Company History
- 1996 - Sage Telecom is founded in Allen, Texas by Dennis Houlihan.
- 1998 - Sage Telecom received Certification from the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) of Texas to provide local telephone service throughout the entire state of Texas.
- 2001 - Sage Telecom receives certification from the Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC) to provide local telephone service throughout the state of Oklahoma.
- 2001 - Dennis Houlihan is named 2001 Entrepreneur of the Year in the Emerging Companies category as part of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Program for the Southwest Region.
- 2002 - Sage Telecom begins providing service in Kansas.
- 2003 - Sage Telecom is ranked Number One for Revenue Growth in the Deloitte Fast 500
- 2004 - Sage Telecom and SBC reach the first wholesale commercial agreement between a CLEC and an RBOC following the Federal Court Mandate that overturned government imposed wholesale rules issued by the FCC.
- 2007 - Silver Point Capital acquires Sage.
- 2012 - Telscape Communications acquires Sage.
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