Shenandoah Telecommunications Company, incorporated on May 3, 1989, is a telecommunications holding company. The Company's segments are Wireless, Cable, Wireline and Other. The Company, through its operating subsidiaries, provides both regulated and unregulated telecommunications services to end user customers and other telecommunications providers in Virginia, West Virginia, central Pennsylvania, western Maryland, and portions of Kentucky and Ohio. The Company offers a suite of voice, video and data communications services based on the products and services provided by the Company's seven operating subsidiaries.
Wireless Segment
The business of the Wireless segment is conducted principally by the Company's subsidiary, Shenandoah Personal Communications, LLC (PCS). This subsidiary provides digital wireless service to a portion of a four-state area extending from Harrisburg, York and Altoona, Pennsylvania, to Harrisonburg, Virginia, and continuing south and west throughout southern and western Virginia and the entire state of West Virginia, as well as portions of Kentucky and Ohio. The Company's Shenandoah Mobile, LLC subsidiary owned 196 towers, leases space on 170 towers to PCS and has 202 leases with other wireless communications providers, as of December 31, 2016. PCS offers personal communications services through a digital wireless telephone and data network.
Cable Segment
The business of the Company's Cable segment is conducted through Shenandoah Cable Television, LLC (Shenandoah Cable). Shenandoah Cable provides video, voice and data services to customers in portions of Virginia, West Virginia and western Maryland, and leases fiber optic facilities throughout its service area. It does not include video, Internet and voice services provided to customers in Shenandoah County, Virginia, which are included in the Wireline segment. There were 132,465 cable revenue generating units as of December 31, 2016.
Wireline Segment
The Wireline segment provides regulated and unregulated voice services, digital subscriber line (DSL) Internet access, cable modem and long distance access services throughout Shenandoah County and portions of Rockingham, Frederick, Warren and Augusta counties, Virginia. The segment also provides video services in portions of Shenandoah County, and leases fiber optic facilities throughout the northern Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, northern Virginia and adjacent areas along the Interstate 81 corridor through West Virginia, Maryland and portions of Pennsylvania. The business of the Company's Wireline segment is conducted primarily by its Shenandoah Telephone Company subsidiary. This subsidiary provides both regulated and unregulated telephone services and fiber optic facilities in Virginia, primarily throughout the northern Shenandoah Valley.
Shenandoah Telephone Company provides local telephone services to 18,443 customers, as of December 31, 2016, primarily in Shenandoah County and small service areas in Rockingham, Frederick, Warren, and Augusta counties in Virginia. This subsidiary provides access for interexchange carriers to the local exchange network and switching for voice products offered through the Cable segment. As of December 31, 2016, Shentel Cable of Shenandoah County, LLC provided video services to 5,264 customers and high speed data to 1,072 customers. The Wireline segment also includes Shentel Communications, LLC.
Other Segment
The Other segment includes Shenandoah Telecommunications Company (Shenandoah Telecommunications). Shenandoah Telecommunications provides investing and management services to its subsidiaries.
The Company competes with AT&T Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., T-Mobile USA, Inc., U.S. Cellular Corp., CenturyLink, Inc., Frontier Communications Corp., DISH Network Corporation and DIRECTV.
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The company trades on NASDAQ exchange. The company headquarter is located in Virginia, VA. The company was established in the 1902.| Ticker | SHEN |
| Long Name | Shenandoah Telecommunications Co |
| Short Name | Shenandoah Telecommunications Co |