah Telephone Company, then in 1981 to Shenandoah Telecommunications Company (Shentel).[4] The company launched cable TV service and a fiber optic network in the 1980s. In 1984, Shentel added mobile and paging services. In 1990, Shentel launched Shenandoah Cellular, the first company in Virginia to offer cellular service to a rural area. Internet service was made available to Shentel customers in 1994.[4]

In the 2000s, Shentel began to expand its cable footprint - purchasing cable assets from Rapid Communications in Virginia and West Virginia in 2008,[7] and acquiring JetBroadband in southern Virginia and southern West Virginia in 2010.[8] Later in 2010, Shentel purchased two small cable systems from Suddenlink Communications (one in West Virginia, the other in Maryland).[9]

In May 2016, Shentel finished acquiring its competitor Ntelos[10] for 640 million dollars.[11] acquiring 297,500 subscribers. The deal also transferred an additional 291,000 subscribers from Sprint in exchange for Ntelos spectrum,[12][13] making Shentel the sixth largest public wireless company in the United States.[4]

In February 2019, Shentel announced the agreement to purchase Big Shandy Broadband, a Kentucky-based cable television, broadband Internet and phone provider.[14]

On August 27, 2020, T-Mobile USA decided to purchase the wireless assets of the company.[15]

In October 2023, Shentel announced their acquisition of The Chillicothe Telephone Company (dba Horizon Telcom) and its assets; thus expanding their "Glo Fiber" branded fiber network into the South-Eastern Ohio area.[16]

In March 2024, Shentel agreed to the sale of its cell tower portfolio to Vertical Bridge, reportedly the largest private owner of communications towers in the US, for $310.3 million in cash.[17]

References

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Shentel - Explore". www.shentel.com. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
  2. ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."2017 annual report". www.sec.gov. Shenandoah Telecommunications Company. March 15, 2018. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."SHEN Profile | Shenandoah Telecommunications C Stock - Yahoo Finance". Finance.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2017-07-07.
  4. ^ a b c d Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Shentel - History". www.shentel.com. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Copy for the Governor". The Richmond Dispatch. Richmond, VA. January 13, 1902. p. 3. A great many telephone charters are coming in to the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth to be recorded….received yesterday…Farmers' Mutual Telephone System of Shenandoah County.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Shentel Facebook page - Company Milestones". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Shenandoah Telecommunications Company to Acquire Cable Assets in Virginia and West Virginia". www.shentel.com. 2008-08-06. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Shentel Completes Acquisition of JetBroadband". www.shentel.com. 2010-08-09. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Shenandoah Telecommunications Closes on Cable Acquisition". www.shentel.com. 2010-12-01. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."What you need to know about the Shentel, Ntelos merger". Whsv.com. Retrieved 2017-07-07.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Sprint affiliate Shentel buys fellow wholesale partner nTelos for $640M". FierceWireless. Retrieved 2017-07-07.
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Petska, Alicia. "Shentel completes acquisition of Ntelos | Virginia". roanoke.com. Retrieved 2017-07-07.
  13. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Sprint and Shentel to Expand Affiliate Territory to Cover Former nTelos Area | Sprint Newsroom". Newsroom.sprint.com. Retrieved 2017-07-07.
  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Shentel to acquire Eastern Kentucky telcom firm". Virginia Business. 2019-02-28. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
  15. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."T-Mobile to buy Shentel wireless assets but price remains sticking point". 27 August 2020.
  16. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Shenandoah Telecommunications Company to Acquire Horizon Telcom". Shenandoah Telecommunications Co. October 24, 2023.
  17. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Katherine Schulte (2024-03-01). "Shentel to sell cell towers portfolio for $310.3M". Virginia Business. Retrieved 2024-08-21.

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