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TDS Telecom receives appointment to American Cable Association Board
[July 31, 2014]

TDS Telecom receives appointment to American Cable Association Board


(ENP Newswire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) ENP Newswire - 31 July 2014 Release date- 30072014 - At the combined American Cable Association and National Cable Television Cooperative annual meeting and convention, held earlier this week in Kansas City, Mo., TDS Telecom (TDS) was appointed to serve on the American Cable Association (ACA) Board of Directors.



Representing TDS on the ACA board will be Drew Petersen, vice president of External Affairs and Corporate Communications. Petersen will serve a two year appointment with the option to serve an additional three year term beginning in 2016.

'The ACA is the primary federal trade association for which TDS seeks to protect and enhance our cable broadband markets, ensuring a fair and non-discriminatory operating environment,' remarked Petersen on his appointment. 'ACA is a great place for TDS to share public policy reform ideas and learn best practices from fellow independent cable operators.' Representing the nation's independent multi-system cable operators, the ACA is recognized as the predominant thought leader regarding cable communications policy before the US Congress, Federal Communications Commission, and Department of Justice.


Petersen says, 'The association works to ensure its members are treated fairly in the communications marketplace and in Washington, DC, so that small and medium-sized independent operators may continue to thrive and deliver innovative and affordable video, broadband, and phone services to Main Street America.' The ACA is comprised of more than 850 independent operator members hailing from all across the country. According to Petersen, the ACA offers limitless networking and relationship building opportunities that should result in significant benefits and deliverables for the entire TDS enterprise.

TDS Telecom, the seventh largest local exchange telephone company in the U.S., is a wholly owned subsidiary of Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. TDS Telecom provides 1.1 million connections to high-speed Internet, phone, and TV entertainment services to customers in more than a hundred rural, suburban, and metropolitan communities. TDS Telecom offers businesses the latest communications solutions, including: VoIP (managedIP Hosted) phone service, dedicated high-speed Internet and hosted-managed services. Visit tdstelecom.com or tdsbusiness.com. TDS Telecom, headquartered in Madison, Wis., operates OneNeck IT Solutions LLC and TDS Baja Broadband LLC. Combined, the company employs 3,100 people.

Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. [NYSE: TDS], a Fortune 1000 company, provides wireless; cable and wireline broadband, TV and voice; and hosted and managed services to approximately 5.8 million customers nationwide through its subsidiaries TDS Telecom and U.S. Cellular. Founded in 1969 and headquartered in Chicago, Telephone and Data Systems employs 10,600 people. Visit teldta.com.

For more information, visit americancable.org/node/4908.For more information, contact: Cindy Tomlinson, Associate Manager-Public Relations / TDS Telecom / 608-664-4471 / [email protected] (c) 2014 Electronic News Publishing -

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